Tag Archives: Africa

Islamic and Christianist groups are finding common ground in Ghana’s recent campaign against LGBT people. Last month high-ranking government officials began calling for “rounding up” and arresting all homosexuals in the country.

The witch hunt in Ghana ramps up. From an anti-gay news site: The Ghana Education Service has conceded that same sex schools in Ghana are becoming breeding grounds for gays and lesbians. GES, however says that neutralizing these schools, will not address the issue of homosexuality creeping into the Ghanaian society. Teachers in some single sex schools have been reported …

A Ghana official has ordered the “immediate arrest” of “all homosexuals in the region.” From an anti-gay African news site: The Western Region Minister Paul Evans Aidoo has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the region. He has tasked the Bureau of National Investigations and all security agencies to smoke out persons suspected to be engaging in same …

“If as human beings created in the image of God, we fail to appreciate the difference between males and females and start marrying man-to-man and woman-to-woman, are we not worse than dogs that appreciate nature’s arrangement? Have you ever seen a he-goat getting attached to another he-goat? Or a male dog to another male dog? Think about these things.” – …

After a postponement yesterday, it appears the bill may be voted on by Uganda’s parliament tomorrow.

“I was pleased when the Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly, in a bipartisan way, voted in favor of my amendment urging the Secretary of the Treasury to oppose any financial assistance from multilateral development institutions to countries that persecute people on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or religious beliefs. In the discussion of the amendment I offered, I …

The CDC writes us this morning to note their response to the early halting of an African HIV PrEP study, which I mentioned yesterday. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) involves taking an HIV medication as a preventive to infection. The CDC expresses disappointment with the cessation of the African study, as “this approach has already been shown to be effective in reducing …

Citing poor early results, researchers have halted an African study in which women were given the HIV medication Truvada as a preventive to infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been considered one of the more promising advances against AIDS. Women taking Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences Inc., are just as likely to get HIV as other women who have been given …

Box Turtle Bulletin alerts us that despite recent media reports that Uganda’s “kill gays” bill had been shelved, in fact it will be debated in the national parliament next week. The bill came into being after American evangelicals visited Uganda with claims that foreign homosexuals wanted to pay Uganda’s children to become gay. The controversial Anti Homosexuality bill is one …

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Libyan dictator Muammar Gadaffi just appeared on state television to declare that he will not step down and that he plans to “die here as a martyr.’ He described protesters who have carried out days of anti-government demonstrations as “rats”, adding: “This is my country and the country of our ancestors”. Speaking in a loud voice, Col Gadaffi has claimed …

“Yes I did make those comments but did I actually cut off anyone’s head? Have I ever arrested anyone for being gay? No, but Senegal has arrested and imprisoned someone for being gay and they receive the [Millennium Development Goals]. There are gays here in The Gambia, I know that. But they live in secret and that is fine with …

Buzzfeed has posted a fantastic collection of this morning’s headlines about Egypt. As always, the New York Post wins.

Celebratory, yet appropriately cautious.

Apparently this time it’s true. Mass celebrations are breaking out all over Cairo. Every news channel is on it, get to a television and watch some history if you can.

Contrary to jubilant early reports today, Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak is not stepping down, but is merely transferring some power to his number two man. Angry crowds are presently marching on the television studio where Mubarak made the below announcement less than an hour ago. I’ll replace this clip with a proper network account when it becomes available.