Africa

Interior of New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Cameroon: 4 gay detainees seek pre-trial release from prison’s miseries
Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Reinette Klever with Gen. Jeje Odongo, Uganda's foreign affairs minister. (Photo courtesy of New Vision and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Refugees could be put at risk in Uganda under proposed Dutch deal
Food deliverer last week to four gay men imprisoned at New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Cameroon: Malnourished gay detainees get food delivery from Project Not Alone
New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Cameroon: Four gay men forced to undergo anal exams after their arrest
Uganda musician Papa Cidy says he came out of the closet because he's "tired of hiding myself."
Uganda musician Papa Cidy comes out: ‘Tired of hiding’
Liberia: Legislator seeks supporters for his harsh anti-homosexuality bill
Joseph Whittal, commissioner of Ghana's Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. (Photo courtesy of CHRAJ)
Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says
Ghana Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, (Photo courtesy of Dennis Law News)
Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill
Staff of Alternatives-Cameroon now face homosexuality charges
Hamlet Nkwain, executive director of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon (Photo courtesy of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon )
Cameroon LGBTI activist benefits from leadership training at US program
Clare Byarugaba
Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award
Mariam Wangadya, chair of the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
Senior Ugandan official calls for decriminalization of homosexuality
Protesters brandished signs urging World Bank President Ajay Banga to “not fund LGBTQ+ hate in Uganda.” (Rumbi Chakamba photo courtesy of Devex)
LGBTQ+ activists protest World Bank’s work toward resumed lending to Uganda
Cameroon police arrest 13 in raid on pro-LGBTI organization that fights AIDS
Market in the Ekounou section of Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)
Cameroon: Lynch mob attacks two gay men having sex in a car
The U.S. has sanctioned four officers of the Uganda Police Force for human rights violations, including (left to right) Alex Mwine, Elly Womanya, and Bob Kagarura. (Photos courtesy of Daily Monitor | Nation Media Group)
U.S. expands sanctions against Ugandan human rights abusers