Uganda: Why I Fled Kampala - Nyanzi

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Uganda: Why I Fled Kampala - Nyanzi

[Nairobi News] Ugandan political activist Stella Nyanzi has exclusively told Nairobi News she was forced to escape into Kenya after her partner was abducted by President Yoweri Museveni's regime.

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Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (1969- )

Writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somaliaon November 13, 1969. Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a prominent Somali intellectual andrevolutionary leader. As a child, Alihad to move with her family to Saudi Arabia,Ethiopia, and Kenya, due topolitical turmoil in her own

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Russell, Millie L. (1926- )

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Uganda: COVID-19 Will Not Affect Agriculture, ICT Sectors, Says Museveni

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Turner, Henry McNeal (1834-1915)

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Frazer, Jendayi E. (1961- )

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