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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Ugandan activists brace for ratification of harsh anti-homosexuality bill

Activists in Kenya stage a protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, in February 2014. © AP - Ben Curtis

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, recently called on Africa to "save the world from homosexuality", suggesting he would sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament last month. In Uganda and abroad, activists are mounting last-ditch efforts to try and stop the legislation.

The bill imposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and life imprisonment for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex acts.

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