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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called on African leaders to reject “the promotion of homosexuality”, hinting that he would sign the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, passed by parliament last month. This bill, which provides for the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality and life imprisonment for recruitment, promotion and financing of homosexual …

The Swedish and Finnish embassies in Zambia angered Zambians after raising the rainbow flag, a symbol of the LGBTIQ community, along with their own national flags at their premises on Tuesday. The Swedish and Finnish embassies in Zambia tweeted the rainbow flag using the hashtag #Idahot2022, which stands for International …

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has announced the ban of a documentary film about the life of a gay couple in Kenya. “The film, I am Samuel, promoted same-sex marriage which goes against legislation that outlaws homosexuality”, the board says in a statement. It added that the film was …

Ghanaian information minister says politicians have “no intention” of changing its laws on sexuality, after an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that the country’s current laws on “matters of sexuality” were “adequate”. Ghana’s criminal code outlaws what it describes as “unnatural carnal knowledge” but does …

Of Lebanese and Liberian descent, Ghanaian actress, producer and singer Juliet Ibrahim lent her support to LGBTQI people through an Instagram post. In a publication, she attacked all public sector actors and clerics who are against the development of homosexuals. “Superficial minds. If you have all traveled beyond your homes …

They are in total nine to be arrested bythe police in cameroon for practicing homosexuality. According to a police officer and a lawyer, two of them are still in custody. An officer in the town of Bafoussam, where the nine men were arrested said: “we arrested them to check if …

In Togo, the law remains repressive in regard to this sexual orientation. Homosexuality is not allowed in the country directed by Faure Gnassingbe. It is rather considered as an against-nature act, punished by a three-year prison sentence and a heavy fine. According to analyses done by our colleagues of Republicoftogo, …