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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Pretoria on 1 March 2023. (Photo: Guillem Sartorio / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ugandans read daily newspapers on 25 February 2014 with headlines and images of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signing the anti-gay legislation in Kampala on 24 February 2014. (Photo: EPA / Ronald Kabuubi)