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Amnesty International: Gays arrested in at least four Nigerian states
LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International says Nigerian police have arrested 10 people suspected of being gay in four majority Christian southern states in the highly religious nation.
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United Nations chief alarmed by Nigeria’s new anti-gay law
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is alarmed by reports of the arrest and torture of individuals in northern Nigeria believed to be homosexual and strongly hopes that the constitutionality of the country’s new anti-gay law will be reviewed.
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Dozens arrested for being gay in Nigeria in response to new anti-gay law
LAGOS, Nigeria — Police, working off a list of 168 suspects purportedly obtained through torture, are arresting dozens of gay men in Nigeria’s northern Bauchi state, human rights activists said Tuesday.
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Nigeria president signs bill outlawing same-sex marriage, gay rights groups
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has signed a draconian anti-gay law banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting prison terms of up to 14 years for offenders.
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Gay man jailed in Cameroon for sending ‘I love you’ text to another man dies
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — A gay man in Cameroon who was jailed for sending a text message to another man saying “I’m very much in love with you,” and who was later declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, has died, according to a lawyer who worked on his case.
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Nigeria Senate passes law banning gay marriage, formation of gay rights groups
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday passed a harsh anti-gay bill banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting prison terms of up to 14 years for offenders.
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Uganda passes tough new law against homosexuality
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan lawmakers on Friday passed an anti-gay law that punishes “aggravated homosexuality” with life imprisonment.
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Nelson Mandela was a hero to gays, yet anti-LGBT bias still rampant in Africa
Africa’s gays are looking for their own Nelson Mandela – someone who will rescue them from violence and a raft of laws that criminalize gay sex. In other words, precisely what Mandela could not do, despite his efforts.
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Democratic Republic of Congo to consider banning gay sex
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — A draft bill has been proposed to criminalize gay sex the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at age 95
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world’s most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died.