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This week Uganda’s parliament passed what campaigners have described as one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBT bills. The new bill - which hasn't been signed into law by the president yet - has been heavily criticised by international human rights groups. It prescribes the death penalty for what it calls aggravated offences such as child abuse. And landlords who knowingly rent premises for homosexual acts risk going to prison for seven years. Caleb Okereke, founder of Minority Africa who say they provide journalism for minorities, by minorities, told Newsday that US evangelical Christians helped homophobia flourish in Africa by "sewing the seeds" for decades. Anti-gay sentiment had previously existed on the continent, but white American religious groups have given it a boost. Photo shows: Protesters supporting Uganda's LGBT community. Entebbe, August 9, 2014. Credit: Getty Images