{"id":37326,"date":"2026-06-17T09:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37326"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:08:50","slug":"niger-tightens-lgbtq-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/niger-tightens-lgbtq-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger tightens LGBTQ+ restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Niger has become the latest African country to introduce harsh legislation criminalising Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The West African nation&#8217;s military Junta has enacted a new penal code that officially criminalises same sex relationships, imposing prison terms of up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Similar restrictive laws were passed by Mali in late 2024, Burkina Faso in late 2025, and Senegal in early this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Supporters of the law, however, maintain that it reflects the country&#8217;s cultural, religious and social values.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36005,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37326","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":"Niger introduces harsh legislation for LGBTQ+ people"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37327,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37326\/revisions\/37327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}