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According to a gay group in the East African country of Somalia, a gay teen was stoned to death there by a group connected to Al Qaeda because of his perceived sexual orientation, but a gay website disputes the account.

LGBT activists may be raising concern over Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, who a leading candidate to replace Pope Benedict XVI, as he’s voiced his support for anti-gay bills in Africa.

French military were able to free two Mali men before they were executed for allegedly having gay sex.

A British theater producer just missed spending two years in a Ugandan jail after a court dismissed charges against him for staging a play about gay life in the homophobic East African country.

After vowing to pass Uganda’s controversial anti-gay law, the country’s Parliament speaker was blessed by Pope Benedict XVI when she went to Rome to attend a human rights conference.

Uganda parliament says that the East African country’s controversial "kill the gays" bill could be passed before Christmas as government officials are set to debate the measure any day.

Lawmakers in the West African nation of Nigeria have furthered a proposed law that would limit the rights of the country’s LGBT community, which already faces multiple hardships.

Africa’s southwest country of Malawi said it would suspend anti-gay laws while the government discusses whether to repeal them.

The president of Gambia, a tiny West African country, claims that his remedy of herbs can cure HIV and AIDS.

Police in the failed Southern African nation arrested 44 gay rights supporters after they raided a LGBT advocacy group. Authorities deny that the raid was caused by anti-gay motives but because members of the organization needed to be "screened."