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BANJUL. – Gambia says it will sever all dialogue with the European Union should the 28-nation bloc use its aid budget to pile pressure on the West African country to overturn a new law against homosexuality.
On Sunday, Gambian Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa said the country’s President Yahya Jammeh would not allow foreign countries to use aid as a lever to impose policies on the Banjul government. Last month, the Gambian leader signed a law that introduced the crime of aggravated homosexuality. The new law makes homosexual activities punishable with life in prison in some cases.
The EU is due to decide later this month whether to release US$186 million in development aid to Gambia. The European aid has been the subject of debate over the African country’s human rights situation. – Press TV.
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