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Anti-gay Tanzanian leader barred from the United States amid reports of country’s obstruction of LGBT Access to Healthcare

A powerful Tanzanian government official responsible for sweeping anti-gay crackdowns, surveillance squads and arrests of homosexuals has been banned from the United States. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

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Tanzania Loses Over $300 Million After Anti-Gay Arrests And Human Rights Abuses

One of Tanzania’s largest donors of foreign aid is revoking nearly $10 million in funding over fears of an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. On Wednesday, Denmark Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tornaes

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Tanzania’s Government encourages the mass arrests of LGBTQ People

Life just got a lot harder for LGBTQ people in Tanzania’s largest city. Paul Makonda (pictured above), the governor of Dar es Salaam, announced on Monday that police would begin

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Tanzania drops its threat to publish a list of gay people

Tanzania has backed down from its threat to publish a list of gay people who are allegedly selling sex online. The country’s deputy health minister made the threat a couple

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Tanzanian government threatens to publish ‘list of gay people’

The Tanzanian government has threatened to publish a list of gay people, risking mob violence and threatening their lives. Hamisi Kigwangalla, the deputy health minister (pictured above), has vowed to

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Tanzania stops health centres from providing HIV services because they ‘cater to homosexuals’

Tanzania has stopped up to 40 privately run clinics from providing HIV-related services because they “cater to homosexuals”. Homosexual activity is illegal in the country and punishable by up to

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Tanzania is banning lubes in attempt to stop ‘encouraging’ people to be gay

Tanzanian officials are attempting to ban the import and sale of lube amid a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. Reports suggest that the Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the ban