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In their native Uganda, a place where being gay can send you to prison, Barnabas Wobiliya, left, and Apollo Kimuli risked their lives as advocates for AIDS education and equality for the LGBTQ community. Threatened with death, both men fled and spent a year in refugee camps before resettlement in Utah. The two are now trying to build their lives here, while using the Internet to continue their activism for others in Africa's LGBTQ community. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Gay Ugandan activists rebuilding their lives in Utah

By JENNIFER DOBNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 file photo, the crowd watch as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, center, and Deputy President William Ruto, center right, appear on a video screen at his inauguration ceremony at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Citing the need to be &quot;more integrated,&quot; Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced during his inauguration that the East African commercial hub will now give visas on arrival to all Africans. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

A borderless Africa? Some countries open doors, raise hopes

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Arkansas teen creates children’s home in Kenya

By SARAH MORRIS - Associated Press

Supporters of President Uhuru Kenyatta engage in rock-throwing clashes with police at his inauguration ceremony after trying to storm through gates to get in and being tear-gassed, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is being sworn in on Tuesday, ending a months-long election drama that saw the first vote nullified by the country's top court and the second boycotted by the opposition. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Kenya announces visa on arrival for all Africans

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Supporters of Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, hold up a poster and celebrate in Nairobi Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, after Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in a repeat vote that the opposition boycotted while saying electoral reforms had not been made. The decision appeared to put an end to a months-long political drama never before seen in Africa that has left dozens dead. (AP Photo/John Muchucha)

Kenya top court upholds Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in repeat election

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Fishing, once the economic engine in Kisumu, Kenya, is thriving again after postelection violence in August and September. President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner with 98 percent of the votes after Raila Odinga boycotted the vote and asked his supporters not to participate in the repeat election. (Tonny Onyulo/Special to The Washington Times)

Raila Odinga’s Kenya election loss frustrates voters in strongholds

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

In this 2012 photo provided by Paul Linnee, his sister, former Associated Press journalist Susan Linnee, poses in Hong Kong. Linnee, who rose from a radio stringer in Latin America to become a groundbreaking AP bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, has died. She was 75. (Paul Linnee via AP)

Susan Linnee, ex-AP bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, dies

By JEFF BAENEN - Associated Press

A Kenyan man carried his belongings through Nairobi's slums after supporters of the National Super Alliance burned tires to block roads Wednesday before voters go to the polls. (Associated Press)

Kenya vote repeat sows doubt, fear of instability

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

Raila Odinga has withdrawn his candidacy for the fresh presidential election ordered by the country's Supreme Court, saying the election commission has not made the changes to avoid the "irregularities and illegalities" cited in the nullified August vote. (Associated Press/File)

Raila Odinga puts Kenya election in chaos by withdrawing as candidate

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, accompanied by Deputy President William Ruto, right, leaves after speaking to the media at State House in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. Kenya's electoral commission has announced it has moved the date for a fresh presidential election to Oct 26. The electoral commission had earlier set Oct 17 as the date for the fresh poll after the Supreme Court invalidated President Uhuru Kenyatta's August re-election and ordered a rerun within 60 days. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Kenya loses hosting rights to African soccer tournament

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

Kip Keino changes mind, says will stand for re-election

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA - Associated Press

Opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga, right, and his running mate, Kalonzo Musyoka, left, at the Supreme Court, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Kenya's Supreme Court has overturned President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election dismissing backing a petition by veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga who claimed votes had been manipulated to deny him victory. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

Kenya court nullifies president’s win, calls for new vote

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Arkansas nonprofit’s $12.6M project to aid Kenyan farmers

Associated Press

Women help women through Kura Project

By CHERISE MADIGAN - Associated Press

Kenya election dispute intensifies with conflicting claims

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

Deadly Kenya protests as opposition alleges vote hacking

By Tom Odula and Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

Lydia Gathoni Kiingati, 102, reacts after having her finger inked, after casting her vote just after dawn at a polling station in Gatundu, north of Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Kenyans are going to the polls to vote in a general election after a tightly-fought presidential race between incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Voting ends in Kenya’s fiercely contested elections

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

Kenyan lions kill 1 person grazing livestock in city park

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 22, 2015, file photo, a man walks away after leaning his bicycle against a mural of President Barack Obama, created by the Kenyan graffiti artist Bankslave, at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, ahead of the visit of Obama. Africa was electrified by the rise of Barack Obama, the first U.S. president of African descent, who took aim at the twin scourges of corruption and dictatorship and sent thousands of troops to fight one of the most terrifying disease outbreaks in decades. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Barack Obama calls for calm in Kenya election; violence expected after Tuesday vote

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Maasai men line up before the opening of the polling stations in Bissil, 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) south of Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Kenyans are going to the polls to vote in a general election after a tightly-fought presidential race between incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The Latest: Kenya president leads with 2/3 of votes counted

By The Associated Press - Associated Press