Mali

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. 
West African nation of Mali becomes the world’s 65th to criminalize homosexuality
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Mali: ‘LGBT+ people are just asking for security’
Anti-LGBT surge in West Africa as Mali’s ruling council votes to make gay sex illegal
Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where anti-gay lynchings are commonplace
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse
Mohamed Bazoum, deposed president of Niger. (Photo courtesy of The Guardian Nigeria)
Niger leader plans to outlaw gay sex, execute married same-sex couples
African commission tries to shun talk of LGBTI rights, but doesn’t succeed
Mahamadou Kassogué, Malian justice minister. (Photo courtesy of Maliweb.net)
Justice minister in Mali plans to make homosexuality a crime
Queer women win West African writing contest
In Mali, fears that doctors ‘inject homosexuality’ (Pt. 3 of a series) 
Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time
West Africa (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
A new LGBTQI+ coalition for French-speaking nations
A gathering of LGBT-friendly faithful from 10 W. African nations
Logo of Solidarité Internationale LGBTQI
Cameroon: Praise for LBT workshop, denunciation of boycott