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Burkina Faso’s government has passed a law banning homosexuality, with those found guilty facing two to five years in prison, according to the state broadcaster. The draft law was unanimously passed on Monday by 71 unelected members of the country’s transitional government, which has been in place since the military seized power under the leadership of the now President Ibrahim …

KAMPALA, Uganda| Godfrey Muhumuza, a teacher at Kabojja Junior School, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for attempting to sodomise his pupil during a field trip.   In a plea agreement, Muhumuza acknowledged sexually assaulting a male student and was given a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Muhumuza voluntarily entered a guilty plea to avoid a full …