Before you engage in mature acts in Africa; do you know the age of consent? In Angola -12 years.

On average, one out of two girls in Malawi will also be married by their eighteenth birthday, according to the United Nations.

WHEN two Ugandan public figures were arrested early this year for allegedly having sex with minors, each in their defence waved the “I-was-framed” card.

The well-known pair have been charged with defiling two 16-year-olds in separate instances, accusations they deny.

The age of consent, when a young person is legally able to agree to having sex, for both males and females in Uganda is set at 18, as in at least 22 other African countries.

However, had the two been in some other African countries, then their alleged actions (provided the sex was consensual) would have been legal.

At least 15 countries on the continent have set the age of consent for both males and females at 16.

Other countries have set the age of consent for both sexes even lower. At the bottom of the league is Angola, at 12 years. The West African countries of Burkina Faso and Niger, along with the East African coastal island of Comoros, follow with 13.

There are three countries with 14 as the age of consent for both males and females, while two have set theirs at 15.

At 20, Tunisia is the only country which has its age of consent above 18, while its neighbours Libya, Egypt and Sudan bar any sexual activity outside legal marriage.

Some countries, such as Botswana, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho have separate ages of consent for males and females.

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