Gay couple scores partial victory on Namibia residency in top court
A gay couple scored a partial victory in Namibia's Supreme Court after it ruled the government had discriminated against them when it rejected the residency application of one of the two who is Mexican-born. The court ordered that the home affairs ministry reconsider the application of Guillermo Delgado for permanent residency in the southern African country. Delgado appealed to the Supreme Court after a lower court denied Delgado's residency request in February last year, siding with the government which had refused to give legal recognition to his marriage with Phillip Lühl, a Namibian. In Namibia, permanent residency is automatically granted…