Denmark withholds Tanzania aid money over human rights, homophobia concerns

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tanzania's second-biggest donor Denmark will withhold a large part of the aid money it pays to the country amid concerns over human rights and "unacceptable homophobic comments" made by a government official, the Danish development minister told parliament on Wednesday.

"I am very worried about the negative development in Tanzania. Latest the completely unacceptable homophobic statements from a commissioner," Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tornaes said on Twitter.

Reuters was not able to reach Tanzanian government officials for immediate comment.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen and George Obulutsa in Nairobi; editing by Jason Neely)

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