Southern Africa: Politicians Blamed For Using Homosexuals As Scapegoats

WINDHOEK, Namibia (PANA) — African politicians have been accused of trying to find a scapegoat for the economic failure the world is experiencing currently and use gays and lesbians as weapons, a gay rights advocate said.

"Most African countries suffered over the last 10 years as a result of the decisions made by the International Monetary Fund therefore we have to learn to separate economic issues from sexual orientation," Scott Long, Europe's advocacy coordinator and regional specialist of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, said.

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