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Mozambique Decriminalise Homosexuality – Malawi’s Mutharika to Attend Its Independence Day

Mozambique Decriminalise Homosexuality – Malawi’s Mutharika to Attend Its Independence Day

Homosexuality will soon be legal in Mozambique as the country will this Thursday be celebrating 40th Independence celebrations to be held in Maputo which Malawi President Peter Mutharika will attend. With the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Mozambique, the number of countries with laws criminalising same-sex activity falls to 78. Malawi, Uganda, Palau, São Tomé and […]

African Academics Challenge Criminalizing Homosexuality

African Academics Challenge Criminalizing Homosexuality

Scientific report demolishes assertions used to back criminalization of homosexuality. A Western import. Unnatural. Contagious. Un-African. All of these arguments and more have been invoked to support the numerous laws criminalizing homosexuality in Africa. But now African academics have used scientific evidence to argue against such laws and to urge African nations to abandon them. […]

Homosexuality Is Part of African Life – Report

Homosexuality Is Part of African Life – Report

Scientific evidence shows that human sexual behaviour is naturally varied, and should not form a basis for discrimination, says a highly anticipated report from the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). The report, launched at the Seventh South African AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, last night (10 June), examines scientific evidence on sexual […]

Gambia expels EU diplomat

Gambia expels EU diplomat

The European Union (EU) has summoned the Gambian ambassador for an explanation after its representative to the country was expelled. The EU is astonished by the move, which appeared to have no justification, a spokeswoman said. Agnes Guillaud has 72 hours to leave the country, without getting a reason. The EU has been critical of […]

World Observes Anti-Homophobia Day, but Not Africa

World Observes Anti-Homophobia Day, but Not Africa

Nations all over the world are observing Sunday a day of solidarity with gays and lesbians. But few African countries are celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In fact, state-sanctionned homophobia is on the rise across much of Africa with Gambian President Yahya Jammeh recently stating that he would personally slit the […]

Gay marriage is ‘economic sense’: Australian firms

Gay marriage is ‘economic sense’: Australian firms

In Australia, at least 18,000 gay couples are waiting for the law to change to allow them to get married, according to the University of Queensland. If, and when, their big day comes, it could be an expensive business covering the cost of hotels, caterers, photographers and florists, not to mention clothes, rings and a […]

Kenya: Zero Tolerance For Homosexuality

Kenya: Zero Tolerance For Homosexuality

Nairobi (AFP) – Kenya’s deputy president, William Ruto, has told worshippers at a church service in Nairobi that homosexuality had no place in the east African nation, reports said Monday. Homophobia is on the rise across much of Africa and homosexuality remains illegal in many countries, including Kenya where it was outlawed under British colonial […]

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