Africa

Canadian boost for Tanzania’s homophobia (1)
Paul Makonda, the anti-gay regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, set off an international furor last month when he asked Tanzanians to report suspected homosexuals so they could be arrested. (Photo courtesy of HIVisasa.co.tz)
Tanzania government disavows Monday’s anti-gay roundup
Michelle Bachelet, U.N. high commissioner for human rights. (Photo courtesy of The Independent)
U.N. to Tanzania: Your duty is to protect LGBT people
Fatma Karume: "What people do sexually amongst consenting adults is their business." (Photo courtesy of AfricanShapers.com)
Tanzania plans anti-gay police state, not without opposition
Murder strikes gay Cameroon teen who sought safety in city
Paul Makonda, the anti-gay regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, set off an international furor last month when he asked Tanzanians to report suspected homosexuals so they could be arrested. (Photo courtesy of HIVisasa.co.tz)
Tanzania hunts homosexuals, threatens ’round-up’
Bamanga Rabiu (Rabina)
Muslim trans rights activist murdered in Nigeria
Logo of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya
Anti-gay law in Kenya might die in February
Publicity + charity: Cross-dresser helps arrested viral video star
Shock for Nigerian family of student in UK: He’s gay
Gay rights? ‘Shut up’ says world parliamentary forum
This photo is an illustration on a GoFundMe appeal to support the children of a Cameroonian lesbian to whom the United States has granted asylum from her anti-LGBT homeland. The children remain in Cameroon until they can rejoin their mother in the U.S.
Lesbian mom flees Cameroon; kids need your help
Kanye and Kim missed their chance to make a difference
Graphic for the fundraising campaign for the Not Alone / Pas Seul project in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Our readers’ success: 3 gay prisoners fed (then freed)
Road sign shows the way to Kyé-Ossi and to the border with Equatorial Guinea.
Cameroon father decrees: No school for lesbian daughter
Nigerian police seek anti-gay suspects in Black Axe cult