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Gay Ugandan asks 'Where will I go?' as secret shelters under threat

Yahoo Daily News 29 Mar 2023
Uganda's parliament last week passed one of the world's toughest laws against homosexual activities, prompting widespread condemnation ... It also threatens the existence of the handful of refuges where LGBT people have sought shelter after being kicked out of home ... Over 20 such homes exist across Uganda, operating with varying levels of secrecy.
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Displaced twice: Gay Ugandans on the run face upheaval in Kenya

Al Jazeera 29 Mar 2023
Back home, their friends are in prison or in hiding from family and the government, they said. “In Uganda, LGBTQ persons live under the mercy of security forces and homophobic neighbours ... He and another 10 Ugandans who have also fled their homes in Nairobi now live in the safe house run by a local pro-LGBTQ+ lobby group.
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A Is for Abuse: The Saga of For-Profit Schooling in Africa

The Intercept 28 Mar 2023
Bridge International is the largest for-profit education chain in the world, serving upward of 750,000 children in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Liberia, and India ... The curriculum was developed by researchers in Cambridge, Massachusetts and taught to hundreds of thousands of students in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Liberia, and India ... Bridge in Uganda.
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WATCH: Weaving baskets reviving hope for Bwindi women in Uganda

Independent online (SA) 24 Mar 2023
When Evace Kemigisha tied the knot with Robert Kanaama 25 years ago, she didn’t know the responsibility of caring for their nine children would fall on her shoulders ... He actually resorted to alcoholism ... These women are riding on the tourism sector which contributes 7.7% to Uganda's GDP. On average, a woman takes home $2 for quilting per day ... .
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Tips for weeding your book collection in your home library

LA Daily News 24 Mar 2023
Recently, I moved to a smaller home ... As a retired school librarian, I found some collection management principles helpful, but a home library has a different, often more sentimental, value. I reached out to other librarians to find out what they do to keep their home collections in check.
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Lil Nas X is SLAMMED for tweeting about 'gays in Africa' after Uganda introduces death ...

The Daily Mail 23 Mar 2023
Lil Nas X has received criticism for tweeting about 'gays in Africa' and wanting to go there after Uganda introduced the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' as it passed bill to jail all gay people ... The Uganda gays need love and solidarity today' ... 'Nah bro, stay home.' ... 'The Uganda gays need love and solidarity today [heartbreak emoji]'.
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Credable raised $2.5 Million to expand digital banking platform for customers in Uganda and Kenya

Algeria Times 23 Mar 2023
The seed funding round, reported by TechCrunch, will help the company expand its services, which include a number of banking products for customers in Uganda, Kenya and Credable’s home country of Tanzania ... Last May, Credable launched officially with two products ... Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda ... Pakistan and Nigeria are top on that list ... .
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South Carolina couple, 32, who have been jailed in Uganda hellhole prison since December on ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2023
A South Carolina couple who have been jailed in a Uganda hellhole prison since December on charges of torturing their HIV+ foster child have been freed on bail ... They were arrested after someone working in their home in Uganda called police, claiming they forced one of their three foster child to be barefoot and naked.
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Uganda sends surveillance team to border with Tanzania after Marburg outbreak

Xinhua 22 Mar 2023
KAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has dispatched a surveillance team to its southern border districts following a Marburg outbreak in neighboring Tanzania, a senior official said here Wednesday ... The region is home to Mutukula, a key border post used by Uganda and Tanzania.
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Feature: Lessons from China inspire Ugandan to lead flourishing bamboo business

People Daily 22 Mar 2023
NAKASEKE, Uganda, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Deep in rural central Uganda in Nakaseke district, Andrew Kalema Ndawula tends to his lush green bamboo forest, a road that he says will lead to not only wealth but also environmental benefits in a country where deforestation is at its peak ... I told myself, this could also work in Uganda," he said.
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Netball NZs new head of High Performance caught netball bug early

RNZ 21 Mar 2023
Stephen Hotter was appointed earlier this month, and comes in at a crucial time with the World Cup in South Africa just four months away ... "South Africa will have great home crowds, Jamaica, England, and Australia are all strong. Some of the other nations like Uganda for instance are improving all the time so there's going to be some tough games ... ....
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Céilí in Kampala: why Irish dancing is proving popular in Uganda

The Observer 17 Mar 2023
Amaso lives more than 4,000 miles from Ireland, in Namuwongo, the poorest slum in Uganda’s capital, Kampala ... Hurling was introduced into Uganda in 2019 by two Ugandans who saw games on social media. Namuwongo is home to many refugees from north Uganda, the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, and has high unemployment.
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'Sali's Story: Growing Golf in the Pearl of Africa' Premieres on YouTube

PGA 15 Mar 2023
It begins at home in his neighborhood near Kampala, Uganda ... Sali is a natural with teaching and dreams of becoming a PGA Professional in Uganda, leading the charge in providing access and exposure to golf for kids so they can experience the ...
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Marburg virus outbreaks are increasing in frequency and geographic spread –three virologists explain

Albany Democrat Herald 13 Mar 2023
In 1967, laboratory workers in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, as well as in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) were infected with a previously unknown pathogen after handling infected monkeys that had been imported from Uganda ... In 2008, two tourists were infected with the virus after visiting Python Cave in the Maramagambo Forest in Uganda.
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Marburg virus outbreaks are increasing in frequency and geographic spread – three virologists explain

Raw Story 13 Mar 2023
In 1967, laboratory workers in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, as well as in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) were infected with a previously unknown pathogen after handling infected monkeys that had been imported from Uganda ... In 2008, two tourists were infected with the virus after visiting Python Cave in the Maramagambo Forest in Uganda.

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