The junta-run African country Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality, with punishments of up to five years in jail. The military group that controls the West African country of Burkina Faso after seizing the nation by force three years ago has criminalised homosexuality and instituted punishments of up to five years in jail, according to reports sourcing news agency AFP. Though homosexuality is illegal in nearly 30 African countries, it was not in Burkina Faso until the military seized power under leader Ibrahim Traoré. According to France 24, the draft law was adopted by 71 unelected members of a transitional parliament in place since 2022. “The law provides for a prison sentence of between two and five years as well as fines,” Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala reportedly said on national broadcaster RTB. “If a person is a perpetrator of homosexual or similar practices, all the bizarre behaviour, they will go before the judge,” he said. He added that foreign na...