Africa

This illustration of Cam was created by the AI program ChatGPT, based on a description of him provided by reporter Steeves Winner.
Still imprisoned in Cameroon, Cam thanks readers for medical aid
A health clinic in Johannesburg that was closed in 2025, following cuts in U.S. aid. (Joao Silva photo courtesy of The New York Times)
Study finds that Trump’s funding cuts led to closing 1,700 HIV treatment sites
Daughter of Senegal anti-LGBT advocate arrested on lesbianism and drug charges
The three friends celebrated their release from prison but, for their safety, they did not want their names or faces to be used in this article. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Generous readers set free 3 women imprisoned for homosexuality in Cameroon
Senegalese MPs working in the National Assembly. In the foreground on the left is Mouhamed Sagna (better known as Guy Marius before his conversion to Islam), a leading figure in Sonkoism (@assembleenationalesn on Instagram).
Senegal’s human rights defenders fear a draft bill on political finances
Bishop Senyonjo, Uganda’s renowned LGBTQI+ ally, dies at 94
Wendy and Diana celebrate the dropping of charges. (Photo courtesy of SMUG / X)
Ugandan authorities drop case against two women accused of kissing in public
Cabo Verde, Africa’s outlier in LGBTQ freedom
Sister Deborah
Ghanaian musician Sister Deborah shatters myths about homosexuality
LGBTQI+ Ugandans are full of pride despite lack of Pride events
The headquarter of the Senegalese Constitutional Council in Dakar
Senegal Court blocks constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Illustration by Rex Opara shows the young musicians with soundwaves.
The queer Zimbabwean artist whose music outlived him
African asylum seekers in Toronto in 2023. (Richard Lautens photo courtesy of Toronto Star / Getty)
Canada gives Ugandans facing deportation a second chance to stay
Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth, new speaker of Uganda's parliament. (Photo courtesy of CEO East Africa)
Can LGBTQ Ugandans hope for relief from the new leader of Parliament?
Ousmane Sonko (center) was elected speaker of Senegal's National Assembly on May 26, four days after President President Bassirou ⁠⁠Diomaye Faye dismissed him as prime minister. (Photo courtesy of AFP)
Senegal amends its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage
In October 2024, anti-LGBTQ protesters demanded a ruling from the Ghana Supreme Court on the anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. The bill expired without a presidential signature. (Photo courtesy of X/Twitter)
Trump drops US support for human rights of LGBTQ Africans