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Zimbabwe’s LGBT community in fear after Mugabe’s disputed re-election victory
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s LGBT community remains in fear following the re-election of President Robert Mugabe, who pledged during campaign rallies to impose tighter anti-gay legislation and called for gays to be jailed or beheaded.
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Cameroon detains colleagues of slain gay rights activist Eric Lembembe
YOUNDE, Cameroon — Police in Cameroon have refused to release two LGBT activists detained on Saturday as potential witnesses in the investigation of the murder of activist and journalist Eric Lembembe.
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Zimbabwe president calls for the beheading of gays
MUTARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe stepped up his campaign against LGBT Zimbabweans during an election rally of his Zanu PF party supporters in Mutare this week, calling for the beheading of gays.
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Two men convicted of homosexuality under Cameroon’s anti-gay law
A court in Cameroon on Tuesday found two men guilty under the country’s harsh law banning gay sex, a lawyer said, continuing a string of recent convictions that has drawn international condemnation.
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Nigeria Foreign Minister warns the West against ‘imposing’ gay rights
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister on Saturday declared that the West is trying to “impose” gay rights on the country.
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Cameroon blasts reporting of gay rights activist’s murder
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon lashed out at the media on Friday for its reporting on the recent killing of a prominent gay activist and warned that future “provocative commentary” on the case would be illegal.
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Prominent gay rights activist tortured, killed in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Eric Ohena Lembembe, a prominent LGBT rights advocate and journalist was found dead at his home in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Monday evening. Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS).
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‘Gay marriage will mark the end of the world,’ warns Ivory Coast minister
BROBO, Ivory Coast — Gay marriage is an “aberration” and “will mark the end of the world,” according to Gnamien Konan, Ivory Coast’s Minister of Public Service.
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Zimbabwe president says gays, lesbians who do not conceive should be jailed
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday threatened to jail gays and lesbians for failing to conceive an offspring as he launched his party’s campaign for this month’s general election.
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Anonymous hacks Nigeria’s government website over anti-gay bill
DUBLIN, Ireland — An Irish hacker, who claims that he is part of the Anonymous hackivist group, took down Nigeria’s official government website over its intent to pass a law that would jail LGBT people for up to 14 years.