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Egypt Politics | Gay - Lesbian | Society Egypt Islamists "use homophobia to win votes" afrol News - Homosexuality is becoming an issue in the upcoming Egyptian elections, with the Muslim Brotherhood already being accused of spreading homophobia to win votes. Read more

Uganda Society | Gay - Lesbian Ugandan gays mourn activist's killing afrol News - David Kato, a Ugandan activist fighting for sexual minorities' rights, was killed in his home by a mob today. Shocked Ugandan gay activists promise to keep on "the struggle for justice and equality." Read more

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Senegal Culture - Arts | Society | Gay - Lesbian Dakar from Africa's gay capital to centre of homophobia afrol News - In colonial times, Senegal's metropolis Dakar was famous for its open and tolerated homosexual prostitution market, and as late as in the 1970s, as many as 17 percent of Senegalese men admitted having had homosexual experiences. Now, Dakar is West Africa's centre of gay oppression. Read more

Somalia Gay - Lesbian | Society Soul mates: The price of being gay in Somalia afrol News - Afdhere Jama talks to a Somali gay couple that has staid together since their childhood in Mogadishu in the 1980s. Abdulle and Sakariye escaped the marriages arranged by their parents and sought freedom in the "liberal" town of Shalaamboot. But "freedom" came at a higher price than the young couple expected. Read more

Algeria Human rights | Gay - Lesbian | Society Holy hatred: Homosexuality in Muslim countries afrol News - Anissa Helie, with Algerian and French background, analyses the rights situation of gays and lesbians in the Muslim world in this article previously published in the New Internationalist. Read more