Africa

Pastress Aggy
‘I am scared for my life’: Surviving Uganda’s harsh anti-LGBTQ law
Cameroon's Patriotic Monument is a highlight of the Odza section of Yaoundé, the capital city. (Photo courtesy of Ocamer.com)
Cameroon lesbian goes into hiding after threats from her lover’s family
Nicholas Opiyo, the former executive director of Chapter Four Uganda
Uganda: Human rights activist Nicholas Opiyo quits Chapter Four
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Prospects for reviving U.S. foreign aid grow even darker
Abandoned by the U.S., African HIV fighters must revise their strategies
U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of Reuters/Al Jazeera)
For Trump, ignorance about Africa is a joking matter
Ghana President John Mahama
Ghana’s harsh anti-LGBTQ bill is back
This Cameroonian woman is a patient at the KIDSS anti-AIDS program, which had been funded by USAID and run by Catholic Relief Services and the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of CRS)
LGBTI in Cameroon: U.S. ends anti-HIV programs, leaving only homophobic clinics
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