Ghanian minister calls for gays to be rounded up.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Part of the problem is the legacy of the old colonial borders.  In most of Africa, there is no reason to feel allegiance to a nation-state because these states aren't really nations.  So politicians need something other than patriotism to stir the people.  Graft and corruption will only take you so far.  Stimulating ethnic tensions lead you down the path to becoming another Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or Cote d'Ivoire which no sane politician wants.  On the other hand, gay-bashing ensures that you've set up the scapegoats to be a small minority for which it is easier for moderates to simply keep quiet lest they be thought to be gay too.