ALBAWABA - In a move to tighten rules against LGBTQ+ members, Burkina Faso is now planning to take a decision to ban homosexuality, AFP reported.
In a statement made by the presidency, a cabinet meeting yesterday approved the plan that "bans homosexuality".
If the Junta in Burkina Faso took the decision to ban homosexuality it will be the latest African country to do so after Ghana and Uganda.
"Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by the law," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala revealed as reported by AFP. However, the minister didn't reveal what punishment would people get.
The country has been since months trying to tighten the rules against the LGBTQ+ community as in August the media watchdog banned "television channels promoting homosexuality".
Earlier Uganda approved a law that has provisions making "aggravated homosexuality" a capital offence and imposes penalties for consensual same-sex relations.
Uganda's punishment for those caught in a same-sex relationship is up to life in prison.
Not only Africa, but Russia has also agreed on rules against LGBTQ+ members. Human Rights Watch reported last November that a rule was made by Russia’s Supreme Court stating that the "international LGBT movement" is an "extremist organization."
