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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waves as he arrives at the Kamuzu International Airport in the Malawi capital Lilongwe May 29, 2010, on his mission to pursuade Malawi's president to take a stand on Malawi homosexuals who were imprisoned for 14 years. (Photo: Reuters/Eldson Chagara)

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waves as he arrives at the Kamuzu International Airport in the Malawi capital Lilongwe May 29, 2010, on his mission to pursuade Malawi’s president to take a stand on Malawi homosexuals who were imprisoned for 14 years. (Photo: Reuters/Eldson Chagara)

UN AIDS taskforce and human rights groups will launch a court battle against Malawi’s laws criminalising homosexuality in a rare challenge to rising anti-gay legislation in Africa.

The legislation has strained re

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