US imposes sanctions on Uganda for anti-gay law

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

The US has imposed sanctions on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are "counter to universal human rights".

It said Ugandans involved in human rights abuses against gay people would be banned from entering the US.

The White House is also cutting funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan authorities, and cancelling a military exercise.

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