Africa

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
Man displays a PrEP pill (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins)
U.S. halts anti-HIV drugs for LGBTQ people abroad, risking deadly AIDS rebound
Dancers in Virginia take part in CWS's 2023 celebration of refugees' contributions. (Daniel Lin photo courtesy of the Daily News-Record)
Refugee aid groups sue to unfreeze Trump’s pause on refugee admissions
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Anita Among was a forceful advocate for a bill last year instituting the death penalty for people repeatedly convicted of gay sex. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters/WSJ)
Uganda’s homophobic speaker predicts Trump will end U.S. sanctions
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he delivers his 2025 State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, South Africa, February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
South Africa president boosts LGBTQI+ rights; Trump cuts off aid to South Africa
USAID food delivery in South Sudan (Jim Huylebroek photo courtesy of the New York Times)
U.S. diplomats: Don’t recall USAID workers; they’re needed to avoid waste and abuse
Ife: The Sequel Poster Nigerian lesbian film
Groundbreaking Nigerian queer film Ìfé gets new sequal
Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Chris Unger photo courtesy of Zuffa / Rolling Stone)
‘The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children’
U.S. Senator Cory Booker addresses protest in Washington, D.C., against President Trump's cuts in foreign aid and destruction of USAID. (Photo courtesy of Devex)
Beyond rallies and rhetoric, what can be done to block deadly foreign aid cuts?
Anti-HIV program in Malawi teaches patients how to protect themselves with antiretroviral medications. (Robbie Flick photo courtesy of Creative Commons license.)
American-made catastrophe: Growing toll of losses and deaths from USAID demolition
Gay tourists pictured on the GoThaiBeFree website, which promotes gay tourism in Thailand.
Uganda’s anti-gay law has huge costs; Thailand’s equal marriage pays dividends
Protesters outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., demand a reversal of Trump administration moves to eliminate foreign aid and the agency that oversees it. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
A catastrophe made in the U.S.A. — the deadly foreign aid cutoff