Africa

LGBTI Rights in Africa


ADDED ON: 03/11/2023

Kenyan launches LGBTQ crackdown in schools

The Ministry of Education in Kenya has initiated a campaign to address the perceived infiltration of LGBTQ advocacy in schools. The new strategy will see the government establish chaplaincies in schools, minister…

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ADDED ON: 03/11/2023

Uganda bill could criminalise identifying as LGBTQ

Uganda's parliament on Thursday took up a bill that would criminalise identifying as LGBTQ, with lawmakers saying the current ban on same-sex relations does not go far enough. Anti-LGBTQ sentiment is deeply…

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ADDED ON: 03/10/2023

Zambia: Four arrested for “championing homosexuality”

The arrest of four women in Zambia for holding a march against gender-based violence (GBV) that police say was used to “champion homosexuality” has sparked a wave of dangerous homophobic vitriol. The…

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ADDED ON: 03/09/2023

Burundi court charges 24 for ‘homosexual practices’

Burundian police arrested 17 men and seven women on February 23 ,2023, at a seminar in the country’s political capital Gitega hosted by MUCO Burundi, a non-profit organisation that focuses on HIV/Aids.…

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ADDED ON: 03/09/2023

Zambia Police Arrest Feminist NGO Leaders, Accuse Them of Promoting Homosexuality

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Zambia's government said it will not tolerate the promotion of LGBTQ rights, saying such rights are against the country's Christian values. The warning came a day after police arrested four…

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ADDED ON: 03/07/2023

Uganda mulls new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers are hopeful that a new law designed to tighten restrictions on gay rights and activities will soon become a reality. A controversial anti-gay bill has already been introduced to parliament…

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ADDED ON: 03/06/2023

First Lady to lead prayers against LGBTQ ‘onslaught’ on family

The LGBT community continues to be condemned countrywide as First Lady Rachel Ruto on Sunday declared it a threat to the institution of the family. Mama Rachel who spoke in Meru county…

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ADDED ON: 03/05/2023

LGBT Ugandans face backlash as parliament launches schools investigation

Days after Uganda's parliament ordered an investigation last month into the alleged promotion of homosexuality in schools, a video appeared online identifying Kampala resident Eric Ndawula as gay. Ndawula, 26, said his…

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ADDED ON: 03/04/2023

Burundi Arrests 24 In Anti-gay Crackdown

Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on "homosexual practices", a judicial source and an activist told AFP on Friday. The arrests took place on February…

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ADDED ON: 03/04/2023

Mob attacks two Tunis shelter for LGBTQ people from sub-Saharan Africa

A group of men attacked a shelter for LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa in Ariana, a northern suburb of Tunis during the night of Thursday, February 23. For residents…

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ADDED ON: 03/03/2023

Kenya’s LGBTQ community wins bittersweet victory in battle for rights

The supreme court of Kenya has criticised the government for failure to register an association for LGBTQ+ people, saying the decision discriminates against the rights of the community. Although same-sex unions remain illegal in…

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ADDED ON: 03/03/2023

Uganda Pushes Hateful Bill Targeting LGBTQ Citizens and Supporters

A Ugandan lawmaker has reintroduced an anti-LGBTQ bill that seeks harsher punishments for those who engage in same-sex relations and those who “promote” homosexuality or same-sex relations as “normal.” Asuman Basalirwa, a member…

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