Gambia's president,Yahya Jammeh has said he will personally slit the throats of homosexuals in his country before adding that 'no white person can do anything about it'.
Homosexuality has long been punished in Gambia with a 14-year prison sentence, but last November President Jammeh signed a new bill into law increasing this to life imprisonment for acts of 'aggravated homosexuality'.
Yahya Jammeh, who has a history of outspoken comments against gay people, made the threats during a public speech during an agricultural tour around his African nation last week.
The 49-year-old, who has ruled the country since a coup in 1994, made the comments in the town of Farafeni while talking about how to create a stable environment for the country's youth.
According to Vice News, he said: 'If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat — if you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it.'
