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  • Mbeki’s Criticises Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill

    Former President Thabo Mbeki has criticised Uganda's anti-gay bill, saying it does not make sense and what two consenting adults do in private ‘is really not the matter of law’.

    South African gay rights organisation, South African Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), says that it is highly appreciative of the firm commitment to human rights and the South African Constitution as displayed by Mbeki.

    The organisation has challenged President Jacob Zuma to ‘do the right thing’ and denounce what it calls the virulent homophobia on the African continent and specifically address the Bahati-Bill in Uganda via diplomatic means

    To read the article titled, “Mbeki slams Uganda's anti-gay bill,” click here.

    Source: 
    News24

  • Country Loses HIV/AIDS Funding Over Gay Rights

    The Global Fund has denied Uganda US$270 million needed to put over 100 000 more people on lifesaving antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) because the country's policies are deemed harsh on sexual minorities.

    Minister of Health, Zainab Akol, points out that by the time the department is through with one group's rights, Uganda will be having 130 000 new infections.

    Akol, who is of the view that the rights of minorities are derailing the fight against HIV/AIDS, further states that, "It is as if the global agenda is to use HIV to propagate sexual minority groups. Let them use the proper channels to deal with such issues."

    To read the article titled, “Global Fund withholds Shs700b for ARV treatment over gay rights,” click here.

    Source: 
    All Africa

  • African Youth Day Conference 2011

    The Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) is the youth platform for information exchange, forum for debate on African issues and a network of future political, corporate, academic, literary, religious and traditional leaders in all African contexts.

    The African Youth Day was declared and adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2006 to be commemorated on 1 November each year. It has since evolved as the most powerful platform of young people of Africa.

    OAYouth, in collaboration with Phelps Stokes and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is hosting the ‘African Youth Day Conference 2011 (AYDAC'11)’ on 1 November 2011 in Johannesburg.

    The youth of Africa will convene at AYDAC’11 to celebrate the African Youth Day. The conference will pave way for youth to examine workable methods to improve youth unity as well as strengthen youth economic empowerment through leadership development, entrepreneurship support and agricultural transformation.

    Conference Objectives:

    • Echo the voice of ordinary young people of Africa;
    • Share information and best practices in promoting opportunities for youth encouraging youth to start new entrepreneurship initiatives;
    • Establish suitable structures for meeting the unique needs for youth business start-ups in developing economies in Africa;
    • Build lasting relationships between youth and business institutions;
    • Infuse a gender perspective and rights-based approach to policies and programs for youth;
    • Cultivate in the youth the spirit of accountability, transparency and integrity (ATI).
    Only young people of between 15 and 35 who are of nationality of any African State will qualify to apply.

    Cost: R2 430 per delegate.

    For sponsorships, exhibitions and applications, write to: info@oayouth.org.

    Enquiries: Tel: +27 73 445 4355.

    For more about The Organisation of African Youth, refer to www.oayouth.org.

    Event type: 
    Conference
    Event venue: 
    Ingwenya Country Escape, Lanseria, Johannesburg
    Event start date: 
    01/11/2011

  • Uganda Could be Next, Warns FAO

    The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Uganda could be the next country hit by alarming malnutrition rates due to drought which has already sparked famine in southern Somalia and hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

    FAO argues that famine has already been detected in drought-hit northern areas of Uganda, adding that an estimated 600 000 people face moderate food insecurity.

    FAO’s Sandra Aviles has been quoted as saying that, “Drought conditions need to be monitored because they spread like wildfire."

    To read the article titled, “Half-a-million kids will die': UN,” click here.

    Source: 
    Reuters

  • CSOs Threaten Court Action Over Wasteful Expenditure

    An alliance of civil society organisations in Uganda has opted to take legal actions against the parliamentary commission with an intention to recover the money illegally given to MPs last month.

    Uganda Debt Network (UDN) director of programmes, Martha Nonjobe, says that as CSOs they will file a petition in the constitutional court requesting the court to declare that the money was issued illegally because it was never approved by Parliament as required.

    Nonjobe emphasises that they will appeal to the court to issue an order to be directed to the parliamentary commission to recover the money.

    To read the article titled, “Civil society drags MPs to court,” click here.

     

     

    Source: 
    All Africa

  • Ugandan NGO Opposes AIDS Bill

    Members of civil society and security organisations want the Ugandan Parliament to two sections of the controversial HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, which seeks to criminalise a person who attempts or intentionally pass on HIV to another person.

    The Northern Regional Prisons Commander, Alfred Okullu, warns that it will not be easy to prove that one has intentionally transmitted HIV/AIDS to another person.

    "More resources should be invested in behavioural change in the fight against HIV/AIDS," explains Okullu.

    To read the article titled, “Gulu NGOs oppose HIV bill,” click here.
    Source: 
    All Africa

  • CCEDU Launches Elections SMS Platform

    NGOs, under the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU), have launched a short messaging service (SMS) platform to receive complaints regarding the ongoing elections.

    Godwin Byaruhanga, an official from CCEDU, says the campaign will involve appealing to the public to vote candidates basing on their ability to address social issues and not those who give them freebies.

    The move is intended to promote transparency in the electoral process ahead of next year's general elections. The service will enable members of the public to send SMS any network and the messages will then be used to alert the Police and electoral officials about people's concerns.

    To read the article titled, “NGOs launch elections SMS platform,” click here.

    Source: 
    All Africa

  • Call for Disability Rights in Africa

    A Ugandan lawyer working with the nonprofit group Legal Action for Persons with Disabilities (LAPD), Med Ssengooba has called on Uganda and other African countries to improve opportunities for their disabled citizens.

    Ssengooba says any vision for the future of Africa must include people with disabilities, whom he says constitute a significant percentage of the community anywhere in Africa - almost 10 percent of the population.

    He argues: "People with disabilities have a lot of potential to take part in the development processes of their countries, yet they are in most cases excluded from most of the development programmes."

    To read the article titled, “Disability rights must be part of continent's future, Ugandan says Louise Fenner,” click here.
    Source: 
    All Africa

  • Rights Groups Slam Pastor Over Same-Sex Porn

    Gay rights groups have condemned a Ugandan pastor who screened same-sex pornography in a church to try to bolster support for proposed anti-homosexuality legislation.

    Martin Ssempa, one of the main backers of a Bill that would impose the death penalty for some offenders, aired the explicit slideshow to several hundred people during a church service in Kampala.

    South African gay rights group, Behind the Mask, has described the video as ’twisted homophobic propaganda’.

    To read the article titled, “Gay activists attack Ugandan preacher's porn slideshow,” click here.

    Source: 
    Mail&Guardian

  • HRW Criticises Impunity and Violence

    Impunity for past electoral violence is a major barrier to a free and fair election in Uganda in 2011, according to a summary of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.

    The report points out that the perpetrators from all sides of the political spectrum have very rarely faced justice for crimes committed in past elections.

    It further states that those responsible for earlier offences, as well as those contemplating crimes, will feel unconstrained in future elections barring new measures and increased enforcement.

    To read the article titled, “Rights group indicts government for election violence and impunity,” click here.
    Source: 
    All Africa
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