Ghana president won't act on anti-LGBTQ bill before legal challenge resolved


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  • Tuesday, 19 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo, delivers a speech in Accra, Ghana. November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February should not be transmitted to President Akufo-Addo for assent until two legal challenges against it are settled, a senior presidency official said in a letter seen by Reuters.

Lawmakers unanimously passed legislation that would intensify a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those accused of promoting lesbian, gay or other minority sexual or gender identities in the West African country.

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