Law & Society

There were several LGBT activists who would have wished the court had tackled the issues that arose in the five months the law was implemented. The constitutional court, which composed of five judges, declared the law as invalid because of a technicality: the law was passed by Ugandan Parliament without a proper quorom, the New York Times said.

CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said in the written statement, "Some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding reached between SSCI (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) and the CIA in 2009."

There have been daily attempts to reach the site as fighting between the rebels and the government continues in the area. The small group of investigators had come in in a convoy of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitors, BBC reported.