Botswana decriminalizes homosexualityBy ASSOCIATED PRESSJOHANNESBURG: Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), a landmark case for Africa, as the high court rejected laws punishing it with up to seven years in prison. Jubilant activists in the packed courtroom cheered the unanimous decision in the southern African nation that is seen as one of the continent’s most stable and democratic. “Botswana is the ninth country in the past five years to have decriminalized consensual same-sex relationships,” United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Source: Manila Times June 12, 2019 16:07 UTC