Africa

Map of Senegal shows the capital, Dakar. (Map courtesy of AFP)
Anti-gay police crackdown expands in Senegal
Mame Mactar Gueye, vice president of Jamra in Senegal (Photo courtesy of TMF)
Senegal imprisons 10 men for ‘unnatural acts’
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In Cameroon, a trans woman cries out for dignity and survival
"AI is fueling new forms digital violence and being weaponized against women and girls everywhere," says the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. (Illustration courtesy of UNWomen)
Social media a dangerous new human rights battleground in Cameroon
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré meets with Russian officials in 2025. (Photo courtesy of Anadolu Ajansı)
Two years in prison for homosexuality in West Africa
Marriage was a gay man’s shield. Exposure forced him to start again
Pastor Stephen Langa, executive director of Uganda's Family Life Network (Photo courtesy of Daily Monitor)
Uganda: Study finds religious attitudes impeding fight against HIV
Anti-LGBTQ protest in Senegal. (File photo)
Senegal: The tale of a gay capital turned homophobic state
Alban Bagbin, speaker of Ghana's parliament
Ghana Parliament welcomes anti-LGBTQ lawmakers from Uganda
Makerere University's Main Building (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Makerere University in Uganda suspends student over homophobic violence
Word cloud showing the names (pseudonyms) of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.
Readers’ donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia
The Grand Mosque of Dakar (Photo courtesy of Le Monde)
Senegal police arrest 15 LGBT people who shared a WhatsApp group
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Ten LGBTI youth arrested in Cameroon, released for small ransom
We freed four Muslim men imprisoned when their imam called them gay
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Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers’ donations