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Uganda
Society | Gay - Lesbian
Ugandan gays mourn activist's killing

afrol News, 27 January - David Kato, a Ugandan activist fighting for sexual minorities' rights, was killed in his home by a mob today. Shocked Ugandan gay activists promise to keep on "the struggle for justice and equality."

Congo Kinshasa
Society | Gay - Lesbian
Congo Kinshasa discusses criminalising gays

afrol News, 29 October - The Kinshasa parliament is in the process of discussing legislation that will prohibit homosexuality, or "unnatural sexual practices." But the debate climate in Congo is much calmer than in neighbouring Uganda.

Uganda
Gay - Lesbian | Media
Uganda tabloid urges "hanging of homos"

afrol News, 15 October - A Ugandan tabloid has published photos of 100 allegedly homosexual men, including their addresses and workplaces, calling for their hanging. The weekly was sold freely around the country.

Malawi
Politics | Society | Gay - Lesbian
Malawi gays released after pardon

afrol News / IPS, 1 June - Five months and a day after their arrest, the gay Malawian couple who dared to publicly declare their union with a traditional engagement party were pardoned by the President and released without conditions.

Malawi | South Africa
Society | Gay - Lesbian
SA church urges freeing of Malawi gay couple

afrol News, 26 May - The bishops of the Anglican Church in South Africa are calling on President Jacob Zuma to seek the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by a Malawi court over their sexual identity.

» 20.05.2010 - Malawi gay couple gets maximum sentence
» 19.05.2010 - Uproar over Malawi gays' conviction
» 22.03.2010 - Malawi gay couple to be tried
» 03.02.2010 - Gay rights activist arrested in Malawi
» 22.01.2010 - Anti-homosexuality law threat to fighting AIDS
» 14.01.2010 - Museveni distances himself from anti gay bill
» 07.01.2010 - Amnesty calls for release of gay couple
» 10.12.2009 - Clerics back government on Anti-Homosexuality Bill
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 21.08.2009 - Commission outraged by more Senegalese arrests
» 28.05.2009 - Gays mistreated in Rwanda - AI
» 28.04.2009 - Amnesty International begs for protection of alleged gay men
» 08.04.2009 - Senegalese gay men appeal a homophobic sentence
» 16.01.2009 - UN calls for release of convicted gay men in Senegal
» 27.11.2008 - EU "shocked" by Burundi's gay criminalisation
» 24.11.2008 - Burundi to criminalise homosexuality
» 13.11.2008 - Senegal gay community regroups to demand rights
» 28.07.2008 - Uganda police torture gay rights activist
» 05.06.2008 - Ugandan gay activists arrested at HIV meeting
» 04.06.2008 - Gambia frees "gay" Spanish tourists
» 03.06.2008 - Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"
» 29.05.2008 - Egypt court upholds HIV sentences
» 26.05.2008 - IGLHRC tackles Gambian leader
» 20.05.2008 - Doom awaits gays in Gambia
» 20.05.2008 - African gays "face persecution and violence"
» 10.04.2008 - Tutu condemns gay persecution
» 27.02.2008 - Activists petition Morocco
» 25.02.2008 - Senegalese homosexuals flee
» 18.02.2008 - Senegalese anti-gay protesters teargased
» 13.02.2008 - Senegal urged to legalise gay
» 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 10.10.2007 - Joburg Pride magnetises thousands
» 22.08.2007 - Ugandans defend gay sex ban
» 10.08.2007 - 18 gay Nigerians remanded
» 05.03.2007 - Homophobia in Africa "accelerates AIDS spread"
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 12.12.2006 - South Africa remains lesbian-bashing society
» 11.10.2006 - UN condemns anti-gay laws of Cameroon
» 08.09.2006 - Ugandan media's gay outing could trigger crackdown
» 03.05.2006 - Cameroon refuses to release acquitted homosexuals
» 21.02.2006 - Cameroon papers outing gays called "hate media"
» 25.07.2005 - 17 homosexuals face charges in Cameroon
» 08.07.2005 - Death sentence for homosexual act in Nigeria
» 03.01.2005 - "Killer" of Sierra Leone lesbian activist charged
» 01.12.2004 - Persecution of gays intensifies in Uganda
» 05.10.2004 - Murder of Sierra Leone's lesbian activist condemned
» 07.07.2004 - Desmond Tutu: "Homophobia equals apartheid"
» 01.03.2004 - Torture of Egyptian gays turns systematic
» 02.09.2003 - Ugandan Church attacks gay community
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