Africa

Clare Byarugaba
Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award
Mariam Wangadya, chair of the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
Senior Ugandan official calls for decriminalization of homosexuality
Protesters brandished signs urging World Bank President Ajay Banga to “not fund LGBTQ+ hate in Uganda.” (Rumbi Chakamba photo courtesy of Devex)
LGBTQ+ activists protest World Bank’s work toward resumed lending to Uganda
Cameroon police arrest 13 in raid on pro-LGBTI organization that fights AIDS
Market in the Ekounou section of Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)
Cameroon: Lynch mob attacks two gay men having sex in a car
The U.S. has sanctioned four officers of the Uganda Police Force for human rights violations, including (left to right) Alex Mwine, Elly Womanya, and Bob Kagarura. (Photos courtesy of Daily Monitor | Nation Media Group)
U.S. expands sanctions against Ugandan human rights abusers
Qtalk: Bisexual Nigerian man threatened by partner’s family
Protest in South Africa in April 2023 against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act (Themba Hadebe photo courtesy of AP / Lapresse)
First Ugandan who faced death penalty for gay sex is out on bail
Seychelles beach
Formerly an anti-gay haven, Seychelles becomes a protector of its LGBTQ citizens
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Newly liberated from prison, Ben poses for a photo without revealing his face. (Photo by Mike Daemon)
How a Nigerian man survived the harrowing experience of jail for being gay
Joy Ruth Aceng (Photo courtesy of Pulse Uganda)
Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Open letter urges World Bank not to resume lending in Uganda
Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe (Photo courtesy of New Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe: Dispute about money and infidelity leads to sodomy arrest
A crossdresser in a village in Northern Nigeria. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
Yan Daudu: Traditional femme man confronts Nigeria’s modern homophobia
Anti-LGBTQ sign online.
Ivory Coast: Human rights defenders seek to block wave of anti-LGBT hatred