Burkina Faso Parliament voted for outlawed homosexual action

The selected transitional parliament of Burkina Faso adopted a bill prohibiting homosexual acts, just over a year after a draft amended Family Code, which criminalized homosexuality was adopted by the country’s office.

The new measure unanimously voted on Monday, imposed on five years in prison and became part of a broader repression of same-sex relations throughout the continent.

Justice Minister Edaso Rodrigu Baala has announced on state media This “The law provides for a prison sentence between two and five years, as well as fines.”

He added that foreign citizens, caught to violate the law, would also be deported.

The next step in the legislation is to receive the signature of the country’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, Reuters reports.

Captain Traore took power in 2022 after forcing another military ruler, Lieutenant Paul Paul-Henry Damiba, from office.

The Sahel nation was previously among only 22 of the 54 African countries that allow same -sex relations that are punishable by death or prolonged prison deadlines in some states.

After winning independence from France in 1960, Burkina Faso did not inherit the laws of anti -homosexuality, unlike the former colonies of Britain on the continent.

The country is socially conservative and religious, and less than 10% of people believe that they do not follow any faith at all.

Burkina Faso’s new law is in line with the increase in LGBT’s relations on the entire continent.

Last year, neighboring Mali, an ally of Burkina Faso and also ruled by the Junta, adopted legislation, criminating homosexuality.

In recent years, there has been a significant reaction and criticism against countries that have strengthened their anti-gay position, including the World Bank, which has introduced a ban on money in Uganda because of their anti-LGBT position.

The ban has since been canceled.

Nigeria is also among the countries of the continent who have passed laws prohibiting homosexuality. Ghana Parliament adopted a bill to combat homosexuality last year, but the then president did not sign it in law.

From all sides, Uganda has accepted the most difficult provisions, doing what he describes as a “aggravated homosexuality”, a capital crime and the imposition of life sentences for consensus same-sex relations.