Authorities in Ethiopia claim to have cracked down on hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues in the nation’s capital where it is said that homosexual acts are occurring.
Taking action “against institutions where homosexual acts are being carried out,” the Addis Ababa Peace and Security Administration Bureau, a government agency, declared.
The city government claimed that the activities were the result of public tips and that a guest house had already been raided.
It added that it would continue conducting operations in other locations and urged the public to report any such actions to the police.
Although homosexual actions are illegal in Ethiopia, there haven’t been any recent reports of instances or convictions connected to them.
An LGBT advocacy group, House of Guramayle, claimed earlier this week that Ethiopia was experiencing “unprecedented attacks on individuals based on their real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity”.
It asked social media platforms to deal with hate speech videos encouraging violence and urged human rights organisations to denounce such acts both locally and globally.