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Ugandans at London's LGBT pride parade in 2016. Chris Beckett/Flickr

13 May 2023 3 minute read

Choose your scapegoat

As Uganda passes its anti-gay law, Rosebell Kagumire decries the way faltering governments make scapegoats of...

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13 Jul 2021 3 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Hall of infamy: Yoweri Museveni

Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni digs his heels in yet again.

Uganda: ‘Let them own their country’

27 Dec 2020 2 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

‘Let them own their country’

Liam Taylor on the popstar politician taking on a ‘horrifying’ election battle in Uganda.

Betty Bigombe

5 Oct 2020 5 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

‘I was ready to do whatever it took to bring peace’

Death threats delivered by bleeding amputees were not enough to deter Betty Bigombe from trying to make...

Lukodi massacre museum

31 May 2018 2 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Lukodi massacre museum

Sally Hayden writes about the trauma of history.

1 Sep 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Between a shark and the deep sea

Can a US chain of profit-making schools really help the poor? By Patience Akumu.

8 Mar 2017 5 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

What political dynamics lead to domestic violence legislation being implemented?

Women’s movements must continue their struggle to improve enforcement, writes Dr Eleni Sifaki.

13 Feb 2017 5 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Mama’s the word: Inside Africa’s all-female radio service

To celebrate World Radio Day, New Internationalist profiles the pioneers of Africa’s first all-female radio station, by...

1 Apr 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Certified nonsense

Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.

1 Jun 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

The anti-gay gospel

How foreign funds amplify hate in Uganda, by Patience Akumu.

28 Jan 2015 8 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

How the system is failing asylum-seekers

James Nickerson reports on one woman’s desperate plight at Yarl’s Wood detention centre.

1 Dec 2014 6 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Evicted by charity

The green imperialism of some conservation charities, by Sophie Pritchard.

21 Aug 2014 3 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

No room for complacency in the global battle against homophobia

Adam Long welcomes the recent overturning of Uganda’s anti-gay bill, but cautions against early celebration...

23 May 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Too many children, too few choices

Victoria Wormersley highlights Ugandan women’s lack of control over their reproductive lives.

12 May 2014 5 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Life after the Lord’s Resistance Army

Survivors of the Ugandan rebel group’s reign of terror are speaking out so that their experiences will not be forgotten.

1 Apr 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Brave Father Musala

The cleric who exposed sex abuse in Uganda’s Catholic Church talks to Patience Akumu.

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