Africa

The mother of arrested human rights lawyer Sibongile Ndashe protests at the Tanzanian High Commission in South Africa. (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Protests surge as Tanzania jails anti-HIV lawyers; no charges
Sibongile Ndashe, executive director of ISLA. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
Tanzania cries 'homosexuality' to block health-care lawsuit
Lazaro Mambosasa, police chief of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Photo courtesy of Swahili Times)
Tanzania: 12 arrests for allegedly 'promoting homosexuality'
Collins Gideon (Photo courtesy of NoStringsNG)
Anti-gay blackmail cost Nigerian singer his family, education
New initiative works to free suspected gay Nigerian prisoners
Njeri Gateru, head of legal affairs for the NGLHRC Kenyan LGBTI rights advocacy group. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Kenyan court to hear challenge to degrading anal exams
U.S.-based NGO helps African LGBT asylum seekers
Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where most Ugandan refugees are held (Photo courtesy of Ephemerian)
LGBTI refugees in Kenya: Food cutback, new security plan
Location of Botswana in Africa
High Court OKs gender change on Botswana IDs
14 Nigerian university students talk about being gay on campus
LGBTI refugees trek to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
Kenya: LGBTI refugees trek for protection; funds needed
Photo shows Rita, crying, injured and bleeding, shortly after the attack. The photo was taken by her daughter.
Nigeria: Thugs attack ex-wife suspected of lesbian affair
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Anti-gay Nigerian police hunt survivor of anti-gay mob
An LGBT refugee after a recent altercations with Kenyan authorities at the camp (Photo courtesy of O-blog-dee and Facebook)
Desperate LGBT refugees seek a way out, though it's 'suicidal'
Protest: 20 Zanzibar arrests violated the constitution
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Nigeria: Ex-husband triggered raid, arrest for lesbian sex