Category: East Africa
Criticised for LGBT repression, Tanzania leader wins re-election
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli, whose government has been accu [...]
Trans woman among four activists eyeing Uganda health posts
Three LGBT activists and one defender of drug users' human rights hav [...]
LGBT Ugandans to elect members of national health panel
Ugandan homosexuals, sex workers, drug users and other key populations [...]
Online uproar over Ugandan lesbian couple’s wedding photo
A photograph of Ugandan gospel singer Julie Mutesasira kissing her fem [...]
Report: Uganda Police are No. 1 violator of LGBT people’s rights
The Uganda Police Force is the single biggest violator of human rights [...]
U.S. election: Biden pledges to act against anti-gay nations
U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden says that, if elected on Nov. 3, [...]
Uganda survey: Covid-19 exposes LGBTQI people to more danger
The Ugandan government's response to Covid-19 has put the already vuln [...]
Homeless LGBTQ persons in Uganda get shelters
LGBTQ rights activists have opened a total of five shelters to house h [...]
Two Ugandan officials now risk arrest on charges of torturing LGBT youths
Arrest warrants have been issued against two Ugandan officials who rep [...]
Kenya: Prosecutor must use trans woman’s chosen name
A Kenyan court has directed the prosecution to respect a trans woman's [...]
Uganda milestone: LGBTQI+ advocates welcome HRAPF’s permanent home
The Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has been lauded [...]
Ugandan gay ally Sylvia Tamale: How to revive African ideals of social justice
It's time for Africans to shake off the lessons of colonialism and rev [...]
Charged with torture, anti-gay Ugandan officials begin their defense
Attorneys for homophobic Ugandan officials facing criminal charges of [...]
‘Kill the Gays’ bill author David Bahati wins primary election
David Bahati, the homophobic Ugandan member of parliament best known a [...]
Lawsuit seeks to block Ugandan clampdown on online news
Less than five months before elections, the Ugandan government has ban [...]
LGBTQ+ Ugandans have key role in push toward AIDS-free nation
Uganda has launched an ambitious five-year plan (2020-2025) to reduce [...]
To fight AIDS, Uganda finally imports water-based sex lubricants
Uganda government has finally allowed the importation and distribution [...]
Gay rights activists get Covid-19 protective supplies
Over 86 LGBTI and mainstream human rights organisations in Uganda have [...]
Ugandan activists start condom coalition to fight AIDS
LGBT-rights and right-to-health advocates in Uganda have launched a co [...]
Activists to Uganda: $64 fee for Covid-19 tests is ‘suicidal’
Thirty-eight LGBT and right-to-health organisations in Uganda have is [...]
Tanzania tightens LGBT repression ahead of election
Tanzanian authorities have reportedly stepped up their restrictions on [...]
LGBTI in Uganda: How to survive a pandemic
Get ready for "In the Eyes of a Pandemic", a documentary about how the [...]
Uganda officials ignore criminal summonses for LGBTQ torture
A Ugandan town councilman and a Ugandan prisons officer each ignored t [...]
Ugandans face summons over LGBT torture charges
A Ugandan town councilman and a Ugandan prisons officer have been summ [...]
Ugandan candidate Stella Nyanzi appeals for LGBTQ contributions
Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan queer scholar running for Parliament, is [...]
Somaliland: ‘Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay’
For 20-year-old Mohamed, a visit to his boyfriend was a dangerous act [...]
Ugandan LGBT advocate wins HIV/AIDS global award
Uganda was in the limelight at the just concluded virtual 2020 Interna [...]
UNAIDS chief: We must focus anti-AIDS efforts on stigmatised minorities
The world's fight against HIV / AIDS needs to focus on homosexuals, se [...]
Ugandan queer ally Stella Nyanzi leaves academia to focus on politics
Ugandan queer scholar and LGBT ally Dr Stella Nyanzi has resigned from [...]
20 Ugandans sue, citing torture during arrests, in prison
Twenty homeless Ugandan youths have sued a Kitalya Prison official and [...]
Sudan drops death penalty for homosexuality
The East African nation of Sudan has removed the death penalty as a pu [...]
Ugandan LGBTI activist appointed Pan Africa ILGA program manager
A Ugandan HIV and LGBTI activist, Richard Lusimbo, has been appointed [...]
In the works: Ugandan human rights defenders protection bill
A Ugandan legislator has won parliament's OK to draft and present a Hu [...]
Released from Ugandan prison, Cosf-20 seek probe of torture
Twenty LGBT Ugandans who spent 50 days on remand in a Ugandan prison o [...]
LGBT refugees coalition condemns Kenya violence
A coalition of LGBT refugees in East Africa wants authorities in Kenya [...]
Uganda: Court awards $1,341 to each of 19 jailed LGBT youths
A High Court judge in Uganda has awarded damages of 5 million Ugandan [...]
Day 50: Freedom for 19 LGBT Ugandans, finally
Ugandan prison officials finally released 19 LGBT men today, a day aft [...]
Facing no charges, 19 LGBT Ugandans remain in prison
Nineteen members of Uganda's LGBT community are spending a 50th night [...]
Stella Nyanzi, Ugandan LGBT ally, arrested at Covid-19 protest
Ugandan LGBT ally and academic scholar Dr Stella Nyanzi was arrested t [...]
Uganda: After 49 days, 19 prisoners ordered to be freed
Uganda's director of public prosecution today dropped all charges agai [...]
Day 47: Lawyers finally get to see 19 jailed LGBT Ugandans
Three Ugandan human rights lawyers finally were allowed to see 19 impr [...]
Kenya: Emergency food, supplies reach LGBTQI refugees
More than 250 LGBTQI refugees at Kakuma Camp in Kenya have received em [...]
Day 45: Uganda High Court orders access to 19 jailed suspects
A High Court Judge in Uganda today ordered the country's Attorney Gene [...]
Day 44: Uganda court sets bail hearing for 19 LGBT detainees
A magistrate in Uganda has ordered prison authorities to produce 19 me [...]
Trans Kenyans ‘extremely vulnerable’ during lockdown
Lockdowns to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus are tough on transg [...]
Uganda 19 update: 44 days in prison with no lawyers, no bail hearing
A High Court judge said the case is urgent, but a lower court didn't b [...]
Covid-19: Ugandan activists condemn attacks targeting women
Advocates for human rights, LGBT people and sex workers last week deno [...]
After month of delays, 19 Covid prisoners’ case is ‘urgent’ — Ugandan High Court
A High Court judge in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has issued a Certi [...]
The Uganda 19: Lawyers barred; no chance of bail; 26 days in prison and counting
Ugandan officials have blocked lawyers from communicating with any of [...]
No end in sight for Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown
Four years ago, the Tanzanian government began its crackdown on its LG [...]