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Article: This woman means business: Patience Kahangirwe, Ugandan events planner
Patience Kahangirwe, 29, is the founder of Karwes Deco. The Kampala-based events planning company specializes in flowers, décor, bridal gowns and cakes. Party packages range in price between 100,000 and 16 million Ugandan shillings...
Article: Uganda's donors ride sexy new bandwagon: gay activism
Why have gay rights become booming business in Uganda? According to our blogger, foreign donors are desperate to be associated with the world’s coolest cause and some Ugandan activists can’t help but exploit all the cash coming...
Article: From child soldier to freedom fighter, part 3
Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she’s the target of the Ugandan government’s goons. It’s for this reason that she keeps a low profile and uses a pseudonym...
Article: From child soldier to freedom fighter, part 2
Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she’s the target of the Ugandan government’s goons. It’s for this reason that she keeps a low profile and uses a pseudonym...
Video: SIMON LOKODO, FASHIONISTA
This week: Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo wants to ban miniskirts. But he didn’t say anything about men wearing them... We see kids with superpowers in ‘Troublemaker’, a new video by South African DJ...
Article: From child soldier to freedom fighter, part 1
Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she’s the target of the Ugandan government’s goons. It’s for this reason that she keeps a low profile and uses a pseudonym...
Video: What makes Ugandan gay activist Dennis Wamala move
Dennis Wamala is gay, which is illegal in Uganda, where he lives and where since 2009 a national anti-homosexuality bill has been on the table. As an activist, Wamala is on the frontline of the fight to make life better for the local LGBT...
Article: American evangelicals finance Uganda's anti-gay movement
This documentary video shows how some evangelical Christians from the US are fueling – and funding – anti-gay measures in Uganda. One proposed measure is an anti-homosexuality bill, colloquially known as the ‘kill the...
Article: "They cannot in any way weaken me"
Cerinah Nebanda was an outspoken member of parliament in Uganda who died suddenly in December at age 24. Was she killed as a warning to silence criticism of the president, or was it caused by a drug overdose as the government maintains?
Article: What – or who – killed young MP Cerinah Nebanda?
She became a member of parliament while still at university. The day before her sudden death last month, she had a public spat with President Museveni. Twenty-four-year-old Cerinah Nebanda’s passing has gripped Uganda. Some wonder if...
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