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Besigye prescribes reforms for Uganda

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Yoweri Museveni (Associated Press)

Ugandan protesters ordered shot for walking to work

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration: Club Fled by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

CHAPMAN: Wanted: Dictators’ retirement home

By Bruce Chapman - The Washington Times

An anti-Moammar Gadhafi rebel sit next to a mulitiple rockets launcher as flames rises from a fuel storage facility that attacked during a fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sidr town, eastern Libya, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Col. Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

MELADY: Libya’s atrocities resemble Uganda’s

By Thomas P. Melady and Margaret B. Melady - The Washington Times

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mr. Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after voting in Kiruhura, his home district. Voters in Uganda faced the choice of extending their president's 25-year grip on power or joining the anti-incumbent wave sweeping Africa and the Middle East. (Associated Press)

Uganda voters still put faith in Museveni

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

Vote-buying charges taint Uganda election

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

Kato became a gay-rights activist after he was beaten up four times, arrested twice, fired from his teaching job and outed in the press. Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their families, friends and even landlords also could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. (Associated Press)

Killing of gay activist in Uganda triggers more threats of violence

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

David Kato, an advocacy officer for the gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda, was found with serious wounds to his head at his home in Uganda's capital Kampala, late Wednesday Jan 26, 2011, and later died of his injuries. A Ugandan tabloid newspaper called Rolling Stone listed a number of men they said were homosexuals last year, including Kato. Kato's picture was published on the front page, along with his name and a headline that said "Hang Them." (AP Photo)

Prominent Ugandan gay activist brutally slain

By Max Delany - Associated Press

Uganda’s media get down, dirty

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

Sudan vote puts stability on the line

By Ioannis Gatsiounis and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Uganda court rules media cannot ‘out’ gays

By Godfrey Olukya - Associated Press

Ugandan leader raps up campaign

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

Ugandan offer for Somalia aid unmet

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - The Washington Times

Africa to launch mass polio vaccination campaign

By GODFREY OLUKYA - Associated Press

Uganda offers peacekeepers for Somalia

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Briefly: Europe

By wire dispatches and staff reports - The Washington Times

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Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES