Burkina Faso passes law criminalising homosexuality

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

The amended family code was approved by the parliament on Monday in an unanimous vote that puts the code into effect more than a year after it was approved by the military government of Ibrahim Traore.

Burkina Faso joins the list of more than half of Africa’s 54 countries that…