Africa

Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5 protest against the shutdown of the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID. (Demetrius Freeman photo courtesy of The Washington Post)
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s foreign aid freeze, but the freeze continues
Manaouda Malachielm, Cakerooj's minister of health. (Photo courtesy of Xinhuanet)
Cameroon needs new donors after US cancels HIV funds
A patient and the medical machinery keeping him alive. (Blake Farmer photo courtesy of WPLN News / Oregon Live)
Commentary: Cutting off USAID is like unplugging life support
Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N’Diaye were honoured by Spanish city A Coruña for the heroic act (Photo courtesy of A Coruña City Hall/Twitter/LGBTQ Nation)
Senegal immigrants honored for intervening to stop a gay bashing in Spain
Imam Muhsin Hendricks, South Africa's first gay imam, who was murdered Feb. 15. (Rodger Bosch photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images/ HyphenOnline)
Why was South Africa’s gay imam assassinated?
Marchers celebrate Intersex Awareness Day (Photo courtesy of The Star of Kenya)
Intersex Kenyans seek distance from LGBTQ as they gain legal status
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
Update: Delay of court rejection of Trump on foreign aid; possible appeal of refugee ruling
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Two courts reject Trump’s foreign aid freeze and refugee ban
Scene lasf month at famine relief program in Gaza (Hatem Khaled photo courtesy of Reuters)
Millions learn that U.S. promise to continue life-saving foreign aid was false
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.
Kenya’s intersex people vs. its healthcare system
LGBT+ people in occupied Bukavu must choose: Hide or flee
Anti-LGBT arrests rising in Uganda, new report finds
U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a decade and a half of support for advancing the safety, equality, and inclusion of LGBTIQ people.
Report: LGBTIQ people are particularly vulnerable to U.S. aid cuts
Children helped by World Vision (Photo from the World Vision website)
Pro- and anti-LGBTQ Christian charities are gutted as Trump slashes funds
Flavia Zalwango, programs director at HRAPF
Uganda NGOs denounce impact of USAID cuts on human rights
Bouquet at the door of the USAID foreign aid agency, which the Trump administration is shutting down. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Judge orders resumption of U.S. foreign aid