Sit down, there's
good news
from Africa.
President
Joyce Banda has said she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual
acts - the first African country to do so since 1994. Two Malawian men
were sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2010 after saying they were
getting married. Several Western leaders have recently said they would
cut aid to countries which did not recognise gay rights. In her first
state of the nation address to parliament, Mrs Banda said: "Some laws
which were duly passed by the august house... will be repealed as a
matter of urgency... these include the provisions regarding indecent
practices and unnatural acts." The BBC's Raphael Tenthani in the main
city, Blantyre, says the president has the support of a majority of MPs
and so should be able to get parliament to overturn the law.
Religious groups are expected to loudly oppose Banda's plan.
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