Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, becoming the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Robert Akoto Amoafo, Advocacy Manager at the African regional chapter of ILGA, says that African LGBT people have become the go-to group for political and religious leaders to score popularity points.

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