Botswana Officially Removes Same-Sex Ban from the Penal Code

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0400

Botswana has officially removed from the text of its Penal Code the colonial-era provisions that once punished consensual same-sex sexual relations. MambaOnline reported that the amendment was formally published on March 26. The step matters because the country’s courts had already struck down the ban in 2019 and 2021, yet the wording remained in the statute book.

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Botswana Officially Removes Same-Sex Ban from the Penal Code