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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of human organs and tissues, his health minister said on Tuesday, in a nation where women have been reportedly duped into unnecessary surgeries. Recent examples of women recruited for domestic work in the Middle East being tricked into medical operations, then having their […]
Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed sweeping anti-gay legislation which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships following a highly charged and chaotic session. “The ayes have it,” parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among said after a final vote, adding that the “bill passed in record time.” Uganda’s parliament was due to vote Tuesday on anti-gay legislation […]