Tag: gambia

Gambia gay man who fled country after being outed dies

One of the 20 charged with homosexuality last year attempted to flee Gambia after losing his job and being disowned by his family and move to Senegal A Gambia gay man who fled the country after being arrested and outed died yesterday evening (2 October). The man known only as EJ was one of the… Read more »

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh Calls Homosexuality A Top Global Threat

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Friday called homosexuality one of the three “biggest threats to human existence.” In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, Jammeh said that homosexuality, greed and obsession with world domination “are more deadly than all natural disasters put together.” “Today, after fighting for our freedom and developing our continent… Read more »

Gambian President Compares Gays To Satanic Rights, Buffalo Sex

The Gambian president has compared gay people to satanic rights, destroying civilization, and buffalo sex. Yahya Jammeh was speaking at the opening of the country’s Parliament in Banjul in the presence of foreign diplomats. While the focus was the government’s zero tolerance against murder, drug trafficking, corruption and tribalism, he also used the speech to… Read more »