Uganda

Dominic Ongwen

How do you judge a child soldier?

Conflict

More than 30,000 children were kidnapped during Uganda’s civil war, and many were forced to become child soldiers. Today, the country grapples with a complicated question: how to judge their atrocities.

Gay rights activist John Abdallah Wambere had received death threats in Uganda.

A gay rights activist from Uganda gets the green light for political asylum

Justice
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