Africa

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 
Flag of Cameroon
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’
‘My son is trans. So what?’ says Ghana commentator KKD
Memorial image for Paul Gérard. The French text states "Rest in Peace. A unique personality. Your memory will live in us forever."
Mourning and mockery are Cameroon’s response to murder of gay man
Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith
‘We do not support criminalisation’ — Anglican archbishop in Ghana
Well-known American gay Episcopal BIshop Gene Robinson presents award to Aggie Dennett Harmon. (Photo courtesy of ILGA World)
Ugandan trans pastor honored at WorldPride Amsterdam
Entrance to the Youssou Mbargane Diop Hospital in Rufisque, Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Le Quotidien)
Senegal women subjected to degrading anal examinations
Alban Bagbin, the speaker of Ghana's parliament, announces the suspension of proceedings from June 3 to 6 to allow parliament members to attend the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, which will be held in the Parliamentary Chamber.
Ghana’s Parliament may make anti-LGBTQ bill harsher during special session
The three friends celebrated their release from prison but, for their safety, they did not want their names or faces to be used in this article. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Cameroon: Freed from prison, 3 women go into business — with readers’ help
Illustration of a patient standing in a hospital hallway between two doors—one marked with the male symbol and the other with the female symbol. The patient appears translucent, revealing the intersex flag painted on the wall where a door should be.
Are Senegal’s intersex people collateral victims of LGBTphobia?
Cameroon’s LGBTI community in peril as leaders flee
Saliou Dicko, in his capacity as Public Prosecutor of Senegal, heads the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which brings public prosecutions and supports the prosecution (image @senenews).
Senegal releases 28 of 99 men arrested on gay sex charges
Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws