The Southern African country also passed a law criminalizing discrimination based on sexual orientation, which will come into play when a person tries to get a job or receive services.
Only a handful of African nations have laws to protect homosexuals, and many criminalize the lifestyle with potentially heavy punishments — sometimes even a death sentence.
Angola has been revising its 1975 penal code which was interpreted to ban homosexuality through its “vices against nature” provision.
By Milan Sime Martinić