Burkina Faso becomes the latest African country to ban homosexuality
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality, with offenders facing up to five years in prison. The Persons and Family Code law, making Burkina Faso the latest in a series of African countries to criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activity, also tightens rules on nationality and stateless people. The military that…