Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison, the state broadcaster reported late Monday. The amended family code was approved by the parliament on …

Burkina Faso passes law criminalising homosexuality

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has passed a law criminalising homosexuality and making it punishable with up to five years in prison. Foreigners convicted under the new law will be deported. The bill, directed at what it calls “perpetrators of …

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

Burkina Faso passes law banning homosexuality

Burkina Faso has criminalisedhomosexuality (Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The junta-run African country Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality, with punishments of up to five years in jail. The military …

Burkina Faso Bans Homosexuality, Offenders Face Up to Five Years in Prison

The parliament of Burkina Faso passed a law on Monday that criminalizes “homosexual practices,” with prison sentences of two to five years plus hefty fines. Burkina Faso is the 33rd out of 54 African states to ban homosexuality. “If a person is a …

'Bizarre behaviour': Burkina Faso passes law banning homosexuality

Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation. Homosexuality is illegal in around 30 African countries but was …

Burkina Faso criminalizes homosexuality with up to 5 years in prison

Burkina Faso has enacted a law criminalizing homosexuality, carrying penalties of up to five years in prison, according to media reports. AFP, citing Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, reported that the law calls for prison sentences of two to five …

Saint Lucian Rasta youth see a symbol in Burkina Faso’s Traoré

When 26-year-old Ibed’Negus Sealy first encountered the name Ibrahim Traoré, the young captain who seized power in Burkina Faso in 2022, he wasn’t sure what to make of him. “The information I was getting on the Internet was a lot of AI-generated content …

FACT CHECK: Video showing gunmen seizing armoured vehicle from Burkina Faso — NOT Nigeria

A video depicting some gunmen taking over armoured vehicles has been attributed to an incident in Nigeria by some social media users. The video, which was mostly shared on Facebook, was used to drive the narrative of insecurity in Nigeria. On August 11, a …

Morocco first African nation to qualify for 2026 World Cup

CAPE TOWN :Morocco became the first African country to book a place at next year’s World Cup finals on Friday with a 5-0 victory at home to Niger ensuring they top their group. Morocco won a sixth successive game in the qualifiers with two goals from …