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November 22, 2011

AP: Nigeria moves to ban, criminalize gay marriage

by Yinka Ibukun
The Associated Press

When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his family.

Doing so would only create more problems, he says, in this country where legislators are now seeking to criminalize gay marriage.

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