Mauritania

Romeo and Juliet: Couple in love flees Mauritanian parents, sharia law
Latest tally: Death for gay sex in 5 nations
Mauritania: Prison for 8 men ‘imitating women’ at party
Mauritania: Police arrest 10 after seeing video of ‘gay wedding’
West Africa (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
Ten Ten 2012 image
Slow progress for gay rights in North Africa
In a world where dozens of countries (shown in red) have anti-LGBT laws, about 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy.
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
A new LGBTQI+ coalition for French-speaking nations
North African activists in 7 countries seek justice
Location of Mauritania in West Africa. (Map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Germany keeps blocking activist training — this time for a Mauritanian
Death penalty for gay sex in 10 to 14 nations (update)
Angola's state television network suspended showing of the popular soap opera Jikulumessu after it broadcast a scene of two men kissing. The series was later nominated by the International Television Academy for honors as one of the world's best soap operas.
Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
French-speaking African countries. Countries in dark grey are members of the International Francophone Organization (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
New blog targets French-speaking nations’ anti-LGBTI laws
10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death
Nigeria criticizes U.N. for seeking end to LGBTI repression
Recount: 75 (or 79) nations where homosexuality is illegal