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Homosexuality has never been criminalised in Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, and Rwanda, and was decriminalised in Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Seychelles and South Africa. LGBT anti-discrimination legal guidelines exist in ten African international locations: Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, and South Africa. In a 2011 UN General Assembly declaration for LGBT rights, state parties were given a chance to precise their assist, opposition or abstention on the subject. Since 2011, some developed international locations have been contemplating or implementing laws that limit or prohibit basic finances assist to international locations that restrict the rights of LGBT individuals. Human Rights Watch notes that one other two international locations, Benin and the Central African Republic, don't outlaw homosexuality, but have some legal guidelines which discriminate towards homosexual people. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Africa are typically poor compared to the Americas, Western Europe and Oceania.