Tanzania

Canadian plea: Don’t cut aid to Tanzania
Commentary: Help LGBT Africans by cutting aid to anti-gay Tanzania
Tanzania's crackdown on its LGBT citizens began after John Magufuli was elected president in 2015. (Emmanuel Herman photo courtesy of Reuters and Lusaka Times)
Commentary: Aid cut would make gay Tanzanians into scapegoats
Johannesburg Pride urged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to take action on Tanzania's anti-gay crackdown. (GCIS photo courtesy of Business Live)
S. Africa needs to oppose Tanzania’s anti-gay crackdown
Paul Makonda, the regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam, launched Tanzania's latest anti-gay panic by announcing plans for a gay "round-up." (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Tanzania: Police find no evidence; 10 men released
Tanzania’s anti-gay purge vanished into thin air?
Canadian boost for Tanzania’s homophobia (2)
Canadian boost for Tanzania’s homophobia (1)
Paul Makonda, the anti-gay regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, set off an international furor last month when he asked Tanzanians to report suspected homosexuals so they could be arrested. (Photo courtesy of HIVisasa.co.tz)
Tanzania government disavows Monday’s anti-gay roundup
Michelle Bachelet, U.N. high commissioner for human rights. (Photo courtesy of The Independent)
U.N. to Tanzania: Your duty is to protect LGBT people
Fatma Karume: "What people do sexually amongst consenting adults is their business." (Photo courtesy of AfricanShapers.com)
Tanzania plans anti-gay police state, not without opposition
Paul Makonda, the anti-gay regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, set off an international furor last month when he asked Tanzanians to report suspected homosexuals so they could be arrested. (Photo courtesy of HIVisasa.co.tz)
Tanzania hunts homosexuals, threatens ’round-up’
Dear Ellen and Portia: Avoid the anti-LGBT police
Tanzania President John Magufuli (Photo courtesy of eNCA)
65 groups protest Tanzania repression, LGBT arrests
In a world where dozens of countries (shown in red) have anti-LGBT laws, about 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy.
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
Location of Tanzania in East Africa. (Map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Donors take aim at Tanzania’s ban on LGBTI health care