Zimbabwe Marriage Amendment Bill - Same-Gender Marriage Is Illegal

In a move that has dashed the hopes of equal treatment for the LGBTQI+ community in Zimbabwe, a Bill is set to go before that country's parliament that would uphold the ban on same-gender marriage.

For Africa's LGBTQI+ community, the year began on a promising note when Angola repealed its colonial-era, anti-gay law and also criminalised any unfair discrimination on the grounds of a person's sexual orientation.

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