Lawmakers in Burkina Faso on Monday voted to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations in the country. According to the amended Persons and Family Code, anyone convicted of engaging in ...

YAKO, Burkina Faso, May 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Inès Sanso was 15 years old, her family decided she was to marry a man three times her age in Yako, a small town in the rural north of ...

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed a law that criminalizes homosexuality. This move has sparked significant ...

Law sets prison sentences of 2–5 years and fines for same-sex relations Foreign offenders face harsher penalties, including expulsion on repeat offense Reform also updates nationality rules, marriage ...

Burkina Faso’s parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison, the state ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta said it has adopted the draft of an amended family code that criminalizes homosexuality. The West African nation has been among just 22 out of 54 countries on the ...

Burkina Faso officials described LGBTQ+ acts as “bizarre behavior, with individuals in relationships facing up to five years ...