Africa

Housemate of LGBTQ+ activist sentenced to 50 years for murdering him
French groups join Africans in lawsuits against murder music singer
Human rights lawyer Alice Nkom, who founded the Association for the Defence of Homosexual Rights (ADEFHO), is seen in her office in Douala, Cameroon. (Zacharie Ngnogue photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
In a Cameroon jail, gay youth tells how police exploit homophobia to seek bribes
Illustration shows a jigsaw puzzle in the form of a transwoman. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
She was bullied — again — for attending a women-only event as a trans woman
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
BBC lists Ugandan lesbian activist among world’s 100 inspiring and influential women
Cameroon: Like LGBTI people, albinos also must fight against prejudice
‘Chosen families’: Queer Nigerians’ alternative to conventional families
Maximilienne Ngo Mbe, executive director of REDHAC (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group
New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid
Congo activist wants to ‘De-Westernize’ the LGBT struggle
Former Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo
Ghana Supreme Court tosses anti-LGBTQ hot potato back to president
Amnesty International: A plea to set gay men free in Zambia
Life is tough for trans and intersex Cameroonians
Erasing 76 Crimes article leads to discussion of LGBT+ rights in Gabon
Revealing the background of the Erasing 76 Crimes news site and its editor
LGBTQ rights defender in Ghana wins U.S. award on Human Rights Day