The region’s only other kingdom, Lesotho, decriminalised gay sex in 2012. In East Africa, Rwanda is a lone legal bright spot for gay rights, though Kenya is showing signs of change. On Friday, the country’s high court will rule on the constitutionality of the criminalisation of gay sex. In Uganda, a law that included the death sentence as the harshest penalty for gay sex was ruled unconstitutional in 2014. As with Mauritania, some Muslim-dominated northern states of Nigeria under sharia law reportedly impose the death penalty for gay sex.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 21, 2019 03:00 UTC