Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Signs Anti-Gay Bill Monday Feb 24,2014

Uganda's president has signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people and criminalising those who do not report them.

The president had previously agreed to put the bill on hold pending US scientific advice.

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda

The new law punishes first-time offenders with 14 years in jail, and allows life imprisonment as the penalty for acts of "aggravated homosexuality"

The law makes it a crime not to report gay people - in effect making it impossible to live as openly gay.