According to a Daily Nation article, an inmate on death row in Kenya was murdered by six other inmates, including one who was reportedly the victim's ex-lover. The other inmates were also on death row, for murder and violent robbery. The cause of death was strangulation, but the victim's body was also repeatedly lacerated by a razor blade. As motivation, a note was found with the body stating that the victim may have been an informant of some kind. The article also states that another inmate died last month at the same facility (Naivasha prison) after he was sexually abused.
I imagine statistics as to prison sexual abuse and violence against men who have sex with men (whether GLBT or otherwise) are difficult to come by in the African context, but if anyone knows of similar cases do let me know.
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