Nouakchott, Jan 28, 2020 – Prosecutors in the Mauritania, where homosexuality is outlawed, have detained and charged 10 young men after a video presented as a “gay marriage” surfaced, a legal source said Tuesday. Prosecutors in the capital Nouakchott detained the men late Monday, the source said. Reports initially described the event as the first “gay marriage” in Mauritania, an Islamic republic that bans homosexual practices. One legal source told AFP that the authorities often got wind of similar events without acting against those involved. In June last year, the High Court in Botswana decriminalised homosexuality, but the country’s chief prosecutor lodged an appeal.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 28, 2020 15:56 UTC