World Bank

Mukami Kariuki, the World Bank's country manager for Uganda. (Photo courtesy of New Vision)
World Bank says all Ugandans must benefit from its financing
World Bank President Ajay Banga (left) and Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Pepe Onziema (right)
World Bank defends decision to resume funding to Uganda
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repression
Protesters brandished signs urging World Bank President Ajay Banga to “not fund LGBTQ+ hate in Uganda.” (Rumbi Chakamba photo courtesy of Devex)
LGBTQ+ activists protest World Bank’s work toward resumed lending to Uganda
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Open letter urges World Bank not to resume lending in Uganda
A protest in favour of gay rights in Uganda at the University of Cape Town in July 2023. (Ashraf Hendricks photo courtesy of GroundUp)
Commentary: The World Bank must stand firm against Ugandan homophobia
Alex Kofi Donkor, director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana (Photo courtesy of Ebanman.com)
World Bank is undecided: Sanction Ghana if anti-LGBTQ bill takes effect?
Odrek Rwabwogo, Ugandan trade advisor: "So much can change in six months". (Photo courtesy of Zenger.news)
Uganda squirms as pressure mounts to repeal anti-gay law
7 steps the U.S. took to counter Uganda’s cruel Anti-Homosexuality Law
Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank’s regional vice president for Eastern and Southern Africa.
World Bank will not resume Uganda projects without LGBTQ safeguards
Obituary: Eric Scharf, 65, longtime LGBTQ rights advocate
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. (Photo courtesy of Parliament Magazine)
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.
Rights defenders support World Bank suspending loans to Uganda
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank suspends loans to Uganda
U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (Photo courtesy of House Television)
U.S. legislators to World Bank: Halt loans to Uganda until anti-gay law is repealed