Uganda News News Uganda » Religion: Contentious religion from Japan succeeds in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – A religion with origins in Japan is quickly amassing a following in Uganda, winning converts in a sleek campaign that has attracted the attention of Christian clerics offended ...
News Uganda » Religion: Uganda martyrs: Mukajanga descendants seek to turn chief executioner's grave into tourism site
The burial grounds of Paul Kibuuka, popularly known as Mukajanga, the chief executioner of Buganda Kingdom under Kabaka Mwanga II, are increasingly attracting attention from descendants and heritage ...
News Uganda » Religion: 'God Loves Uganda': How Religion Fueled An Anti-Gay Movement
Four years ago, a bill was introduced in Uganda's parliament that would criminalize same-sex relations. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill has not yet become law, but it has drawn international attention to ...
News Uganda » Religion: Humanists Doing Good in Uganda, Part 2
Although Uganda is a very religious country, and one ever under the pernicious influence of American Evangelicals, secularism and humanism are alive and well. And one of the leading Humanists today in ...
News Uganda » Religion: Uganda: Old Boys, Not Religion Influenced Parties
Kampala — Although the Bataka Party does not feature much in the minds of today's political analysts, it nonetheless held sway over the country's political horizon from the time of its formation in ...
News Uganda » Religion: Ebola Outbreak Forces Postponement Of Massive Religious Pilgrimage
The Ugandan government has announced the postponement of this year’s Uganda Martyrs’ Day celebrations, scheduled for June 3, in response to an Ebola outbreak affecting both Uganda and the Democratic ...
News Uganda » Religion: AFRICA/UGANDA - RELIGIONS UNITE FOR PEACE. ARCHBISHOP ODAMA AND OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS SLEEP IN THE OPEN WITH 200,000 CHILDREN TO PROTECT THEM FROM ...
Kampala (Fides Service) – “We are here with about 20,000 children and young people offering concrete solidarity to people being persecuted” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu in northern Uganda ...
News Uganda » Religion: Uganda: Religion and homosexuality
Gay Ugandan and religion: “The issue is my sexuality. Homosexuality. The Church of Uganda believes that my sexuality is unnatural. And that it is a sin. They believe that it is sinful to encourage a ...
News Uganda » Religion: Obama Fumbles on Uganda at National Prayer Breakfast
At the 58th annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington today, President Barack Obama finally spoke about the pending “kill the gays” bill in Uganda, calling it “odious.” We may disagree about gay ...
News Uganda » Religion: Uganda: Patronage has left religious leaders bereft of voice of reason
“Credit goes to his skills of capturing and maintaining patronage,” Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a political historian, tells The Africa Report, in reference to Museveni. “He hasn’t arrested religious leaders, ...
News Uganda » Religion: Sudanese Christian Family Threatened with Death in Uganda
A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them. Safaa Abdalla Yousif, who fled her native Sudan to Uganda due to ...