Photos: Bus burns on Third Mainland bridge
A 14-seater bus is reported to have gone up in flames at Iyana Oworosoki. This accident has caused a standstill on the ever busy bridge. Unconfirmed reports say one person died. Another pic after the cut
Ugandan president succumbs to pressure, signs anti-gay bill into law
After months of refusing to sign the anti-gay bill which Uganda's lawmakers passed in December 2013, (Read that here ) President Yoweri Museveni, today succumbed to pressure from within his country and signed the anti-gay bill into law. He signed the bill at his official residence at Entebbe, near the capital Kampala, in front of govt officials, journalists and a team of Ugandan scientists who found no genetic basis for homosexuality, one of the reasons why he finally consented to signing the bill. The anti-gay law criminalizes all acts of homosexually in Uganda and calls for first-time homosexual offenders to face a 14 years jail penalty. Continuous Sexual engagement by two homosexuals which involves a minor, disabled person or anyone with HIV AIDS attracts a life sentence.
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