The Justice Minister in Mali announced Thursday that the West African nation is moving forward with a law to outlaw homosexuality.

The country’s ruling National Transitional Council adopted the measure by a nearly unanimous vote last week. The bill still needs approval from the country’s military leaders, according to Agence France-Presse.

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The vote was 131 in favor and 1 against.

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“There are now provisions prohibiting homosexuality in Mali, and that anyone engaging in this practice or promoting or condoning it will be prosecuted,” the Malian Minister of Justice Mamadou Kassogue announced last week.