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February 08
Uganda: How Sanctions On Uganda Aim to Undo Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Uganda's Constitutional Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks on a legal challenge to last year's Anti-Homosexuality Act, which allows the death penalty for some same-sex… Read more »
February 02
Uganda: What You Need to Know About Appeal Against Uganda Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Rights groups expect Uganda's Constitutional Court to issue a verdict imminently on an appeal against the strict anti-LGBTQ+ law the country passed last year that imposed the death… Read more »
January 22
Kenya: Kenyan Health Workers On Alert Over U.S. Funding for HIV/Aids Fight
When Minne Gachau's husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself - too scared to confide in friends and relatives… Read more »
October 16, 2023
Kenya: Rejected By Banks, Kenyan LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Turn to Loan Sharks
Mary Akinyi, an intersex woman from the city of Mombasa, ended up borrowing money from a loan shark after being turned down for bank credit - a situation faced by many Kenyan… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Kenya: Ruling By Kenya's Supreme Court Buoys LGBTQ+ Community
Ten months since a Supreme Court win, LGBTQ+ Kenyans say they feel more emboldened to fight for their rights and report hate crime - even as they face protests and a legislative… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Uganda: EU Lawmakers Condemn Uganda Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola condemned Uganda's adoption of an anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes the death penalty for "serial offenders" and "aggravated… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Kenya: LGBTQ+ Kenyans and Ugandans Hide From Wave of Homophobic Abuse
LGBTQ+ Kenyans say they are living in fear after a pro-gay court ruling triggered an outpouring of abuse and death threats, while an anti-gay bill in neighbouring Uganda has stoked… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Uganda: 'We Are Like Animals' - Street Traders Protest Major Crackdown
Kampala authorities have arrested thousands of vendors this year and there is criticism over poor treatment and lack of regulation Read more »
August 17, 2022
East Africa: The Situation As a Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee in Kenya Is As Terrible As You Can Imagine
An LGBTQ+ Ugandan refugee now living in Kenya writes of the challenges of trying to find a better life. Read more »
August 15, 2022
Kenya: Drought-Hit Kenyan Herders Save Wildlife - and Their Livelihoods #AfricaClimateHope
As drought and farming shrink natural habitats, wild animals are raiding villages for food. By protecting land for wildlife, conservancies save crops and cattle, too Read more »
Kenya: Lesbian Footballers Fight for the Right to Play
LGBTQ+ stars like Megan Rapinoe are lighting up women's football. But in Kenya, lesbian players face stigma and threats. Read more »
August 08, 2022
Kenya: Youth Help Communities Prepare for Disaster #AfricaClimateCrisis
Young volunteers in the east African nation are spreading the word about extreme weather such as drought as climate change worsens Read more »
August 05, 2022
Kenya: Can Kenya's Youngest MP Candidate Take the Climate Fight to Power?
As Kenya's election nears, 22-year-old Anita Soina pledges to push climate action with the urgency she says is missing at the top Read more »
July 26, 2022
Tanzania: Drones, Digital Mapping Speed Up Land Ownership in Zanzibar
As authorities struggle to provide certificates of occupancy to Zanzibar's growing population, a pilot project using drones and digital mapping offers a more efficient way to… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Africa: Inflation Triggers Chaos - Will Tunisia and Kenya Be Next?
Soaring living costs are triggering protests worldwide. After Sri Lanka, which countries might be next? Read more »
July 21, 2022
East Africa: Will Climate Change Make Global Instability Even Worse?
Climate hazards such as heatwaves and droughts could exacerbate security risks worldwide, says new report by Verisk Maplecroft Read more »
July 20, 2022
Kenya: How 'Adopting' Trees Helps Boost Forests and Incomes
The carbon-curbing scheme goes beyond traditional planting projects by getting sponsors to pay to keep trees alive until they mature Read more »
July 18, 2022
Kenya: Firewood and No Meat - Cost-of-Living Crisis Bites
The inflation diaries: As Kenyans gear up for an Aug. 9 election, rising food and fuel prices have become a major campaign issue Read more »
July 14, 2022
Kenya: Ahead of Kenya Elections, Women Politicians Face More Online Abuse
When Kenyan politician Esther Passaris posted a loving tribute to her late father on Twitter, trolls responded with a barrage of abuse over an accompanying "sexualised" photograph… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Uganda: Illegal River Sand Miners Boost Rising Flood Risk #AfricaClimateCrisis
The illicit trade along the Nyamwamba River is exacerbating flooding as climate change brings more extreme weather Read more »
June 27, 2022
Kenya: Online Disinformation Stokes Tensions As Elections Near - Report
Platforms like TikTok, Facebook and Twitter are failing to effectively police abusive content ahead of Kenya's high-stakes election, warn digital rights groups Read more »
June 21, 2022
Rwanda: Is Rwanda a Safe Place to Send LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers From the UK?
Britain has vowed to forge ahead with plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, playing down concerns LGBTQ+ migrants could face persecution if they are sent there Read more »
June 22, 2022
Tanzania: Eviction of Maasai Shows Need for Indigenous Rights in Global Nature Pact
In Tanzania, Maasai people are being evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of conservation and economic need - something a new global nature accord cannot allow Read more »
June 20, 2022
Rwanda: Besides Britain, Which Nations Send Asylum Seekers Overseas?
The UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is not the first of its kind. From Israel to Australia, several countries have used offshoring policies for refugees and migrants Read more »
June 14, 2022
Uganda: Chiefs Fight to Save Sacred Shea Trees Felled for Fuel
Northern Uganda's revered shea trees are under threat from climate change and illegal loggers who turn the wood into charcoal and sell the fuel for use in cooking Read more »
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