The European Union’s withdrawn its ambassador to Dar es Salaam citing a deterioration  of human rights in Tanzania because of that crackdown.

The US warning says thousands of people are living in fear in Tanzania.

The Tanzanian authorities are calling on the public to report gay people.

Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania, as it is in 38  other African countries.

It is punishable by death in Mauritania and Sudan.

Five African countries have decriminalized homosexuality since 2004.

Lesbians are particularly targeted for violence in African countries – even in South Africa which has the friendliest climate for LGBTH people on the continent.

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