Report them to me': Tanzanian official asks residents to help hunt gays

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Report them to me': Tanzanian official asks residents to help hunt gays
By Tim Fitzsimons

Paul Makonda, governor of Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, vowed this week to begin mass arrests of “homosexuals in our city,” starting on Monday.

"I have received reports that there are so many homosexuals in our city, and these homosexuals are advertising and selling their services on the internet," Makonda said in a video posted to YouTube this past Monday.

"Therefore, I am announcing this to every citizen of Dar es Salaam: If you know any gays ... report them to me,” he said in the clip, which was translated from Swahili by CNN. Makonda then distributed a phone number so citizens could report gay people.

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