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  • Published on May 7, 2025

    Uganda opposition leader says president's son tortured aide

    Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Wednesday his bodyguard had been personally tortured by the president's son, days after the aide's detention provoked national outrage. There has been a mounting crackdown on the opposition ahead of the …

    Source: Modern Ghana - Neutral
  • Published on May 7, 2025

    Uganda’s Lydia Mugambe Jailed for Over Six Years for Exploiting Maid in UK

    A United Nations judge has been sentenced to six years and four months in a UK prison after being convicted of modern slavery offences involving the exploitation of a young woman she brought to Britain. Lydia Mugambe, a 50-year-old Ugandan national who …

    Source: News Central TV - Indeterminate
  • Published on 10:29 GMT

    Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in NYPD | First Thing

    Good morning. The NYPD arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University’s campus yesterday, ending an hours-long standoff, roughly a year after student anti-war protests swept the Ivy …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Uganda: Ongoing harassment of 27 students at Kyambogo University in Kampala

    Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed of the ongoing harassment of 27 students at Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda, including Akiso Benjamin, the Guild President and a social justice and environmental activist and Kabuni …

    Source: International Federation for Human Rights - Center-left
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Missing Uganda opposition activist charged and remanded, his lawyer says

    NAIROBI (Reuters) – A missing Ugandan opposition activist whom the president’s son said he was holding in his basement was brought to court limping on Monday, charged with robbery and remanded to prison, opposition leader Bobi Wine and his lawyer said. …

    Source: WSAU - Wisconsin - Pending
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Ugandan UN judge jailed in UK for 'egregious' forced labour offence

    She pleaded not guilty and told jurors at Oxford Crown Court that she had never exploited the woman, but was convicted of all four counts in March. Mugerwa did not face trial. Judge David Foxton sentenced Mugambe to six years and four months in prison. …

    Source: Times LIVE - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    British Court Sends UN Judge To Prison — Here’s WHY Dems Won’t Call That A ‘Threat To Democracy’

    If America is somehow ‘losing its democracy’ for arresting a judge who has been caught in a criminal act, where is the left’s outrage when a UN judge in the UK isn’t just arrested, but she’s been sent to prison for more than 6 years? A United Nations judge …

    Source: Clash Daily - Right-wing
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    UN judge sentenced to six years in prison for modern slavery offenses

    Photo credit: observer.ug A UK court sentenced a United Nations judge to six years and four months in prison on Friday after she was found guilty of coercing a young woman into working as her maid. Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, 50, was convicted under …

    Source: News.Az - Pro-Government
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    UN judge Lydia Mugambe jailed for enslaving Ugandan woman in UK

    Listen to article United Nations judge Lydia Mugambe has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison by Oxford Crown Court for forcing a Ugandan woman into domestic servitude while studying in the UK. Mugambe, 50, a High Court judge in Uganda and …

    Source: The Express Tribune - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    UN Judge Lydia Mugambe Sentenced to 6 Years for Enslaving Ugandan Woman in UK Home

    Lydia Mugambe, a 50-year-old Ugandan High Court judge and recently appointed UN judicial officer, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison for enslaving a young Ugandan woman at her home in Oxfordshire. Mugambe, who was pursuing a PhD in …

    Source: UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation - Pro-Government
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    UK Court Jails UN Judge, Lydia Mugambe For Six Years Over Modern Slavery

    The Oxford Crown Court found Mugambe guilty of conspiring to break UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy to intimidate a witness.    A 50-year-old Ugandan judge, Lydia Mugambe, working …

    Source: Sahara Reporters - Left-wing
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Missionaries of justice

    When Lauryn Eason arrived at Luzira Maximum Security Prison in Uganda last year, she believed God had answered her prayers. She was 25, about to graduate from Regent University School of Law, and ready to serve as a criminal defense attorney. She moved to …

    Source: World - Right-wing
  • Published on May 4, 2025

    Sudan war turns journalism deadly amid killings, arrests, threats

    Prepared by Sudan Tribune for Sudan Media Forum Sudanese journalists face extreme danger amid the war that erupted in mid-April 2023, turning their profession deadly with reporters targeted by killings, gunfire and arrests, the Sudanese Journalists …

    Source: Dabanga Radio - Neutral
  • Published on 06:46 GMT

    Inside Eddie Mutwe’s charge sheet

    MASAKA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of Security for NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, Edward Ssebufu alias Eddie Mutwe, was on Monday remanded to Masaka Prison. This was after he had been produced at Masaka High Court and charged with six counts. URN …

    Source: Independent (Uganda) - Center-left
  • Published on 01:12 GMT

    10 UMass Amherst Undergraduates to be Honored as 21st Century Leaders at Commencement 2025

    Image The University of Massachusetts Amherst will honor the exemplary achievements, initiative and leadership of some of its most talented and accomplished undergraduates during Undergraduate Commencement on Friday, May 16, at 5 p.m., in McGuirk Alumni …

    Source: UMass Amherst - Neutral
  • Published on May 7, 2025

    At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o remains impassioned about the power of language

    NEW YORK – At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o hopes he can summon the strength for at least one more book. He would call it “Normalized Abnormality,” about the lasting scars of colonialism, whether in Africa, Europe or North America, that are …

    Source: KSAT - Texas - Neutral
  • Published on May 7, 2025

    Oxford law student jailed for modern slavery offences

    PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars A former University of Oxford law student and judge has been handed a lengthy prison sentence following conviction for modern slavery offences. Lydia Mugambe, 50, was a top judge studying for a …

    Source: Legal Cheek - Neutral
  • Published on May 7, 2025

    NRM Primaries: One killed in Mayuge

    Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East are investigating the death of 33-year-old Peter Kaluya, who was killed in a fracas that followed National Resistance Movement (NRM) grassroot polls in Mayuge District. Kaluya, a resident of Bulubude …

    Source: Independent (Uganda) - Center-left
  • Published on May 7, 2025

    South Sudan’s Conflict Escalates

    Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: A hospital bombing raises fears that South Sudan has returned to civil war, Morocco tries to woo its junta-led neighbors to gain influence against Algeria, and Ugandan President Yoweri …

    Source: Foreign Policy - Pending

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