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Pamoja na kua nchi nyingi za kiafrica zimeweka wazi kua hazito kubaliana na swala la kuhalalisha mahusiano kati ya watu wenye jinsia moja, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa Ban Ki-Moon amewaomba Waafrica kuheshimu haki za mashoga.
Akiongea na Raisi wa kwanza wa Zambia Keneth Kaunda, amekubali kwamba Ushoga sio kitu cha kawaida Africa ila amesema kua UN inajali haki ya Mashoga walioko duniani na inawaomba viongozi wa Africa kuheshimu haki zao sababu ni binadamu weke haki kama wengine.
Ban Ki-Moon urges Africans to respect gay rights
The United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has urged states to recognise and respect homosexuality.
Mr Ban, who arrived in Zambia on Friday, made the remarks when he met country's first president Kenneth Kaunda in Lusaka Saturday.
He said gays have rights that all nations should respect.
"I understand this is something that is not common here," said Ban. "I think they should be treated as human beings .The United Nations cares about those people," Mr Ban added.
In response to the UN official's counsel, Mr Kaunda said he appreciated the call for the respect of human rights for it was important globally. In 2010, the former president dismissed calls to tolerate homosexuality terming it ungodly.
In Zambia, like other parts of Africa, the idea of homosexuality as a human right has been met with resistance.
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Akiongea na Raisi wa kwanza wa Zambia Keneth Kaunda, amekubali kwamba Ushoga sio kitu cha kawaida Africa ila amesema kua UN inajali haki ya Mashoga walioko duniani na inawaomba viongozi wa Africa kuheshimu haki zao sababu ni binadamu weke haki kama wengine.
Ban Ki-Moon urges Africans to respect gay rights
The United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has urged states to recognise and respect homosexuality.
Mr Ban, who arrived in Zambia on Friday, made the remarks when he met country's first president Kenneth Kaunda in Lusaka Saturday.
He said gays have rights that all nations should respect.
"I understand this is something that is not common here," said Ban. "I think they should be treated as human beings .The United Nations cares about those people," Mr Ban added.
In response to the UN official's counsel, Mr Kaunda said he appreciated the call for the respect of human rights for it was important globally. In 2010, the former president dismissed calls to tolerate homosexuality terming it ungodly.
In Zambia, like other parts of Africa, the idea of homosexuality as a human right has been met with resistance.
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