Africa

LGBTQ rights supporter Duma Boko is in line to become Botswana's next president. (Johannes Simon photo courtesy of Getty /News24.com)
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Snoopy la Melodie performs the song on YouTube.
Trigger warning: Homophobic song goes viral in Cameroon; LGBTI defenders sue
Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana (Photo courtesy of GhanaWeb)
Ghana Supreme Court prepares to rule on harsh anti-LGBTQ bill
Word cloud showing the names of the 46 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.
Readers’ donations have freed a total of 46 victims of African homophobia
Opposition politician Kissa Besigye has run for president of Uganda multiple times. (Isaac Kasamani photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images/Washington Post)
Uganda: Husband of LGBTQ rights backer Byanyima arrested in Kenya
Rightify Ghana celebrates the nation's LGBTQI+ citizens. (Illustration courtesy of RIghtify Ghana
Despite looming threat, a celebration of Ghana’s LGBTQI+ citizens
Report: Online attacks increase against LGBTQ Ugandans
Mali: ‘LGBT+ people are just asking for security’
Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba fights in the face of constant threats
After their release, Yane and Hage pose for photos but hide their faces in order to avoid anti-lesbian violence. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Readers’ donations set free two imprisoned lesbians in Cameroon
Illustration of a man wearing a cross necklace with pride colors at the left and jail bars at the right.
I sang in the choir, frequented a gay bar and it landed me in prison
Anti-LGBT surge in West Africa as Mali’s ruling council votes to make gay sex illegal
LGBTQ rights supporter Duma Boko is in line to become Botswana's next president. (Johannes Simon photo courtesy of Getty /News24.com)
Botswana election results solidify LGBTQ rights in southern Africa
African podcasters provide relief for atheists, freethinkers, LGBTQ community
Franck Blé, a hairstylist who is gay, was beaten by two men while smoking a cigarette in his neighborhood in Ivory Coast. (Arlette Bashizi photo courtesy of The New York Times)
As homophobic influencers peddle lies and hatred, wave of assaults hits Ivory Coast
Cardinal Peter Turkson, 76, is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Photo courtesy of X / YouTube)
Ghana: ‘You criminalize them for what? For just being what they are?’