Yoweri Museveni

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is seen in an undated photo posted to his Twitter Dec. 25, 2021.

‘The torture of political prisoners is real’ in Uganda, says poet and free speech activist

January 31, 2022Free speech

Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi talks about her friend, the satirist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, and his torture while recently under military detention. His crime? Calling Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son “obese” in a series of tweets last December.

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shown wearing a gray blazer an speaking into severla microphones.

A conversation with Bobi Wine, Ugandan opposition leader

March 17, 2021Global Politics

Ugandan musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi

Ugandans protest after detained lawmakers are barred from travel abroad

August 31, 2018

23 women have been murdered in these Ugandan towns since May. Police blame witchcraft.

October 27, 2017Conflict

Soon women in Saudi Arabia may be driving — as long as they don’t wear makeup

November 7, 2014Global Scan

Supporters of the anti-gay law preparing for a procession in Uganda's capital, Kampala, in March 2014.

Uganda’s controversial anti-gay law is finally gone — at least for now

August 1, 2014Lifestyle

A Ugandan court has struck down the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act on Friday, offering hope to Ugandan LGBT activists.A Ugandan court has struck down the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act on Friday, offering hope to Ugandan LGBT activists.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (R) and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni follow the proceedings of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, in Kigali April 7, 2014. An estimated 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the gen

Should the US reconsider its support for African ‘strongmen’

April 9, 2014Global Scan

The United States has long made deals with foreign leaders out of expediency — and not shared values. But some of its allies in Africa are drawing increasing questions about what sort of governments the US is supporting. Meanwhile, British researchers are putting mummies through a CT scanner, and making surprising discoveries. That and more in today’s Global Scan.The United States has long made deals with foreign leaders out of expediency — and not shared values. But some of its allies in Africa are drawing increasing questions about what sort of governments the US is supporting. Meanwhile, British researchers are putting mummies through a CT scanner, and making surprising discoveries. That and more in today’s Global Scan.

For $89 million, this old London Tube station could have been yours

February 28, 2014Global Scan

If you’ve ever wanted to own a London Tube station, you may have just missed your opportunity. The UK Ministry of Defense recently sold a station its held since World War II — for a whopping $89 million. A few hundred miles to the north of that station, in Scotland, the country’s politicians have decided to open their doors to Uganda’s gay people who may be seeking asylum. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.

A resident walks along a street on the banks of the Songhua River near a highway bridge on a hazy day in Jilin, Jilin province, on February 25, 2014

The air pollution in China is being compared to nuclear winter — and one man is trying a lawsuit to change that

February 25, 2014Global Scan

The pollution situation much of China has gotten incredibly serious — with some experts comparing it to a nuclear winter. Meanwhile the situation for gay people in Uganda is also dire, after a local tabloid printed the names of 200 “prominent homosexuals.” That and more in today’s Global Scan.

Is this China’s environmental future?

January 17, 2014Global Scan

China’s notorious air pollution makes this photo of a digitally-presented sunrise in an ad seem very eerie. Uganda’s president is reconsidering a widely-criticized anti-gay law that the country’s parliament passed last month. And India’s Olympic team just got the nod to head to Sochi, but can’t represent the country. All that and more, in this special weekend edition of the Global Scan.