LONDON, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - African countries have some of the most prohibitive laws against homosexuality in the world - same-sex relationships are a crime in many of them and can lead to imprisonment or the death penalty. On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, here are a few facts about LGBT rights on the African continent: * Same sex acts are illegal in 32 countries across the continent. * Laws criminalising same-sex relationships only apply to women in only 24 of these. In countries such as Ghana , Kenya or Sierra Leone , it is illegal for men to engage in consensual sex with someone of the same sex but not for women. * In Mauritania and Sudan , same-sex relationships can lead to the death penalty. * In Nigeria , 54 people went on trial last week on charges connected to allegations that they were celebrating a gay wedding, which are outlawed in the country. A bill was signed in 2014 that criminalised same-sex ...
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