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New Malawi President Commits To Decriminalizing Homosexuality | Malawi’s new president, Joyce Banda, has announced plans to repeal the nation’s ban on homosexual acts. In 2010, there was international outcry when Malawi convicted two men to 14 years in prison, having charged them with unnatural acts and gross indecency when they were celebrating their engagement. Banda’s predecessor, Bingu wa Mutharika — who died in April — had pardoned the couple, but on “humanitarian grounds only.” Following U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s address on LGBT rights at the United Nations, Malawi had committed to reviewing its anti-gay laws.
