Africanveil

19/03/2016

Russell Tovey: I hope a gay Premier League star feels able to come out in the next few years
19 Mar 2016- Russell Tovey has shared his hope that a Premier League footballer will come out as gay in the next few years while acknowledging it would be a “terrifying prospect”.

31/05/2013

Malawi police arrest Phwezi student for gay s*x assault, charged with so**my
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1196:malawi-police-arrest-phwezi-student-for-gay-s*x-assault-charged-with-so**my&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

31 May 2013- Malawi police in the northern region district of Rumphi have arrested a form four Phwezi Boys secondary school student on so**my charges.

31/05/2013

Botswana gay group sues government for denying them registration
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1195:botswana-gay-group-sues-government-for-denying-them-registration&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

31 May 2013- A group representing le****ns, g**s and bis*xuals in Botswana has taken the government to the country's high court, appealing a decision by the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs not to register their association.

31/05/2013

Gay marriage banned in Nigeria
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1194:gay-marriage-banned-in-nigeria&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

31 May 2013- Gay marriage has been banned in Nigeria and those found guilty of breaching the ruling could face up to 14 years in prison.

31/05/2013

Gay link remark disrupts Tanzania's parliament
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1193:gay-link-remark-disrupts-tanzanias-parliament&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

31 May 2013- Remarks by a Tanzanian opposition member of parliament, Mr Ezekiah Wenje, linking another opposition party- the Civic United Front (CUF) - to Western liberal parties that support homos*xuality created drama in the country's Legislature on Thursday, forcing the Deputy Speaker to twice po...

30/05/2013

Nigeria one step away from banning gay marriage
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1192:nigeria-one-step-away-from-banning-gay-marriage&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

30 May 2013- Nigeria has passed a bill banning gay marriage, outlawing organisations supporting gay rights and setting prison terms of up to 14 years for offenders.

30/05/2013

France's first gay marriage a triumph of 'love over hate'
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1191:frances-first-gay-marriage-a-triumph-of-love-over-hate&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

29 May 2013- Montpellier, France- To the strains of Frank Sinatra's "love and marriage", Vincent Autin, 40, and Bruno Boileau, 30, were pronounced "spouses" in front of over 500 guests in the town hall of a city dubbed France's San Francisco.

30/05/2013

'Demonic alters' bishop thanks Gods for Mugabe's gay hate
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1190:demonic-alters-bishop-thanks-gods-for-mugabes-gay-hate&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

28 May 2013-A leading Zambian pastor has saluted Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe for standing firm against ‘ungodly’ homos*xuality.

30/05/2013

Sierra Leone gay activist escapes broken glass murder attempt
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1189:sierra-leone-gay-activist-escapes-broken-glass-murder-attempt&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

28 May 2013- A Sierra Leonean gay rights activist narrowly escaped death when two unidentified assailants attacked him in his car.

30/05/2013

Pakistani le****ns who are the first Muslim gay couple to wed in UK
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1188:pakistani-le****ns-who-are-the-first-muslim-gay-couple-to-wed-in-uk&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

Rehana Kausar, 34, and Sobia Kamar, 29, made history when they tied the knot in a register office civil ceremony, then immediately applied for political asylum after they were wed, claiming their lives would be in danger if they returned to their native country.

09/05/2013

Zambia urged to release two men charged with same-s*x conduct
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1187:zambia-urged-to-release-two-men-charged-with-same-s*x-conduct&catid=86&Itemid=549&lang=en

09 May 2013- The Zambian authorities must immediately release two young men who have been denied bail after being arrested on charges of having s*x “against the order of nature”, Amnesty International said.

09/05/2013

Kenya police arrest suspect blackmailer of gay men
http://www.africanveil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1186:kenya-police-ares-suspect-blackmailer-of-gay-men&catid=88&Itemid=509&lang=en

08 May 2013- Kenyan police have arrested a man accused of blackmailing gay men. On Monday (6 May), suspect Hillary Oleshawa was arrested in a Nairobi downtown bar following a tip off from local gay activists.