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Five women arrested under Senegal’s anti-gay law
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country’s anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in the deeply conservative West African nation, an activist group said Tuesday.
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Gambia gays face discrimination in exile
Alhaji, a 21-year-old gay man, knew there was trouble when he heard that an uninvited guest was snapping photos in the middle of his poolside birthday party in Gambia’s capital. That photographer turned out to be a member of Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency, and accused Alhaji of throwing “a gay party” in violation of Gambian law.
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Senegal Justice Minister: Law criminalizing homosexuality here to stay
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s new Justice Minister says the country’s law criminalizing homosexuality is here to remain, despite previously leading a campaign for LGBT rights.
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Senegal president defends anti-gay law following clash with Obama
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal President Macky Sall is defending his refusal to decriminalize homosexuality one day after publicly clashing with President Barack Obama on the issue at a joint press conference.
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Obama clashes with African host over gay rights
DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the movement has to go internationally.
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U.S. gay rights cases could trail Obama in upcoming trip to Africa
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa next month may result in a stark juxtaposition between the growing power of the gay rights movement in the U.S. and the criminalization of homosexuality throughout the African continent.