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Burkina Faso Outlaws Homosexuality with Jail Term

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September 2, 2025
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Burkina Faso Outlaws Homosexuality with Jail Term

The military government in Burkina Faso has approved a law banning homosexuality and introducing penalties of up to five years in prison.

The draft legislation was unanimously adopted by 71 unelected members of a transitional parliament formed after two coups in 2022 in the West African nation.

“The law provides for a prison sentence of between two and five years as well as fines,” Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said on national broadcaster RTB.

“If a person is a perpetrator of homosexual or similar practices, all the bizarre behaviour, they will go before the judge,” he stated, adding that foreign nationals would be deported under the new rules.

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The legislation is part of a broader reform of family and citizenship laws and will be “popularised through an awareness campaign,” according to officials.

Burkina Faso now joins a growing list of African nations passing anti-gay laws, with homosexuality already illegal in around 30 African countries.

Mali, a close ally also under military rule, criminalised homosexuality in November 2024.

Similarly, Ghana and Uganda have tightened anti-homosexuality laws in recent years despite widespread criticism.

In Uganda, a controversial law categorises “aggravated homosexuality” as a capital offense and allows life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relationships.

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