Lawyers

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  Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei allegedly torched to death by ex-boyfriend over land dispute: ‘Should have taken it seriously’

  Cheptegei, 33, died from multiple organ failure at a hospital Wednesday, four days after boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, allegedly charged at her with a jerrican of fuel and lit her on fire.

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  Social media calls out 'femicide problem' after Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei was allegedly burned to death by boyfriend

  After Rebecca Cheptegei's horrifying death at the hands of her boyfriend, social media is erupting with outrage over Uganda's escalating femicide crisis.

• Uganda opposition plans legal challenges against electoral commision

  Uganda's electoral commission is ready to meet the legal challenges from oppositions who think the February 18 election was rigged.

• Uganda's Parliament vs. Press Freedom

  The Supreme Court of Uganda is taking action on the petition filed by the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) curtailing their rights on covering of the parliamentary procedure.

• Ugandan military official arrested for opposing president’s government

  Ugandan military general, David Sejusa, was arrested Sunday and is being detained at a Kampala military barracks. He was in opposition of President Yoweri Museveni’s government and reelection.

• Yuasa sued over negligence leading to the death of eleven people in Uganda

  YUASA was sued in High Court for negligently causing the death of 11 people in a mishap in Kampala-Gulu highway in Uganda.

• Uganda victims voiced out their concerns on weak legal system to stop acid attacks, to establish justice

  Uganda campaigners hope that the legal system would take actions on the number of acid attacks after failing to establish justice to its victims.

• Pope in Africa will seek to bridge Christian-Muslim faultlines

  Pope Francis steps onto African soil for the first time on Wednesday to address the continent's fast-growing Catholic congregation during a trip that will test his ability to bridge faultlines between Christians and Muslims.

• Pope says to visit Africa in November, may go to Kenya

  Pope Francis on Friday said he planned to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda in November, and hoped to go to Kenya, during his first trip to Africa since becoming pope.

• Uganda says LRA rebel to be handed to international court

  A senior Lord's Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week to the U.S. military in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman said on Tuesday.

• Ex-bodyguard jailed for trying to kill Rwandan President Kagame

  A former bodyguard of Rwanda's Paul Kagame was sentenced to life on Friday for plotting to kill the president, but he complained that he had been kidnapped and said he would appeal.

• Growing legal acceptance of gays in the US is stark contrast to Russia, Uganda - report

  As the US pursues national legal acceptance of gays, Russia and Uganda are on the opposite with their harsh, anti-gay laws that come with lifetime imprisonment and even death penalty, Bloomberg said in a report.