African countries where homosexuality is illegal

 

<strong>Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. <span style="color: #ffff00;">YELLOW</span> countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in <span style="color: #ff00ff;">PINK</span>, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in <span style="color: #ff6600;">ORANGE</span>, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in <span style="color: #ff0000;">RED</span> have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them. </strong>
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them. 

List of African nations that criminalize homosexuality

Here is this site’s list of African countries with anti-homosexuality laws. Links connect to  coverage of these nations in Erasing 76 Crimes.

  1. Algeria
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Burundi
  4. Cameroon
  5. Chad
  6. Comoros
  7. Egypt
  8. Eritrea
  9. Eswatini (Swaziland)
  10. Ethiopia
  11. Gambia
  12. Ghana
  13. Guinea
  14. Kenya
  15. Liberia
  16. Libya
  17. Malawi
  18. Mali
  19. Mauritania
  20. Morocco
  21. Nigeria
  22. Senegal
  23. Sierra Leone
  24. Somalia
  25. South Sudan
  26. Sudan
  27. Tanzania
  28. Togo
  29. Tunisia
  30. Uganda
  31. Zambia
  32. Zimbabwe