Ivory Coast

“If there is no law that that condemns it, I don’t understand how we could have been convicted.”

Kintner has a reputation as a blunt-spoken conservative who relishes taking on high-profile topics, including opposition to gay rights and advocating restrictions on immigration.

Gay men have been forced to flee their homes after the U.S. Embassy published a photo of them signing a condolence book for victims of the killings in Orlando.

ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — An angry mob “ransacked” the headquarters of Ivory Coast’s most prominent gay rights organization, an official said Monday, following days of anti-gay protests in a country generally seen as moderate on the issue.

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.