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Bobi Wine’s Wife Barbie Kyagulanyi Confirms His Return Home Amid Tight Security.

The news of his safe return to his home was confirmed by his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi who, during a Facebook live broadcast, showed the NUP leader in his home compound. Bobi Wine is seen commanding police officers who had accessed his compound to leave as he warned them against trespassing. Bobi Wine had earlier been…

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Uganda man charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’, faces death penaltyUganda man charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’, faces death penalty.

Legislation passed in May has been condemned by rights groups and described by UN experts as ‘an egregious violation of human rights’. A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality” – an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The defendant was charged on August…

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Mangosuthu Buthelezi: South African leader and Zulu prince dies aged 95

Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, who was once a rival to former President Nelson Mandela, has passed away. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician and Zulu prince, has died at the age of 95, the presidency said on Saturday. The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party served two terms as minister of home…

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Microsoft criticises proposed UN cybercrime treaty.

Microsoft’s main concerns are that the treaty should not provide an avenue for authoritarian states to criminalise online content, introduce new surveillance powers, expand cross-border government access to personal data, or potentially criminalise common security practices because of ambiguity in the text. UN treaty (drafted by UN Cybercrime Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime) released in…

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