Uganda

As the Ugandan parliament wavers on passing a law to allow for the death penalty for gay men in that country and Uganda's executive still supports the 14-year jail sentence for being gay in Uganda, the Ugandans rejoice over the potential of massive oil revenues from the western part of that benighted country.

Ah, oil! Now it becomes glaringly obvious why no louder pressure is being put on Uganda by other governments, including the U.S. government, to avert the potential massacre of homosexuals in Uganda. It seems the new Africa-obsession includes good old homophobia and scapegoating, as long as those natural resources keep coming under the auspices of corrupted governments, propped up by international corporations.