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Gambia News : Doom awaits gays in Gambia
Gambian leader has given a 24-hour
ultimatum to homosexuals to leave his country before they face doom.
President Yahya Jammeh said anti-gay laws - stricter than those in Iran
- are in place in The Gambia.Mr Jammeh
said he would not tolerate "sinful and immoral acts like homosexuality"
in The Gambia, a country of civilised people and believers.
"Foreigners are cordially welcomed in The Gambia, but not bad
elements," Gambian President told a rally outside the capital Banjul,
giving homosexuals and criminals, including drug barons until last
Friday to leave the country.
He ordered landlords and hotel owners to kick out homosexuals ahead of
a mass patrol to be conducted by the security. This exercise is meant
to weed out bad elements in the society, and "we will not hesitate to
close down any hotel or lodge that accommodates homosexuals."
Jammeh said his government will never accept "dirty individuals" in a
predominantly Muslim country that has high regards for positive
cultural and religious practices.
Few months ago, a dozen of Senegalese homosexuals fled to The Gambia
after they they feared their lives. The publication of a story and
photos of a gay wedding by a local magazine, Icones, culminated in
arrests and detentions of homosexuals.
Gays quickly moved to Mauritania after seeing signs of danger in the
neighbouring Gambia whose leadership has been known for being
intolerant to homosexuals and homosexuality.
Gambian President also attacked Gambians, accusing them of
underutilising what he called "a lot of opportunities created by my
government", leaving foreigners to make fortune out of them. He said
this was why foreigners dominate most public markets in the country's
urban and peri-urban areas.
He vowed to seize all Gambian-owned stores rented to foreigners because
"we are sick and tired of investing for only foreigners to benefit."
Jammeh - a former Lieutnant - ascended to power through the barrel of a
gun in 1994 toppling the regime of Dawda Jawara in a bloodless coup.
He said since then his government has spent over US $100 million
towards the development of the country, but that 95% of this amount
have gone to foreigners.
The military-turned-civilian leader reiterated his much-trumpeted back
to land call, which he believed, is the only way that The Gambia will
attain food self-sufficiency.
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- ok i undastand y people are homophobic in the gambia.its not somthing thats comon over there but its there still and you meet quite a few gambians who are gay and nobody can deny them either being gay or gambian.the ansa is to let everyman live life
(Posted on November 18, 2010, 3:13 PM abda malick)
- all gays should die and go to hell. there is no place for you in the Gambia. A man that fuck another man in the Arse is sick. your father form a relationship with a woman thats why you were born. so go and find a woman, homosexual is a sin.
(Posted on March 16, 2010, 11:03 PM am Gambian and hate gays..)
- no gays in a moslemic country - but prostitutes, male also as female???!!! all this bloodyoung girls runnin around wit 60 year old man? and all this young boys following 60 year old women - this is accepted???? thats what we call doublestandard.
(Posted on March 10, 2010, 1:13 PM Jules)
- Homosexuality has existed since life is there. Noone has decided for his orientation. It is a sign of ignorance and non education and blind religious thinking. Gays where and will be there if you like it or not. Gambians just go to Guinea Bissau.
(Posted on January 8, 2010, 9:15 AM Abdou Cham)
- am gay plz president jammeh i wanna come back my sweet home land gambia i miss my family and friends baba Norway
(Posted on August 4, 2009, 12:29 AM baba joof from Norway)
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