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US pastor to ask judge to reject Uganda anti-gay lawsuit

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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, a Ugandan boy shows chess cards used for training in the two-roomed Som Chess Academy in the Katwe slum of Kampala, Uganda. In a two-room shack in the heart of a Kampala slum, a barefoot 5-year-old boy is being taught how to move his pawns. He is one of scores of Ugandan children following in the footsteps of a local girl who became a chess champion and the subject of a new Disney film. “Queen of Katwe” is set in this sprawling shantytown that until recently was only known to Ugandans for its high crime rate. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

‘Queen of Katwe’ stirs hope in slum where film was born

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 photo, park ranger Denis Odong stands in an open area in Kidepo Valley National Park in northern Uganda. Although a global wildlife summit banned all trade of pangolins, doubts remain whether that will stop their illegal traffic in Africa fueled by growing demand from Asian consumers, particularly in China. (AP Photo/Helene Franchineau)

A ranger, poacher and investigator explain pangolin trade

By HELENE FRANCHINEAU - Associated Press

This still from video provided by 10News.com shows people standing near where police shot and wounded a man in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2016. Police were called to the parking lot of the Broadway Village Shopping Center shortly after 2 p.m. on a call about a man acting erratically. One officer apparently shot the man, who was taken to a hospital. There's no word on his condition. (10News.com via AP)

Family of slain black man wants police to release full video

By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on this arrival in at Entebbe airport Uganda, Monday, July 4, 2016. Netanyahu is on a four-nation Africa tour of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda to start 4-nation Africa tour

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Joseph Kabila (right), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the fourth meeting of the regional oversight mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region on Sept. 22, 2014 at the United Nations in New York City. (UN Photo/Amanda Voisard)

A fragile peace raises hope for Eastern Congo

By Tim Cashion

Clouds have grown increasingly ominous ahead of the vote Thursday that could give Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power for 30 years, another five-year term. (Associated Press)

Yoweri Museveni’s bid to extend 30-year rule in Uganda latest test of African democracy

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 file photo, General David Sejusa returns to the capital Kampala, Uganda. A military general who opposes Uganda's longtime president was arrested ahead of presidential elections next month, his lawyer said Sunday Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/File)

Dissident Ugandan general arrested ahead of elections

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Pope Francis meets with young people at the Kololo airstrip in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. Pope Francis is in Africa for a six-day visit that is taking him to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (Giuseppe Cacace/ Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis honors Ugandan Christian martyrs as example of faith

By Nicole Winfield and Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

One strong motivation for Pope Francis to make the trip is that the African church is an increasingly large share of the pontiff's overall flock. (Associated Press)

Pope Francis’ Africa visit generates excitement, unrealistic expectations

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, young members of the congregation sing and pray during a service at the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Garissa, Kenya. This Kenyan town in which Islamic extremists killed nearly 150 at a college of mostly Christian students in April offers a snapshot of what France and Lebanon, both targeted in recent attacks, and other countries face - the challenge of harmonizing Christian-Muslim relations at a time of danger from extremists - an issue that Pope Francis is expected to address during his trip Nov. 25-30 to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Amid terror fears, pope presses ahead with Africa trip

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times