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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."

Algeria
Gay - Lesbian

Algerian gays lit candles for recognition

afrol News, 13 October - The gay and lesbian movement in Algeria is slowly daring to become more visible. This week, they lit thousands of candles in public to mark their fight for decriminalisation and respect.

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.

Eritrea
Society | Human rights | Gay - Lesbian

Homosexuality "against Eritrean values"

afrol News, 26 March - Eritrean government officials for the first time have answered to rights activists' questions about the country's tough anti-homosexuality laws. Legalisation was out of question, the official said.

South Africa | Uganda
Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Gay - Lesbian | Society

SA’s business eyeing oil in Uganda

afrol News, 25 March - A huge South African business delegation arrived in Kampala today accompanying President Jacob Zuma for his two-day state visit.


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» 22.03.2010 - Malawi gay couple to be tried
» 02.03.2010 - Reject anti-gay bill - activists
» 01.03.2010 - Experts urge Uganda to drop anti-homosexuality bill
» 24.02.2010 - Constitutional court rejects gays appeal
» 03.02.2010 - Gay rights activist arrested in Malawi
» 29.01.2010 - High court denies gay couple bail
» 22.01.2010 - Anti-homosexuality law threat to fighting AIDS
» 14.01.2010 - Museveni distances himself from anti gay bill
» 12.01.2010 - Malawi gay couple’s case goes to Constitutional Court
» 11.01.2010 - Uganda’s legislator rejects call to withdraw 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
» 18.02.2009 - Burundi senators reject bill criminalising homosexuality
» 16.01.2009 - UN calls for release of convicted gay men in Senegal
» 08.01.2009 - Gays fear for life after harsh sentencing of nine
» 25.12.2008 - Court gives Christmas present to Ugandan gays
» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 13.11.2008 - Senegal gay community regroups to demand rights
» 06.10.2008 - Joburg gay pride festival successfully completed
» 28.07.2008 - Uganda police torture gay rights activist
» 17.07.2008 - African bishops shun conference in Canterbury
» 19.06.2008 - Gay activists' arrest "shows African HIV response gaps"
» 03.06.2008 - Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"
» 26.05.2008 - IGLHRC tackles Gambian leader
» 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'
» 29.11.2007 - Somali gay bloggers receive death threats
» 19.11.2007 - Somalis launch public gay site
» 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"
» 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
» 11.10.2006 - UN condemns anti-gay laws of Cameroon
» 05.09.2006 - Ghana turns down homosexuals' bid for recognition
» 24.03.2006 - Nigeria urged not to "criminalise gay rights"
» 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy
» 24.02.2006 - Tutu defends resistance against racism, homophobia, oppression
» 02.12.2005 - Church, ANC welcome same-sex marriage ruling
» 01.12.2005 - Same-sex marriage approved in South Africa
» 25.07.2005 - 17 homosexuals face charges in Cameroon
» 11.07.2005 - Fears of enhanced gay repression in Uganda
» 08.07.2005 - Death sentence for homosexual act in Nigeria
» 28.01.2005 - Zimbabwe gay group wins international award
» 13.01.2005 - Sierra Leone lesbian activist murder "not a hate crime"
» 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
» 19.08.2004 - Ghana's gays organise to fight British criminal law
» 07.07.2004 - Desmond Tutu: "Homophobia equals apartheid"
» 27.04.2004 - Zanzibar threatened with tourism boycott
» 04.02.2004 - Inquiry documents ill-treatment of SA gays in prison
» 05.01.2004 - Congolese Anglican Church condemns homosexuality
» 09.12.2003 - Botswana's Church leaders denounce gay Bishop
» 02.12.2003 - South African AIDS activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
» 03.06.2003 - Church of Nigeria breaks with pro-gay churches

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