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Read more Posted at 16:12 19 Nov 2018 Gay rugby player in persecution fear Kenneth Macharia, member of Bristol Bisons RFC Bristol Bisons's Kenneth Macharia says he will suffer violence if he is forced to return to Kenya. Read more Posted at 18:14 15 Nov 2018 Denmark halts aid to Tanzania amid gay row Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tornaes addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh 31 October 2018. Planned payments of $9.8m will be withheld after anti-gay comments by a senior Tanzanian politician. Read more Posted at 17:07 7 Nov 2018 Arrests over Zanzibar 'gay wedding' A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 Amnesty International calls for the release of 10 men detained after an alleged gay celebration in Zanzibar. Read more Posted at 11:57 5 Nov 2018 Tanzania: Gay crackdown is not policy A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 The government distances itself from an official who wanted to create an anti-gay surveillance squad. Read more Posted at 16:13 2 Nov 2018 Growing up openly gay in Uganda A Ugandan activist describes her experience as a young lesbian LGBT+ rights campaigner Kasha Nabagesera grew up in Uganda being open about her attraction to other women. She says she faced disapproval and expulsion from sc hool, but no-one actually told her homosexuality was illegal. Image: Kasha Nabagesera Credit: Christine Dierenbach Posted at 16:47 31 Oct 2018 'Anti-gay' force launched in Tanzania A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 The team has been tasked with identifying and arresting gay people on social media. Read more Posted at 16:41 21 Sep 2018 Kenya briefly lifts ban on lesbian film Still from Rafiki film A judge temporarily allows the screening of a film about a lesbian love affair ahead of the Oscars. Read more Posted at 14:17 28 Aug 2018 Nigeria police arrests after 'gay party' Ishaq Khalid BBC Africa, Nigeria Men holding hands BBC Displays of same-sex affection are illegal in Nigeria Police in Nigeria say they arrested 57 men over the weekend on suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in the West African country. The police raided a hotel in the main commercial city of Lagos where dozens of people - mostly men - were attending a party. Some fled during the mass arrests in the early hours of Sunday morning, but officers rounded up 57 people who they say are homosexual. Chike Godwin Oti, police spokesman in Lagos state, told the BBC that investigations were continuing and the suspects would be charged. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Nigeria – such relationships were first outlawed under colonial rule in 1901. Laws were tightened in 2014 when gay marriage and displays of same-sex affection were also banned. Since then the authorities have cracked down on people suspected of homosexuality. However, arrests are infrequent as homosexual people live in hiding. Watch: Queer in Nigeria: 'People don't think we exist' (Submit) Show more updates Back to top News Navigation (BUTTON) SectionsSections * Home * Video * World + World Home + Africa + Asia + Australia + Europe + Latin America + Middle East + US & Canada * UK + UK Home + England + N. 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