Gabon and Homosexuality – Gabon has decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations

Latest TV Presenter, Andrew Kay, reports on the decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual relations, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to legalize them. The Gabonese Senate on June 29 approved a bill to repeal a 2019 law that criminalized same-sex relationships by a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a 5 million Central African CFA franc ($8,561) fine. President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Tuesday signed the repeal measure into law.