Tag: COVID-19
Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations
Covid-19 has hurt LGBTIQ+ communities in east and southern Africa whil [...]
Uganda’s Constitutional Court annuls Anti-Pornography Act
Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled sections of the Anti-Pornog [...]
Food starts to reach hungry LGBT Ugandans stranded by lockdown
Emergency food deliveries have started to get through to LGBT Ugandans [...]
Trans Ugandans issue desperate food appeal as lockdown bites harder
Transgender rights defenders in Uganda have issued a desperate appeal [...]
Uganda lockdown hampers rural LGBT access to life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs
Gay rights activists in Uganda are reporting difficulty in delivering [...]
Uganda court OKs bail for 42 arrestees
A Ugandan magistrate yesterday approved release on bail for 42 people [...]
New Tanzania president begins positive policy shifts
In a positive sign of policy shifts, Tanzania's new president, Samia H [...]
2020 was a ‘dark’ year for the LGBTQI community in Uganda
The safety of sexual minority communities in Uganda has been a big con [...]
Businesses of at-risk Ugandans will get Covid-19 aid
Uganda is among five countries that will benefit from a new fund which [...]
Uganda survey: Covid-19 exposes LGBTQI people to more danger
The Ugandan government's response to Covid-19 has put the already vuln [...]
Two Ugandan officials now risk arrest on charges of torturing LGBT youths
Arrest warrants have been issued against two Ugandan officials who rep [...]
220 LGBTIQ+ Nigerians get help surviving the pandemic
Hundreds of LGBTIQ+ Nigerians got a helping hand from the Covid-19 Rel [...]
Gay rights activists get Covid-19 protective supplies
Over 86 LGBTI and mainstream human rights organisations in Uganda have [...]
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 [...]
Call for applications: LGBTIQ+ community support fund
The Nigerian LGBTIQ+ website NoStringsNG.com is offering emergency hel [...]
Released from Ugandan prison, Cosf-20 seek probe of torture
Twenty LGBT Ugandans who spent 50 days on remand in a Ugandan prison o [...]
Cameroon: Charges dropped against 53 arrested in Bafoussam
Charges have been dropped against 53 members of the LGBTI community in [...]
Covid-19 in Cameroon: Human rights defenders adopt new strategies
During the Covid-19 health crisis, human rights defenders need to adju [...]
Stella Nyanzi, Ugandan LGBT ally, arrested at Covid-19 protest
Ugandan LGBT ally and academic scholar Dr Stella Nyanzi was arrested t [...]
Day 44: Uganda court sets bail hearing for 19 LGBT detainees
A magistrate in Uganda has ordered prison authorities to produce 19 me [...]
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 [...]
Nigeria: Gay youth trapped at home with homophobic dad
As the country’s lockdown continues and coronavirus cases increase, LG [...]
How LGBTIQ+ Nigerians are coping with COVID-19 pandemic
The LGBTIQ+ community in Nigeria has been severely impacted by the new [...]
New Ugandan rules allow HIV care during lockdown
LGBTI and health rights activists in Uganda have welcomed new guidance [...]
Uganda: Barred from seeing 20 prisoners, lawyers seek their release
Gay-friendly lawyers hope to win release next week for the 20 imprison [...]
No lawyers for 20 LGBT Ugandans in prison on Covid-19 charges
Lawyers cannot travel during Uganda's Covid-19 lockdown, so legal help [...]
Uganda activists fear Covid-19 lockdown imperils AIDS fight
LGBT-rights and health-rights advocates in Uganda fear that the countr [...]
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