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African countries where polygamy is illegal
1. Angola
Angola is a Southern African nation. Polygamy is technically in the 36 million populated nation but still practised.
2. Botswana
Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. In the country, polygamy is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
3. Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of 274,200 km², bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest.
Polygamy in the country is technically illegal, but still practiced.
4. Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa.
Here, polygamy is technically illegal, but still practiced.
5. DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Central Africa bordered to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean. By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.
Technically, polygamy in DR Congo is illegal but it is still practised.
6. Equitorial Guinea
Equitorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands.
Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands.
Polygamy in Equitorial Guinea is technically illegal but still practiced.
7. Ghana
Ghana is a multi-ethnic country in West Africa with a diverse population, linguistic and religious groups.
Polygamy is technically illegal in Ghana but still practiced.
8. Lesotho
Lesotho officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa.
In Lesotho, polygamy is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
9. Liberia
Liberia officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
Polygamy in Liberia is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
10. Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar is a sovereign island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel.
At 592,800 square kilometres, it is the world’s second-largest island country, after Indonesia.
Polygamy is technically illegal in Madagascar but still practiced.
11. Malawi
Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
12. Mauritius
Technically illegal, but still practiced.
13. Mozambique
Technically illegal, but still practiced.
14. Namibia
Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
15. Sierra Leone
Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.
16. South Africa
Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law [polygyny only]. Court permission required.
17. Zimbabwe
Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law
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