Nigeria: Job Losses, Rising Attacks - 10 Years of Nigeria's Anti-LGBTQI+ Law

The 2014 law has fuelled violence, extortion and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, a leading activist says Read more »

Ghana: What Are the Legal Challenges to Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill?

Courts in Ghana are considering multiple legal challenges to the West African country's anti-LGBTQ+ bill with its top court due to deliver its first decision on July 27. Read more »

Nigeria: 'I Had Been Set Up' - LGBTQ+ Nigerians Battle Dating App Traps

What's the context? LGBTQ+ Nigerians are fighting back against online dating attacks, exposing and even entrapping the criminals behind the assaults Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Clips Nurses' Wings to Prevent Brain Drain

What's the context? Nurses say government is imposing rules that prevent them chasing a better life overseas Read more »

Ghana: LGBTQ+ Ghanaians Face Eviction As Tough Bill Nears Vote

What's the context? Bill set for parliament vote in the coming days could prompt landlords to evict LGBTQ+ tenants and order neighbours to report them Read more »

Nigeria: Strike a Pose - LGBTQ+ Nigerians Thrive in Underground Ballroom

Behind a tall metal door in a suburb of Lagos lies a world of fun, fashion and flamboyance that most Nigerians have never seen. Read more »

Nigeria: Why LGBTQ+ Nigerians Fear Heading Home for Christmas

Christmas can be a fraught time for LGBTQ+ people, some of whom might be estranged from their families while others dread festive gatherings with intolerant relatives. Read more »

Nigeria: LGBTQ+ Nigerians Targeted At Parties in 'Wedding' Arrests - Lawyer

LAGOS (Openly) - Nigerian authorities are using a 2014 anti-LGBTQ+ law that bans same-sex weddings to raid parties and publicly parade those arrested as a form of deterrence, said… Read more »

Nigeria: For LGBTQ+ Nigerians, Visiting the Doctor Can Be Traumatic

Discrimination and a lack of public health policies mean many LGBTQ+ Nigerians miss out on potentially lifesaving healthcare Read more »

Nigeria: Author Arinze Ifeakandu Shines a Light On Gay Nigerian Lives

Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has often dreamed of a society where gay people do not have to hide their love or live in fear of homophobic hate. Read more »

Sierra Leone: With Reservoirs At Risk, Freetown Confronts Water Crisis

Half the year, Iyatunde Kamara worries torrential rains will wash her house off its hillside and into the rivers of waste that flow through Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Read more »

Cameroon: Gay Rights Groups Brave Abuse, Violence to Fight HIV

HIV and homosexuality are no laughing matter in a country where being gay is illegal and LGBT activists face rising hostility and violence Read more »

Africa: Protecting Mangroves Can Lower Disaster Risks, Offer Cash - Experts

Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Read more »