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afrol News, 22 January - The so-called ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ under consideration by the Ugandan Parliament not only violates the fundamental human rights of Ugandans, but will also impede efforts to combat HIV, a United Nations independent expert warned today.

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afrol News, 14 January - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has broken the silence on the controversial anti gay bill saying it goes against the government policy.

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» 10.12.2009 - Clerics back government on Anti-Homosexuality Bill
» 06.11.2009 - "Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
» 29.10.2009 - Remove death penalty on gays - Clergy
» 28.05.2009 - Gays mistreated in Rwanda - AI
» 08.04.2009 - Senegalese gay men appeal a homophobic sentence
» 18.02.2009 - Burundi senators reject bill criminalising homosexuality
» 25.12.2008 - Court gives Christmas present to Ugandan gays
» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 27.11.2008 - EU "shocked" by Burundi's gay criminalisation
» 24.11.2008 - Burundi to criminalise homosexuality
» 20.05.2008 - African gays "face persecution and violence"
» 29.11.2007 - Somali gay bloggers receive death threats
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 03.05.2007 - Battle over sexual offences bill in Mauritius
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 29.01.2007 - South Africa's gays give media failing grade
» 30.11.2006 - Gay marriage now legal in South Africa
» 24.11.2006 - Homosexuality now debated all over Africa
» 14.11.2006 - South Africa legalises same-sex weddings
» 01.11.2006 - Mozambique discovers its gay minority
» 20.10.2006 - Marriage bill frustrates SA's same-sex couples
» 05.09.2006 - Ghana turns down homosexuals' bid for recognition
» 04.09.2006 - South African bank assists on transgender IDs
» 29.03.2006 - Second Cameroon editor sentenced over "gay lists"
» 24.03.2006 - Nigeria urged not to "criminalise gay rights"
» 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy
» 02.12.2005 - Church, ANC welcome same-sex marriage ruling
» 01.12.2005 - Same-sex marriage approved in South Africa
» 11.07.2005 - Fears of enhanced gay repression in Uganda
» 21.01.2005 - Senegal's gay community confronts social taboos
» 12.01.2005 - Senegal's gays fight for AIDS campaign funds
» 22.12.2004 - South Africa govt to appeal gay marriage ruling
» 01.12.2004 - South African court legalises gay marriage
» 21.10.2004 - South Africans disapprove of homosexuals, abortion
» 26.08.2004 - Uganda Church at war with pro-gay US Church
» 19.08.2004 - Ghana's gays organise to fight British criminal law
» 03.06.2004 - Prison for Moroccan editor in gay outing affair
» 27.04.2004 - Zanzibar threatened with tourism boycott
» 27.01.2004 - Hostile setting at Ugandan Archbishop installation
» 13.11.2003 - Church of Tanzania breaks ties with US church
» 11.11.2003 - Conservative action on AIDS by Nigerian church
» 17.10.2003 - Nigerian, Rwandan archbishops celebrate victory
» 23.09.2003 - Nigerian Archbishop attacks Southern African counterpart
» 02.09.2003 - Ugandan Church attacks gay community
» 27.06.2003 - Southern African Archbishop on distance to Nigerian Church
» 03.06.2003 - Church of Nigeria breaks with pro-gay churches
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