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Anti-gay laws widespread in Africa despite gains

On February 20, 20198:22 pmIn Newsby vanguard

More than half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa have anti-homosexuality laws, although others have moved towards legal tolerance, watchdogs say.

Anti-gay pastor barred from entering South Africa

On September 13, 20162:14 pmIn Newsby akintayo eribake

South Africa on Tuesday banned a Holocaust-denying, anti-gay American pastor from entering the country, after an outcry from rights groups over his characterisation of gays as “sodomites” and “paedophiles”.

Anti-gay law: Okogie, Osa-Oni blast Western nations

On March 12, 20148:30 amIn Newsby akintayo eribake

ARCHBISHOP Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, and founder of Vineyard Christian Centre, Lagos, Archbishop John Osa-Oni, have sent a strong warning to the United States of America and its Western allies to desist from pressurising Nigerian government to soft pedal on its current anti-gay stands, vowing that no amount of intimidation would make the nation succumb to their whims and caprices.