Zambia: U.S. Bullying of Zambia Over Homosexuality a Recurring Tactic

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Lusaka — THE diplomatic tiff between Zambia and the United States of America (USA) over the sentencing of two men for homosexuality highlights the tendency by US envoys to interfere in host countries' domestic affairs, undermining their independence as well as bullying them into submission with the threat of cutting aid.

At the centre of the storm is the emotive issue of same sex liaisons, which are outlawed in the Southern African country but permitted in the US, a country which claims to have the most progressive Constitution and the upholding of human rights.

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