Malawi to repeal ban on gay sex

Malawi’s new president says she will repeal the country’s ban on homosexual acts.

Malawi’s new president has said that she will repeal the country’s ban on homosexual acts.

President Joyce Banda’s announcement during her first State of the Nation address today is one of several steps she has taken that break with the administration of her predecessor, Bingu wa Mutharika, who died in office in April.