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UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill | CNN

CNN  —  The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply identifying as LGBTQ+, prescribes a life sentence for convicted homosexuals and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights asked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not

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Nigerians vote in governorship polls as ruling party scrambles to regain lost ground in key states | CNN

Lagos, Nigeria CNN  —  Nigerians began voting on Saturday in delayed governorship polls, weeks after a controversial and disputed presidential election – amid reports of electoral violence and voter disenfranchisement. A party official was shot and killed in Lagos Saturday during the elections for Nigeria’s new state governors. “From all over Lagos we are getting

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