Following institutionalized discrimination against homosexuals in various African countries, a debate focusing on the human security implications of this is vital. Discrimination, arrests and violence towards real or perceived homosexuals negatively affect security, health care, the economy, human development and democracy.
On 13 January 2014, Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed an anti-gay bill into law, whose punishment includes 14 years imprisonment for anyone that enters into same-sex marriage, 10 years for any organization or people that support gay rights as well as any individual that displays same-sex affection in public.
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