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
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco

    Legal Code Summary

    Penal Code from 26 November 1962

    Legal Code Text

    Article 489 – “Any person who commits lewd or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of between six months and three years and a fine of 120 to 1,000 dirhams, unless the facts of the case constitute aggravating circumstances.”

    Article 483 – “Whoever commits an act of public indecency, whether by nudity or obscenity in his actions, shall be punished by imprisonment of one month to two years and a fine of 200 to 500 dirhams.”

    Sources

    1. Original text: ”Est puni de l’emprisonnement de six mois à trois ans et d’une amende de 200 à1.000 dirhams, à moins que le fait ne constitue une infraction plus grave, quiconque commet un acte impudique ou contre nature avec un individu de son sexe”.

    2023-2024 Legal Developments

    Continues to criminalise under Penal Code (1963) Art. 489. A broader Penal Code reform process concluded in Nov. 2023; the Minister of Justice publicly confirmed Art. 489 would not be repealed. Enforcement continued through 2023 (multiple arrests documented).

  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
• Latin America & Caribbean
• Europe
• Oceania