Including transcontinental countries.
"Newly": Doesn't count any country that has already legalized it now or has set a future date for when it will be legal (like Estonia has). But any country that formalizes legalization at a future date, even if that date is after 2029, does count so long as the decision was locked in before 2030.
Must qualify in such a way that the country would change to dark blue on this Wikipedia map, though changes to that map are not required for this question to resolve YES.
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https://76crimes.com/2025/01/07/2024-lgbtq-rights-global-update-progress-and-reversals-in-africa/
Seychelles 🇸🇨 and Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 seem most likely options by 2030.
Why is the % so high here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Africa
There's no on going effort in Africa to legalize same-sex unions. Quite the contrary (Uganda, Ghana, Namibia...).
@adssx Well, there are a lot of countries in Africa, and it only takes one court ruling or something like that.