Zambian President Edgar Lungu has pardoned a gay couple, Japhet Chataba, 39, and Steven Sambo, 31, who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison under a colonial-era antisodomy law.Lungu pardoned the men May 22 in recognition of All Africa Freedom Day, Reuters reports.
Nearly 3,000 people, imprisoned for a variety of charges, received pardons that day.The case of Chataba and Sambo led to a quarrel between Zambia and the U.S.