London — African countries which persecute gays will have their aid cut, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said.
Mr Michael was quoted by the Britain's Mail on Sunday saying that already his country has cut aid to Malawi by £19million after two gay men were sentenced to 14 years hard labour.
Mr Mitchell, one of Mr Cameron's closest allies, is also threatening to impose further aid 'fines' against Uganda and Ghana for hardline anti-gay and lesbian measures.
The policy was disclosed after Mr Cameron defended his decision to legalise gay weddings when he addressed last week's Conservative Party Conference.
It also comes at a time when the divorce of Kenya gay couple in London, Charles Ng'ang'a Wacera and his civil partner, Daniel Chege Gichia were said to be seeking divorce, two years after their internationally debated wedding.
Mr Wacera had told the Nation in an interview last week that the reason why his marriage to Gichia broke down was a campaign of negative publicity by media houses back home in Kenya and in social forums.
The cut in aid to Malawi came after two gay men were convicted last year under the country's rigidly imposed ban on homosexuality.
Pop stars Elton John and Madonna joined an international outcry when Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 26, and Steven Monjeza, 20, received a 14-year sentence for getting engaged.
But a Judge in Malawi was quoted saying in his judgement: "'Malawi is not ready to see its sons getting married to its sons."
The Mail reported that Uganda also faced the threat of an aid 'fine' by the UK unless it abandons plans to extend the death penalty to homosexuality.
Three weeks ago, the newspaper said, Mr Mitchell protested to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has claimed 'European homosexuals are recruiting in Africa' and who believes gay relationships are 'against God's will'.
Uganda is due to receive £70 million from British taxpayers in 2011.
"Again during a visit to Ghana earlier this year, Stephen O'Brien - Mr Mitchell's deputy - told President John Evans Atta Mills that Britain would cut its aid unless he stopped persecuting gays," The Mail claimed.
However, the threats to cut the aid to Ghana appeared to have little effect. Even though Ghana gets £36million a year from the UK, her President has vowed to 'institute measures to check the menace of homosexuality and lesbianism.
And one of his regional ministers called for the 'immediate arrest of all homosexuals'.
A spokesman for Mr Mitchell said: "The Government is committed to combating violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in all circumstances, in this country and abroad. We take action where we have concerns."
"We now allocate funds every three months, rather than every year, so that we can review a country's performance, for example on human rights, and take swift action when governments fall short. We only provide aid directly to governments when we are satisfied that they share our commitments to reduce poverty and respect human rights."
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The UK can keep their damn money. If they think they have money they should solve the Euro crisis UK is more debt laden, with serious socio-economic problems, than Ghana. I definitely find it insulting that UK thinks it can pressure Ghana into sinning againt our God and go againt our own cultural values becuase of the peanuts they give Ghana. Such rubbish....Ghana and other like minded African countries should consider sanctioning UK for thier abominable acts. The tide in international economics is changing...Ghana and other African countries have their share of problems but with good management, the UK would probably have to come and beg for aid in the next two decades from us....and oh..."Sir" John and the likes like him, may the Good God have mercy on their souls.......such perverts....
I SALUTE YOU MY BROTHERS TO THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO INDULGE IN CORRUPTION ABOMINATIONS SODOMY IMMORALITY CAN ACTUALLY BELIEVE AFRICANS ARE SO POOR AND FICKLE THAT THEY WOULD LITERALLY BEND OVER TO SUPPOPRT THEIR PERVERSIONS !!!! SHAME ON THEM !!!FIRE BURN ALL SODOMITES AND CORRUPTORS THEY WONDER WHY THEY ARE NO FALLING TO BITS THEIR CORRUPTION AND INIQUITY HAS CAUGHT UP TO THEM THERE IS NO FUTURE WITH THESE DEVILS "MAY THE ALMIGHTY LORD GORD GOD KING OF ALL KINGS BRIGHT STAR OF ALL CREATION" CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND GUIDE THE WIZE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF ALL AFRICA"
Big deal. Zimbabwe came out OK. Was Iraq invaded because it was a heterosexula country? What about Libya? And Cot d'Ivoire?
Don't African Countries have any strategic interests which may be served by social disruption in Western countries - especially colonial UK?
Subtitle 1:
Africa to Sanction anti-Polygamy Regimes
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Subtitle 2:
UK to Outlaw Heterosexual Marriages
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Subtitle 3:
UK to Ban Man-Woman Sex
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Subtitle 4:
Colonial Oppression: UK's Commonwealth Countries to Disband
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Subtitle 5:
No Safety in Weakness
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Foreigners don't have to like customary or religious practices in Africa. Such practices are not performed by the Africans so as to please foreigners.
In fact, foreigners don't HAVE TO be in Africa. In fact they are undesirable.
{For instance, consider the draconian social disruption in Kenya: The foreigners would abolish circumcision where it is practiced (among the Gikuyu) and willfully impose circumcision on societies that don't practice it (among the Luo).}
Subtitle:
African/Arab Countries to Impose Comprehensive Energy, Mineral Resources and Trade Sanctions on Anti-Circumcision Regimes.
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{Colonial pinks of UK. EU and UN pre-occupied with sex organs?}
African/Arab Countries to Impose Comprehensive Sanctions on Perverted Regimes.
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{Colonial pinks of UK. EU and UN pre-occupied with sex organs?}
African/Arab Countries to Impose Comprehensive Sanctions on Perverted Regimes.
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