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Gay Tanzanians living in fear as governor launches witch-hunt
Gay people in Tanzania are terrified for their safety following Dar es Salaam governor Paul Makonda’s creation of a team to hunt them down. Experts and activists living in the city—the country’s former...
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Tanzania government distances itself from anti-gay purge
The government of Tanzania has attempted to distance itself from an anti-gay crackdown in the city of Dar es Salaam. The Tanzanian foreign ministry put out the statement responding to international...
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Tanzania anti-gay hunt: US warns American citizens over crackdown
The US Embassy in Tanzania has advised American citizens in the country to review their social media profiles, after a governor announced a crackdown on homosexuality in the city of Dar es Salaam. In a...
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10 men arrested in Tanzania for ‘being gay’
Ten men have reportedly been arrested in Tanzania, after police were tipped off about a same-sex wedding ceremony. Police raided the event at Pongwe Beach on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar and...
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Tanzanian men arrested for ‘being gay’ released on bail
10 men who were arrested last weekend in Tanzania on suspicion of engaging in homosexual activity have been released on bail, according to the Thomas Reuters Foundation. The men were arrested after...
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Tanzania minister says gay men are safe—as 10 endure anal exams
The Interior Minister of Tanzania has said gay people are not under threat, as 10 men were subjected to anal examinations to ‘prove’ their homosexuality. Alphaxard Kangi Ndege Lugola told newspaper...
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Tanzania loses $10 million in aid due to anti-gay crackdown
Tanzania has lost $10 million worth of aid money from Denmark as a consequence of its anti-gay crackdown. Danish development minister Ulla Tørnæs announced the decision on Twitter on Wednesday...
View ArticleTanzania governor who created task force to hunt gay people banned from...
A high-ranking official in Tanzania who created a task force to hunt down gay people has been banned from entering the US. Paul Makonda is the governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam,...
View ArticleTanzania has banned lube and is forcing men into humiliating anal exams to...
Lube has been banned in Tanzania and gay men are routinely forced to undergo humiliating anal examinations in what has been described as a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. The East African country has...
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Tanzanian president John Magufuli is dead but his cruel, hateful homophobic...
Tanzania’s COVID-denying president John Magufuli, 61, has died amid speculation that he had contracted the disease. Magufuli’s death was announced on Wednesday (17 March) by the country’s...
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