Criminalisation of gay sex in African states

Source of picture: Kurt Löwenstein Educational Center International Team from Germany - ws'08 (26). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_rights#/media/File:Men_Women_Homo_Hetero.jpg

Death penalty for gay sex: Mauritania, Sudan and Nigeria.

32 states in Africa criminalise same-sex sexual contact with jail time:

Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The only state with specific protections against discrimination aimed at LGBT citizens is South Africa.