WB postpones Uganda loan
Friday, 28 February 2014
The World Bank has postponed a $90m (£54m) loan to Uganda over its tough new anti-gay law that has drawn criticism from around the world. World Bank officials said they wanted to guarantee the projects the loan was destined to support were not going to be adversely affected by the new law. The loan was intended to boost Uganda's health services. The new law, enacted on Monday, strengthens already strict legislation relating to homosexuals in the country. It allows life imprisonment as the penalty for acts of "aggravated homosexuality" and also criminalises the "promotion" of homosexuality", according to BBC.