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Kenya: Anger and horror over death of LGBTQ+ arson victim
East Africa

Kenya: Anger and horror over death of LGBTQ+ arson victim

Activists and U.N. officials are mourning the death of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugee Chriton "Trinidad" Atuhwera, who died April 12 from burns he suffered a [...]
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RightsAdmin April 16, 2021
Southern Africa

Protesters demand gay rights in Zimbabwe

North Africa

Tunisian LGBT rights group provides vital services during pandemic

Arts

Uganda: Pop star Akon misses ‘200% opportunity’ to boost gay rights

WEST AFRICA

Life after prison: Young gay Nigerian struggles to adjust
West Africa

Life after prison: Young gay Nigerian struggles to adjust

A gay young Nigerian man, Adebayo, is having a hard time coping with life after his release from prison. Get a free subscription: Keep info [...]
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April 5, 2021
West Africa

‘Lesbian wedding’ arrestees freed; Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ furor continues

West Africa

Ghana: Police arrest 14 at party, suspecting it was a ‘lesbian wedding’

West Africa

Ghana counselors see business opportunity in anti-gay uproar

EAST AFRICA

Kenya: Anger and horror over death of LGBTQ+ arson victim
East Africa

Kenya: Anger and horror over death of LGBTQ+ arson victim

April 16, 2021
Activists and U.N. officials are mourning the death of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugee Chriton "Trinidad" Atuhwera, who died April 12 from burns he suffered a [...]
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Uganda: Pop star Akon misses ‘200% opportunity’ to boost gay rights
East Africa

Uganda: Pop star Akon misses ‘200% opportunity’ to boost gay rights

April 13, 2021
Prominent Senegalese-American pop star Akon missed an opportunity to raise the issue of persecution and discrimination against LGBT people in Africa w [...]
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Uganda: ‘LBQ Womxn’ need equal access to health
East Africa

Uganda: ‘LBQ Womxn’ need equal access to health

April 9, 2021
Freedom and Roam Uganda, a lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) organisation, is about to publish a book urging Ugandan human rights and health-care righ [...]
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New Tanzania president begins positive policy shifts
East Africa

New Tanzania president begins positive policy shifts

April 9, 2021
In a positive sign of policy shifts, Tanzania's new president, Samia Hassan Suluhu has lifted a ban on media houses closed by her homophobic predecess [...]
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CENTRAL AFRICA

A cry for help: Cameroon lesbian is raising the rapist father’s baby
Central Africa

A cry for help: Cameroon lesbian is raising the rapist father’s baby

Belle, a 20-year-old lesbian in Yaoundé, is a victim of sexual abuse and family rejection who is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her two- [...]
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April 7, 2021
Cameroon: Professor’s homophobic remarks get him into trouble
Central Africa

Cameroon: Professor’s homophobic remarks get him into trouble

An international affairs professor in Cameroon has been disciplined for his homophobic comments about the country's leaders. By Courtney Stans [...]
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April 1, 2021
Cameroon: LGBTI activists denounce sexual abuse of teenage boy
Central Africa

Cameroon: LGBTI activists denounce sexual abuse of teenage boy

LGBTI rights activists in Cameroon have denounced the sexual abuse of a teenage boy by a man he turned to for advice about art and music. [...]
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March 26, 2021
Cameroon: Support grows for release of trans celebrity Shakiro
Central Africa

Cameroon: Support grows for release of trans celebrity Shakiro

Increasing numbers of human rights advocates are calling for the release of Shakiro, a Cameroonian trans woman and online celebrity who has been impri [...]
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March 12, 2021

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Protesters demand gay rights in Zimbabwe
Southern Africa

Protesters demand gay rights in Zimbabwe

Protesters marched to the Zimbabwean consulate in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 12 to present a petition calling for Zimbabwe to recognize the hu [...]
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April 14, 2021
Southern Africa

Botswana president: We’ll host 2021 AIDS conference

Southern Africa

African churches: Why preach love, then imprison gays?

Southern Africa

U.S. election: Biden pledges to act against anti-gay nations

NORTH AFRICA

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Tunisian LGBT rights group provides vital services during pandemic
North Africa

Tunisian LGBT rights group provides vital services during pandemic

April 14, 2021
The Tunisian LGBT rights group Mawjoudin (Arabic for "We Exist") has been providing vital services to vulnerable community members through the COVID-1 [...]
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Tunisian court releases LGBT rights activist Rania Amdouni
North Africa

Tunisian court releases LGBT rights activist Rania Amdouni

March 18, 2021
A Tunisia court ordered the release Wednesday of Rania Amdouni, the women’s rights defender and LGBTI activist who had been jailed for shouting at pol [...]
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Tunisia: LGBT rights activist imprisoned for shouting
North Africa

Tunisia: LGBT rights activist imprisoned for shouting

March 11, 2021
A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent LGBT rights activist on March 4 to six months in prison and a fine for shouting outside a police station after [...]
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Appeal to Europe: Oppose Egypt’s human rights abuses
North Africa

Appeal to Europe: Oppose Egypt’s human rights abuses

January 22, 2021
Twelve advocacy organizations yesterday urged the European Union to apply pressure on Egypt to halt its rampant human rights abuses. Subscrib [...]
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Algeria sentences 44 arrested at ‘gay wedding’
North Africa

Algeria sentences 44 arrested at ‘gay wedding’

October 15, 2020
An Algerian court has sentenced two men to three years in prison on homosexuality charges and imposed suspended sentences on 42 others who were arrest [...]
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Report: Egyptian security forces abuse, torture LGBT people
North Africa

Report: Egyptian security forces abuse, torture LGBT people

October 1, 2020
LGBT people in Egypt are the victims of arbitrary arrests, discrimination, entrapment and violations of privacy, a new report from Human Rights Watch [...]
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