A Kenyan appeals court upheld a colonial-era law that criminalizes gay sex, a bruising defeat for activists fighting to overturn such legislation across Africa. A three-judge panel of the country’s High Court ruled that the law, which imposes a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment for consensual same-sex sex between adults, didn’t violate a constitutional ban on discrimination.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 24, 2019 18:00 UTC