Africa

Meet Frankie Edozien, writer of Nigeria’s first gay memoir
Protesting against Zimbabwe's homophobia. (Juda Ngwenya photo courtesy of Reuters and The Conversation)
LGBT in Zimbabwe: A glimmer of hope
Trans model: ‘I fight every day to look more feminine’
Police officers trying to stop HRAPF staff and partners from participating in the sit-in. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Sit-in success: Uganda police promise armed guards
Logo of the African Queer Youth Initiative
Young queer Africans take a stand
Gay Nigerians tell why they use condoms — or don’t
Logo of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya
Kenya court heads toward ruling on anti-gay laws
Lesbian lovers face parents’ wrath, police lockup
Adrian Jjuuko, executive director of HRAPF (Erwin Olaf photo courtesy of Facebook)
Sit-in at Ugandan police station: ‘the only secure place’
A security camera captured this photo of two of the four burglars who break into the offices of HRAPF on May 22 and killed a security guard.
Unchecked criminals hit Ugandan civic groups
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (Photo courtesy of Southern Times)
Zimbabwe update: Stigma, HIV and its new president
Logo of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. (Click on the image to donate to Justice 4 Eric Lembembe)
African Commission: Boosting human rights helps fight HIV
Gambian President Adama Barrow (Photo courtesy of MambaOnline)
Gambia: An anti-LGBT country joins the Commonwealth
Trans, intersex Zambians win evangelical support
Scandalized Cameroon family hunts lesbian bride
Nigerian doctor: Homophobia boosts HIV