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Uganda passes sexual offences law

The law criminalises sexual harassment, child prostitution and sexual exploitation.

Uganda has passed a sexual offences law which criminalises sexual harassment, child prostitution, sexual exploitation and sex between people of the same gender.

Save the Children says unaccompanied children from Tigray region in Ethiopia face the risk of neglect, physical and sexual abuse.

And our regular sounds from Africa slot with music connoisseur Rita Ray.

(Picture: Defendants stand handcuffed together as forty-seven suspects related to sexual gender based violence (SGBV) attend a special session at the Kampala High Court in Kampala, Uganda, on November 12, 2018. Credit: Photo by ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tue 4 May 2021 15:06GMT

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