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13 May 2011Ugandan parliament adjourns without vote on anti-gay bill 50 Uganda's parliament adjourned today without voting on a gay execution bill. -
13 May 2011US condemns ‘odious’ Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill 72 The US State Department has strongly condemned Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill. -
12 May 2011Uganda to debate gay execution bill tomorrow 48 Uganda's parliament will debate the anti-homosexuality bill tomorrow (Friday).
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11 May 2011Updated: Confusion over Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill 23 Update: 17.30 GMT. -
10 May 2011Foreign secretary William Hague says Britain is lobbying Uganda over anti-gay bill 57 Foreign secretary William Hague says that the UK is continuing to urge Uganda not to pass a bill that could see gay people executed. -
10 May 2011Anti-gay pastor rejects Ugandan death penalty for gays 76 Anti-gay pastor Martin Ssempa has told a Ugandan parliamentary committee that he does not agree with the death penalty for gays and lesbians. -
9 May 2011Girl, 13, is latest victim of South African ‘corrective rape’ 45 A 13-year-old girl in South Africa has reportedly become the latest victim of the 'corrective rape' epidemic. -
9 May 2011Gay activists’ petition against Ugandan ‘kill gays’ bill 30 Gay rights campaigners hope to collect enough signatures to ask Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni to refuse to sign an anti-homosexuality bill.
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4 May 2011South Africa government plans ‘task team’ to tackle homophobic hate crime 7 The South African government has announced the formation of a task team to tackle anti-gay hate crimes.
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4 May 2011Ugandan lesbian honoured for human rights work 12 Ugandan lesbian campaigner Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has been honoured with an international award for her bravery in speaking out for human rights. -
4 May 2011Shrien Dewani ‘told gay escort he wanted a way out of marriage’ + Shrien Dewani allegedly told a gay escort that he wanted a "way out" of his marriage months before his wife was murdered on honeymoon. -
3 May 2011Gay campaigners say South African lesbian’s murder was ‘hate crime’ 4 A lesbian who was raped and murdered in a South African township last week was clearly attacked because of her sexuality, gay campaigners say.
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27 April 2011Lesbian raped and murdered in South African township 40 Noxolo Nogwaza, a 24-year-old lesbian, was found dead in an alley in Kwa-Thema township, South Africa, on Easter Sunday.
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14 April 2011Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe calls Britain ‘gay filth’ 47 Homophobic Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe called Britain's tolerance of gay rights "unnatural" and "filth" at the funeral of his deputy intelligence chief today. -
25 March 2011Reports say Ugandan anti-gay bill has been killed 31 Reports from Uganda say the country's anti-homosexuality bill has been dropped.
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18 March 2011US House committee approves measure for aid cut to anti-gay countries 28 A US House committee has approved a measure which would discourage aid to homophobic countries like Uganda. -
18 March 2011Reports say Ugandan parliament will return to anti-gay bill 48 Reports say that the Ugandan parliament is to return to considering an anti-homosexuality bill next week.
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10 March 2011BBC World Debate programme asks ‘Is homosexuality un-African?’ 70 A BBC World News Debate will be screened next week on the topic 'Is homosexuality un-African?' The debate, which will not be broadcast in the UK but will be available to view online, features notorious Ugandan anti-gay MP David Bahati as a panellist. -
3 March 2011Travel: Cape Town – South Africa’s Rainbow City 2 Adam Smith traveled to Cape Town and finds that rainbows everywhere, from tourism board leaflets to the floor at the airport. -
3 March 2011Homophobia reportedly widespread in UK African communities 9 According to Mambo, the African healthier lifestyle magazine published by Terrence Higgins Trust, hostile attitudes towards gay men and lesbians within UK African communities is on the rise.
