Gay Travel Advisories

Sexual acts between consenting adult males are criminalized in regions throughout the world. Please be aware of the following country and region-specific information:

• Asia
• Africa
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea

    Legal Code Summary

    Penal Code from 2015

    Sources

    1. Text of the law is available at: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/101051/121587/F567697075/ERI101051%20Eng.pdf

    Legal Code Text

    Article 310(1) - “A person who performs with a person of the same sex an act corresponding to the sexual act, or any other indecent sexual act, is guilty of homosexual conduct, a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years.”

  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
• Latin America & Caribbean
• Europe
• Oceania