Africa

Cameroon: U.S. ambassador tours LGBTI safe house
Dr. Adrian Jjuuko, executive director of HRAPF, speaks to the media on May 29 in Kampala, Uganda, after filing a petition seeking to nullify the entire Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023. (Gloria Nakiyimba photo courtesy of Capital Radio)
Legal challenge hits Uganda’s cruel anti-gay law; U.S. weighs travel bans, funding cuts
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Report shows alarming level of anti-LGBTI violence in Cameroon
UgandaUganda President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda) President Yoweri Museveni signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2022, turning it into the Homosexuality Act Law 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda)
Immediate backlash after Uganda president signs cruel anti-gay bill into law
Cameroon LGBTI advocates want funders to focus on decriminalization
Report: Hundreds of LGBTI refugees still at risk in Kenyan refugee camps
For every $20 gift, LGBTI prisoners get $40 worth of help
Mfou prison (Photo courtesy of CamerounWeb)
Alan and Otto, victims of homophobia, are ready to leave prison — if donors allow
Bruno Agar and Abdallah married each other at the Sada Town Hall in Mayotte. (Photo courtesy of Bruno Agar)
Couple’s struggle exposes anti-LGBT bias on French island Mayotte in Indian Ocean
Linda Mafu, head of political and civil society advocacy at the Global Fund. (Photo courtesy of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)
Appeal to Uganda president: Save lives, ‘lead from the front’ by rejecting anti-gay bill
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights headquarters in Banjul, The Gambia. (Photo courtesy ACHPR)
African Human Rights Commission affirms intersex people’s rights
Godfred Yeboah Dame (Photo courtesy of Modern Ghana)
Setback for Ghana’s ‘worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’
Lesbian couple faces more than a year in prison — unless you help
French Institute of Cameroon opened its doors to Welcome to Dissoke's Place.
Welcome to Dissoke’s Place: Face-to-face forum boosts social activism in Cameroon
Fundraiser to feed and free 13 LGBTI prisoners is starting slowly
Flooding in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Moses Yope Madjaga photo courtesy of UNHCR)
Trigger warning: Three suicides shake LGBTI+ community in eastern Congo