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Enactment of Ghana anti-LGBTQ law looms

Isaac Kaledzi
March 7, 2024

Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo says he won't sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law until the Supreme Court has ruled on whether it is constitutional. The bill passed parliament unanimously but has been widely condemned internationally.

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