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Northern Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Algeria Algeria No Illegal since 1966
Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines up to 10,000 dinars,[1] torture,[2] beatings,[3] or vigilante execution[4] 		No No No No No No
Canary Islands Canary Islands
(Autonomous community of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes De facto unions legal since 2003[6] Yes Legal since 2005[7] Yes Legal since 2005[8][9] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[10] Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[11]
Ceuta Ceuta
(Autonomous city of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes De facto union since 1998[12] Yes Legal since 2005[13] Yes Legal since 2005[14] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[15] Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[11]
Egypt Egypt No Male de jure legal, but de facto illegal since 2000
Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without fines under broadly-written morality laws.[5][16] 		No No No No No No
Libya Libya No De facto: illegal: Islamic Sharia Law is applied

De jure: Not specifically outlawed
Penalty: Up to 4 years in jail or death[17][18]

No No No No No No
Madeira Madeira
(Autonomous region of Portugal) 		Yes Legal since 1983
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes De facto union since 2001[19][20] Yes Legal since 2010[21] Yes Legal since 2016[22][23][24] Yes Portugal responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[10] Yes Since 2011, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[25]
Melilla Melilla
(Autonomous city of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes De facto union since 2008[26] Yes Legal since 2005[13] Yes Legal since 2005[14] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[15] Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[11]
Morocco Morocco
(including Southern Provinces) 		No Illegal since 1962
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment and fines.[5][27] 		No No No No No No
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(Disputed territory; excluding Southern Provinces) 		No Illegal since 1944 (as part of the Overseas Province of Spanish Sahara)
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.[5][28][29] 		No No No No No No
South Sudan South Sudan No Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment.[5][30] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2011[citation needed] No No No No
Sudan Sudan No No Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
Penalty: Up to death[5] 		No No No No No No
Tunisia Tunisia No Illegal since 1913 (as the French protectorate of Tunisia)
Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.[5][31]
Legalization proposed[32] 		No No No No No No

Western Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Benin Benin Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);[5][33]
Age of consent discrepancy[5] 		No No No No No No
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[5] No No Constitutional ban since 1991 No No No No
Cape Verde Cape Verde Yes Legal since 2004
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[5] No
The Gambia Gambia No Illegal since 1888 (as the Gambia Colony and Protectorate)
Penalty: Up to Iife imprisonment.[5][34][30] 		No No No No No No
Ghana Ghana No Male illegal since 1860s (as the Gold Coast)
Penalty: 10 years imprisonment or more.
Yes Female always legal[5][35][30] 		No No No No No No
Guinea Guinea No Illegal since 1988
Penalty: 6 months to 10 years imprisonment.[36] 		No No No No No No
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Yes Legal since 1993[5]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No No No No
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[5] 		No No No No No No
Liberia Liberia No Illegal since 1976
Penalty: 1 year imprisonment.[5][37] 		No No No No No No
Mali Mali Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[5] No No No No No No
Mauritania Mauritania No Illegal: Islamic Sharia Law is applied
Penalty: Capital punishment for men, (not enforced); prison and a fine for women.[5][38] 		No No No No No No
Niger Niger Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[5] 		No No No No No No
Nigeria Nigeria No Illegal under federal law since 1901 (as the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate)
Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment.
No Death in the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara.[5][39][30] 		No No No No No No
Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
(Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) 		Yes Legal since 2001
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes Legal since 2017 Yes Legal since 2017[40][41] Yes Legal since 2017 Yes UK responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay on discrimination
Senegal Senegal No Illegal since 1966
Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment.[5][42] 		No No No No No No
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone No Male illegal since 1861 (as the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate)
Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced).
Yes Female always legal
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		No No No No No No
Togo Togo No Illegal since 1884 (as Togoland)
Penalty: Fine and 3 years imprisonment.[5][30] 		No No No No No No

