Ghana refuses to grant gays’ rights despite aid threat
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has rejected the UK’s threat to cut aid if he refuses to legalise homosexuality.
Mr Atta Mills said the UK could not impose its values on Ghana and he would never legalise homosexuality.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said at the weekend that aid would be cut to countries which failed to respect gay rights.
Uganda also rejected the threat, with an official accusing the UK of showing a “bullying mentality”.
Most Africans argue that homosexuality violates their religious and cultural beliefs.
Mr Atta Mills said Mr Cameron was entitled to his views, but he did not have the right to “direct to other sovereign nations as to what they should do”.
He said Ghana’s “societal norms” were different from those in the UK.
“I, as president, will never initiate or support any attempt to legalise homosexuality in Ghana,” Mr Atta Mills said.