Homosexuals in Burkina Faso face punitive prison terms and fines

Homosexuals in Burkina Faso face punitive prison terms and fines

The new law goes into effect immediately with individuals in same-sex relationships risking prison sentences as well as fines, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said during a briefing broadcast by the state TV. He described homosexual acts as “bizarre behaviour.”

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Uganda’s refugee economy boost: How deportation of Abrego Garcia to East Africa fortifies Museveni’s grip on power

Uganda’s refugee economy boost: How deportation of Abrego Garcia to East Africa fortifies Museveni’s grip on power

The highest-profile detainee that the United States seeks to deport, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, appears to be headed to Uganda, where critics claim that a deal with the Trump administration eases political pressure on a president who has ruled for nearly four decades. Ugandan officials have released few details about the...

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Anglican schism over homosexuality force Church of England to relook at status Archbishop of Canterbury

Anglican schism over homosexuality force Church of England to relook at status Archbishop of Canterbury

For centuries, the man who crowns British monarchs as the senior-most bishop in the Church of England, which formed after Henry VIII’s 16th-century split from Rome, has also been the titular head of 85 million Anglicans across 165 countries.

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How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests

How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests

Unlike in Russia where political homophobia has been institutionalised as a state strategy in that country’s politics, there is no evidence that this is the case in Uganda despite the political order being in congruence with the population against homosexuality. It would therefore be wrong to gang the youth who demonstrated against corruption and the corrupt as being pons for the homosexuality movement in the West and its small link in Uganda.

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