Malawi to review laws banning homosexuality, according to news reports

"Malawi is to review laws banning homosexuality in response to public opinion, according to reports," the Guardian writes. "The move comes just days after the U.S. announced it would" promote and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people through foreign aid and diplomacy, the newspaper notes, adding that the U.S. provides "Malawi about $200 million per year, with most going to health care." Malawi, which "was condemned by Barack Obama and international activists last year after jailing two men who underwent the southern African country's first gay 'marriage,' ...  will now review provisions of the penal code concerning 'indecent practices and unnatural acts,' Ephraim Chiume, the justice minister, was quoted as saying," the news service writes (Smith, 12/9).