Burundi President calls for stoning of gay couples

Evariste Ndayishimiye

Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye during the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on September 5, 2023.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

By  AFP

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What you need to know:

  • Burundi's President lashes out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.
  • Uganda in May adopted what has been described as one of the world's harshest laws against homosexuality.

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