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Niger criminalises same-sex relations with jail terms

First Burkina Faso and Senegal, then Ghana, and now Niger too: more and more countries in West Africa are passing laws that criminalise homosexuality and are cracking down hard on LGBTQ+. The military government in Niger is threatening offenders with up to 10 years in prison.

June 11, 2026 at 16:07

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