Africa

Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, head of the Anglican Church of Uganda. (Photo courtesy Sexual Minorities of Uganda)
Archbishop of Uganda under fire for homophobic comments against Archbishop of Wales
Ntare School entrance gate (Photo courtesy of Monitor.co.ug)
Ugandan students escape attack by peers over homosexuality claims
Davis Mac-Iyalla (Photo courtesy of Mamba Online)
W. African human rights activists oppose Burkina Faso’s new anti-gay law
Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traore (Photo courtesy of SamePass.org)
West Africa pushes tally of nations with anti-gay laws to 65
Here’s how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon
Clare Byarugaba outside Uganda House in London (Photo courtesy of Diva Magazine and Clare Byarugaba)
Meet the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist bringing visibility in a time of crisis
Q Bee Chihera-Meki, programs director of Trans and Intersex Rising Zimbabwe (Photo courtesy of IAS)
Zimbabwean government backs plan to protect rights of intersex people
Ghana’s most dangerous areas for anti-gay attacks and extortion
Kilmar Albrego Garcia arrives today at ICE office, where he was arrested. (Photo courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America
Two students murdered at Nigerian boarding school for being gay
This image was used on the scammers’ website. An Xtra investigation determined it is a photo of a real event that was altered to include the name and logo of a fake charity. (Photo courtesy of Xtra)
Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada
Panel discussion at the Égides conference (Laeticia Clouzot photo courtesy of Égides)
International French-language LGBTQI conference focuses on positivity
From fear to freedom: A quiet rebellion on Qtalk
Spotlight on queer African writing and fashion
Their love affair was private, but it landed 2 women in jail in Niger for ‘public indecency’
Alio Daouda is the Minister of Justice of the Junta in Niamey (Photo @nigerdiaspora.net)
Acquittal of 2 lesbians in Niger leads to uproar over judicial independence