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Senegalese Court to Try Teenagers for Homosexuality

Two Senegalese teenagers will stand trial this coming week for allegedly committing homosexual acts. It is the latest in a string of cases targeting gay men and now young boys in Senegal. Newspapers here in Dakar are preoccupied with the onset of the Muslim holiday Ramadan and the final matches of the season for Senegal's most popular sport, traditional wrestling.

Gays Association bares all

An organisation of homosexuals in the country was yesterday attacked by members of the public after revealing how they engage themselves in sexual intercourse. This was during a live radio programme sponsored by the Ministry of Health on the Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services (SBIS) Siswati Channel. Hosting the 45 minute programme which started at 6:15am was popular radio announcer Doris Vilakati while the ministry was represented by Health Educator Muhle Dlamini.

'Gay man' disinterred in Senegal

The body of a man believed to be homosexual has twice been dug up from a Muslim cemetery in Senegal. The man, in his 30s, was first buried on Saturday before residents of the western town of Thies dug up his body and left it near his grave, police say.

Senegal: Nine men contest gay prison sentences

Nine Senegalese men who were sentenced to eight years in prison for "indecent conduct and unnatural acts" are appealing against the decision. The men, most of whom belong to a group set up to combat HIV/AIDS, appeared at the Dakar Court of Appeal yesterday with their attorneys.

Uganda accuses UN of spreading homosexuality

Ugandan ethics minister James Nsaba Buturo has accused United Nations member countries of being involved in a covert mission to 'impose' homosexuality' on other nations. Speaking at a press conference today, he also said that Uganda will not bow to international pressure to adopt gay rights.

Pope claims condoms 'could make African AIDS crisis worse'

Pope Benedict XVI today added to the controversy over the Catholic church's stance on condoms when he argued that they were not the answer to Africa's fight against HIV and Aids and could even make the problem worse.

Gay seminar stirs outrage in Morocco

Outrage swept across Morocco following a gay association's announcement of a planned seminar on sexual problems. The seminar entitled "Gender and Sexuality," is set to be held in April and will tackle sensitive issues that people are too shy to discuss for religious and social reasons, said Mariam Benebodallah, media spokesperson for the Moroccan homosexual association Kif Kif.

Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks

The partially clothed body of Eudy Simelane, former star of South Africa's acclaimed Banyana Banyana national female football squad, was found in a creek in a park in Kwa Thema, on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Simelane had been gang-raped and brutally beaten before being stabbed 25 times in the face, chest and legs.

Anti-gay laws in Nigeria 'will lead to widespread human rights abuses'

Nigerian activists have said that a new bill outlawing same-sex marriage will lead to increased arrests and abuse of anyone suspected to be gay. Gay sex is already an imprisonable offence in the country, but the new bill would make it illegal for gay couples to live together.

Ugandan Parliamentarians Condemned for Meeting Anti-Gay Rights Militants

The attendance of several Ugandan parliamentarians at an anti-gay conference in Kampala at the weekend has been condemned by the European Parliament’s all-party “intergroup” for gay and lesbian rights.

Nigeria gay activists speak out

Nigerian gay rights activists have told the country's lawmakers that a new bill to outlaw same sex marriage would lead to widespread human rights abuses. The new law would mean prison sentences for gay people who live together, and anyone who "aids and abets" them.

Nigeria tells UN that gays don't exist in their country

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs has told a UN review of human rights in the African nation that there is no gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans community in his country. Ojo Madueke was addressing the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UNUPR) on Human Rights in Geneva.

Lawyers from across Africa gather to discuss LGBT rights

Gay rights activists and lawyers who have worked on LGBT human rights cases met in South Africa last week. The four-day workshop on legal strategies for promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in Africa was attended by 45 participants from 11 countries— Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Nigeria urged to drop proposed new law against gay relationships

New legislation in Nigeria that would punish gay and lesbian couples for living together has been condemned by human rights groups in the country and internationally.

South African gays picket Human Rights Commission over 'hate speech' article

Gay rights advocates in South Africa have attacked the country's Human Rights Commission for failing to comment on the case of a columnist who wrote a homophobic newspaper article.

Uganda Protest

Students from the NUS joined Gay Rights Uganda and other queer activists in a demonstration outside the Ugandan embassy in London on 9 October.

Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church

A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. Professor Kunle Macaulay, Director of Studies at United Bible University, said he rejected the House of Rainbow ministry founded in 2006 by Rev Jide Macaulay.

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