Equality Index ? | 10 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 10 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 10 / 100 |
Law | |
Homosexual activity | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 2025 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1991 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2023 |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2019 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Unknown |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Ambiguous |
Blood donations by MSMs | Ambiguous |
Conversion therapy | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A Since 2025 |
Public Opinion | |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | 5% Tolerate 95% Not tolerate |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | 8% Tolerate 91% Not tolerate |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 5% Good place 94% Not a good place |
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