Media Wire Express Correspondent
Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country “should be stoned”.
Ndayishimiye, a fervent Catholic, also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.
Homosexual sex is illegal in Burundi, punishable by up to two years in jail.
President Ndayishimiye used a Bible reference to say that God was opposed to homosexuality adding that it was no longer an issue in Burundi. Ndayishimiye suggested that homosexuality was like “choosing between Satan and God”.
“For me, I think that if we find these people in Burundi they should be taken to stadiums and be stoned, and doing so would not be a crime,” he said. President described marriage between same-sex couples as an “abominable practice”.
