Africa

The New Bell central prison in Douala, Cameroon. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
Analysis: Cameroon’s anti-gay raids violated Cameroon’s own rules
Ghana officials display "Visit Ghana" shirt they want Sunderland football/soccer players to wear. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Ghana)
Ghana’s £10m deal is dead; gay fans won’t be lured to homophobic nation
Location of Sierra Leone in West Africa. (Map courtesy of CountryReports.org)
Sierra Leone activists flee abroad as police hunt them
The new Rufisque Courthouse was inaugurated on January 27, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the General Delegation for the Promotion of the Diamniadio and Lac Rose Urban Hubs)
Senegal Police admit using anal exams on female suspects
Queer youth leaders attend Rightify Ghana workshop. (Photo courtesy of Rightify Ghana)
Rightify Ghana trains dozens of queer youth leaders in advocacy
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Cameroon: After anti-gay raids, court frees 2, sends 6 back to prison
Hill Valley Hotel in Freetown, Sierra Leone, was the site of the police raid. (Photo courtesy of DirectHotels,com)
Sierra Leone police hunt for 2 activists after anti-gay police raid
The New Bell central prison in Douala, Cameroon. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
Cameroon arrests 68 in anti-gay crackdown
Olana Otunnu (Photo courtesy of the Daily Nation)
Will Uganda’s candidate for top UN post speak out against homophobia?
Anita Among, former speaker of Uganda's parliament
Uganda’s president pardons homophobic politician
News coverage of the death of first-year Madonna University student Williams Fubara. (Photo courtesy of Instagram)
How Nigeria’s anti-gay law fuels violence against the LGBTQ community
Richard Lusimbo speaks at July's International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo courtesy of Richard Lusimbo / X)
Community AIDS initiatives in jeopardy amid funding cuts 
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Online and on the street, Cameroon observers cheer anti-gay attack
Cameroon police arrest No. 1 suspect in murder of popular gay man
Petition calls on South Africa to reject anti-LGBTQ conference
Kenya: ‘I could see the trauma in his eyes’