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Calif. mountain climber plants rainbow flag on Uganda’s highest peak
Mountain climber Neil Gottlieb of Sausalito, Calif., has reached the summit of Uganda’s tallest mountain, where he planted a rainbow pride flag and claimed the peak in the name of LGBT rights.
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Zimbabwe president threatens to expel diplomats who promote gay rights
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe on Friday threatened to expel foreign diplomats who try to promote gay rights in the southern African country.
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Leader of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church vows to fight homosexuality ‘to the end’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world.
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Planned anti-gay rally in Ethiopia is cancelled
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A planned anti-gay rally that would have made Ethiopia the latest African country to demonize gays has been cancelled, officials said Wednesday.
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Africa’s anti-gay movement spreads to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABBA, Ethiopia — Two groups in Ethiopia said Thursday that they will hold an anti-gay demonstration later this month, a move that puts Ethiopia in line to become the next African country to increase the public demonization of gays.
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South Africa president says he ‘respects’ Uganda’s anti-gay law
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The president of South Africa on Tuesday said he respects Uganda’s right to pass anti-gay legislation and that no action will be taken against the country.
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Egyptian court sentences men to 3-8 years for homosexuality
CAIRO — A judicial official says an Egyptian court has convicted four men of committing homosexual acts and sentenced them to up to eight years in prison.
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Pope Francis presses anti-AIDS chastity strategy in Africa
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has praised church workers in Africa who promote chastity as a key way to prevent the spread of HIV.
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Openly gay judge on top South African court discusses sexuality, state of nation
JOHANNESBURG — An openly gay judge on South Africa’s Constitutional Court recently hosted a launch for his new book in the foyer of the court, a symbol-laden structure partly built with exposed brick from the apartheid-era prison that once stood on the same hilltop. At the event, another judge praised Edwin Cameron, loftily describing their workplace as a shrine to democracy but also ribbing the colleague he sees often.
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Uganda police raid U.S. project known to offer HIV treatments to gays
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police raided the offices of a United States-funded project known to offer AIDS services to gays, a government spokesman said Friday, in what appeared to be the first public action by police to enforce a new law that strengthened criminal penalties against gay sex.