Africa doesn't need 'sinful' Western aid - Museveni
2014-07-03 11:40
Cape Town - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly urged Africans
to avoid "sinful" Western aid after donors cut funding over anti-gay laws
enacted in his country.
Museveni
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http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Museveni-signs-Uganda-anti-gay-bill-20140
224> signed the controversial anti-gay law in February. The law calls for
"repeat homosexuals" to be jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of
homosexuality and obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities.
Washington froze some aid programmes last month and barred entry to the US
for specific Ugandan officials involved in "human rights abuses", including
against the gay community.
But according to
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/10942
082/Africans-wake-up-and-work-to-avoid-sinful-Western-aid-says-Ugandas-presi
dent.html> The Telegraph, Museveni said his country needs no aid and would
in actual fact become self-reliant.
Museveni said aid that came with conditions such as fair treatment of gays
was "unreligious" and "sinful", adding that Africans did not need handouts
if they stopped sleeping and worked hard.
Several more Western countries have also reduced funding to Museveni's
government.
Received on Thu Jul 03 2014 - 16:30:50 EDT