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11 January 2012Liberian Speaker rules out gay rights bills 33 The Speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has said no gay rights bills will make progress during his tenure.
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6 January 2012Zimbabwe mayor rubbishes claims his pink bins were pulled 7 A Zimbabwe mayor has insisted his city council will use the twenty pink dustbins donated by a pro-gay rights group as soon as he can find prominent spaces for them.
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3 January 2012Comment: On running club nights and marathons 4 Sam Feller runs QueerlyOut, a gay club night in London and is training to complete a marathon this year in Rwamagana, East Rwanda to benefit the survivors of the 1994 genocide.
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29 December 2011Zimbabwe MP bailed after allegedly claiming Robert Mugabe had gay affairs 15 A Zimbabwean MP who was arrested last week after saying President Robert Mugabe had sex with other male politicians has been released on bail of $200 today, the state newspaper says.
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28 December 2011Muslim leader in Ghana offers anti-gay Christmas message 75 The National Chief Immam of Ghana issued a Christmas message this year which praised the efforts of Christians and members of other religions for their efforts to denounce homosexuality.
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22 December 2011Nigerian health minister says bisexuals “pose a challenge” to HIV efforts 16 Nigeria's health minister has warned that bisexual men pose a "challenge" to efforts to tackle the spread of HIV in the country, as the prevalence of HIV among gay and bisexual men in the country was found to have risen.
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21 December 2011Zimbabwe MP arrested for claiming Robert Mugabe “practised homosexuality” 63 A female member of parliament in Zimbabwe has been arrested after claiming the president, Robert Mugabe, had a sexual relationship with former president Canaan Banana.
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14 December 2011Ghana’s education ministry “optimistic” it can stop homosexuality 96 A spokesman for Ghana's Education Ministry has told the Accra Mail he is confident a programme in which teachers warn students of the "adverse consequences" of being gay will make it "a thing of the past".
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13 December 2011Newly-crowned Mr Gay Namibia was “mugged for prize money” 17 The holder of the Mr Gay Namibia title says he was mugged outside his home in the African state by attackers demanding the prize money he had won.
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8 December 2011Malawi says it will review anti-gay laws in light of “public opinion” 35 The Malawian Justice Minister has included the country's anti-gay laws in a list of legislation he wants reviewed, saying the rules may not reflect "public opinion".
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6 December 201160,000 petition Nigerian President not to sign anti-gay law 56 Activists have delivered a copy of a 60,000-strong global petition addressed to the Nigerian President, urging him not to sign in new laws that target gays.
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30 November 2011Nigerian Senate votes to punish gay marriage with 14 years in prison 150 The Nigerian Senate has voted through a bill criminalising gay marriage, with prison sentences of up to 14 years for those couples who try to enter into an unofficial union and ten years for witnesses.
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25 November 2011Amnesty urges Cameroon to release men on gay sex charges 10 The human rights organisation says at least ten individuals in Yaoundé and the largest city of Douala have been arrested under the country’s homophobic laws since March.
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24 November 20113 gay men in Cameroon jailed for 5 years 28 The sentences are believed to be the toughest prescribed by the country’s law.
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24 November 2011Mugabe calls UK’s human rights aid policy “satanic” 101 Zimbabwean President calls the idea of diverting aid away from the government unless they enshrine human rights, including gay rights, a "diabolic suggestion" and a "stupid offer".
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