Central Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Cameroon Cameroon No Illegal since 1972
Penalty: Fines to 5 years imprisonment.[5][30] or vigilante execution and torture[43] 		No No No No No No
Central African Republic Central African Republic No Illegal, penalty of up to 5 years in prison and a fine[44] No No Constitutional ban since 2016[45] No No No No
Chad Chad No Illegal since 2017
Penalty: 3 months to 20 years imprisonment. 		No No No No No No
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo No Illegal Penalty: prison[46] No No Constitutional ban since 2005 No No No No
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[5] 		No No No No No No
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[5] No No No No No No
Gabon Gabon Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No No No No
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe Yes Legal since 2012
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		No No No No No No

Southeast Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Burundi Burundi No Illegal since 2009
Penalty: fine, and 3 months to 2 years imprisonment.[5][47] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2005 No No No No
Kenya Kenya No Illegal since 1897 (as the East Africa Protectorate)
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.[5][30] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2010[48] No No No No
Rwanda Rwanda Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[5]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No Constitutional ban since 2003 No No No No
Tanzania Tanzania No Illegal since 1864 (only Zanzibar)
Illegal since 1899
Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.[5][30] 		No No No No No No
Uganda Uganda No Male illegal since 1894
Female illegal since 2000 Penalty: Life imprisonment. Beatings, torture, or vigilante execution are also common.[49] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2005 No No No No

Horn of Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Djibouti Djibouti Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[5] No No No No No No
Eritrea Eritrea No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.[5][50] 		No No No No No No
Ethiopia Ethiopia No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 15 years.[5] 		No No No No No No
Somalia Somalia No Illegal
Penalty: Up to death.[51] 		No No No No No No
Somaliland Somaliland
(Disputed territory) 		No Illegal
Penalty: Up to death.[51] 		No No No No No No

Indian Ocean states

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Comoros Comoros No Illegal
Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and fines.[5][52] 		No No No No No No
French Southern and Antarctic Lands French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(Overseas territory of France) 		Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory)[5] 		Yes Civil solidarity pact since 1999 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Madagascar Madagascar Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[5] 		No No No No No No
Mauritius Mauritius No Male illegal
Penalty: Up to 5 years imprisonment.
Yes Female always legal[53]
+ UN decl. sign.[5][54] 		No No No No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[55][56] No
Mayotte Mayotte
(Overseas region of France) 		Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the region)[5] 		Yes Civil solidarity pact since 1999 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Réunion Réunion
(Overseas region of France) 		Yes Legal since 1791[5] Yes Civil solidarity pact since 1999 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Seychelles Seychelles Yes Legal since 2016[57]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[5] No

Southern Africa

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Angola Angola Yes Legal since 2019 (presidential signature pending)[58] No No No No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[59] May possibly change gender under the Código do Registro Civil 2015[60]
Botswana Botswana No Legal since 2019 [61] No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination Yes Legal gender change recognized as a constitutional right since 2017[62]
Eswatini Eswatini No Male illegal since the 1880s
Yes Female always legal[5][30] 		No No No No No No
Lesotho Lesotho Yes Male legal since 2012
Female always legal[5] 		No No No No No May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011[63]
Malawi Malawi No Illegal since 1891 (as British Central Africa Protectorate)[64]
Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment for men
up to 5 years imprisonment for women (rarely enforced; suspending moratoruim legality disputed)[5][65][30] 		No No No No No No
Mozambique Mozambique Yes Legal since 2015[66][67] No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[5][55] No
Namibia Namibia No Male illegal since 1920 (not enforced; repeal proposed)[30][68]
Yes Female always legal[5][69][70] 		No No No No No Yes Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963[71]
South Africa South Africa Yes Male legal since 1998
Female always legal
+ UN decl. sign.[5] 		Yes Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006 Yes Legal since 2006 Yes Legal since 2002 Yes Since 1998 Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity; legal gender may be changed after surgical or medical treatment
Zambia Zambia No Illegal since 1911 (as part of the British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia)
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.[5][30] 		No No No No No No
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe No Male illegal since 1891 (as part of the British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia)
Yes Female legal[5][30] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2013 No No No No


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