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Two families are celebrating a supreme court victory that will allow them to stay together, and offers hope in the ongoing battle for rights across Africa
The southern African nation has ruled that same-sex marriages officiated abroad are legally valid, but this decision has sparked a new wave of homophobic hate.
The Namibia Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the government must recognize same-sex marriages that were legally performed abroad.
Dozens of people cheer and dance as they take part in the Windhoek LGBT+ Pride. (HILDEGARD TITUS/AFP via Getty Images) Namibia is on pace to decriminalise homosexuality by the end of the year as ministers pave a long-sought path to scrapping its decades-old anal sex ban. The government’s Law Reform and Development Commission, a law reform agency, recommended in reports published Monday (17 May) that the country’s sodomy laws be overturned. Justice minister Yvonne Dausa confirmed to the Windhoek Observer, a local newspaper, that she will be submitting draft proposals to the cabinet to do ...