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6 February 2012Tunisian human rights minister: No free speech for gays 52 Tunisia's human rights minister Samir Dilou has attacked new online magazine Gayday and said gays need ‘medical treatment’ in a TV interview. -
2 February 2012South African lesbian killers sentenced to 18 years in prison 8 Four men convicted of murdering a lesbian near Cape Town have received 18-year prison sentences, days before the sixth anniversary of her death. -
29 January 2012UN secretary general: African governments must respect gay rights 36 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told African leaders that they must respect gay rights in an unusually outspoken declaration made at an African Union summit in Ethiopia. -
26 January 2012Gay Tunisians speak out 10 The socio-political upheaval Tunisia has undergone since the revolution has led many Tunisians to question their place within this new society – Tunisia’s often undiscussed LGBT community is no exception to this uncertainty. -
26 January 2012‘Disrespectful’ gays demanded Zulu king’s apology 19 While the question of what exactly the Zulu king said about gays in a speech on Sunday remains, the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa said the gay rights group who demanded an apology showed the king disrespect. -
25 January 2012Peter Tatchell on arresting Robert Mugabe and interrupting Archbishop Carey 6 In Peter Tatchell's own words, his account of hijacking the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter Sermon in 1998 and his first attempt at a citizen's arrest of Robert Mugabe. -
24 January 2012Zulu king’s alleged anti-gay comment to be investigated 8 Anti-gay comments reportedly made by the king of the Zulu people are set to be investigated by South Africa's Human Rights Commission, but the royal family insists it was a mistranslation by a national newspaper. -
23 January 2012Ex-South African president: Ugandan anti-gay bill makes no sense 23 The former president of South Africa, Thabo MBeki, has criticised Uganda's infamous anti-gay bill, saying it does not "make sense" to intervene in people's private lives. -
23 January 2012Zulu prince: King’s ‘rotten gays’ comment was ‘mistranslated’ 23 Comments by the Zulu king that gay relationships were "rotten" have been dismissed as a mistranslation by the royal family. -
23 January 2012Zulu king: Gays are rotten 25 Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, King of the Zulu people, has reportedly said gay relationships are a new invention and are "rotten". -
11 January 2012Liberian Speaker rules out gay rights bills 32 The Speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has said no gay rights bills will make progress during his tenure. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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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