Polygamy in Burundi

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Polygamy is illegal in Burundi and the nation does not recognize polygamous marriages under civil law or customary law. A 1993 amendment to the Code of Person and Family officially abolished polygamy in the country. Nonetheless, the practice is still present in Burundi and has reportedly increased rather than decreased, mainly due to recent conflicts and crises.^[1]

References

^ "Burundi: Family Code". Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

Polygamous marriage by country

Performed
legally

Nationwide	Afghanistan Algeria Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cameroon Chad CAR Comoros Congo Djibouti Egypt Gabon The Gambia India Polygyny Polyandry Indonesia Iran Kenya Kuwait Libya Maldives Mauritania Morocco Myanmar Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Somalia Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda UAE Yemen Zambia
Statewide	Iraq¹ Nigeria² Palestine Syria¹

Recognized if
performed
legally abroad

Australia (2008)
New Zealand (1980)
United Kingdom (2008; welfare only)

Recognized under
customary law

Botswana
Burkina Faso
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hong Kong (performed until 1971)
Jordan
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Malaysia
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Zimbabwe

Other countries
and regions

¹ Kurdish-controlled areas criminalize polygamy
² Regions governed by Sharia

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