3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (334+ words) Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye enacted the new law after it resoundingly cleared parliament earlier this month. It also penalizes those "promoting" or funding same-sex relations, as well as false allegations. Several human rights groups had voiced concerns about the…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (380+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has explained to the international community that Ghana's public policy is shaped by its legal traditions, cultural values, and societal consensus. Consequently, he has asked them, especially international partners, to respect the country's position on Lesbian,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (513+ words) Senegal's parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a new law that doubles the maximum penalty for same-sex relations to 10 years in prison. MPs also backed a move to hand jail terms of between three and seven years to people…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (300+ words) Lawmakers in Ghana have reintroduced a draconian bill that jeopardizes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. On February 17, the Ghanaian parliament formally received the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBT…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (517+ words) Human Rights Watch has called on Ghanaian leaders to uphold international legal protections that guarantee the rights to equality, non-discrimination, freedom of expression, and privacy for all citizens. This appeal follows the reintroduction of a draconian bill targeting lesbian, gay,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) [HRW] Release the Men; Repeal Anti-Gay, Anti-HIV Laws Senegal Arrests 12 Men Using Punitive Anti-LGBT Laws Release the Men; Repeal Anti-Gay, Anti-HIV Laws The recent detention of 12 men in Senegal using homophobic laws have intensified concerns over the country's criminalization of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (708+ words) The ST Nagbe United Methodist Church has been at the heart of the crisis in the Liberia Annual Conference with a series of protests that has interrupted its regular Sunday worship. MONROVIA -- A prominent Methodist woman has called on the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (579+ words) A wall depicting the "rainbow" flag representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) pride at the North West University (NWU) Mahikeng campus was vandalised at the weekend. Known as the pride wall, the structure was spray-painted with the words…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (195+ words) [Daily Maverick] Run by the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, the service at Groote Schuur Hospital seeks to help transgender and gender-diverse people who previously relied on specialised clinics that closed due to Pepfar funding cuts. South Africa: New Cape Town…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (246+ words) Majority of citizens express tolerance but oppose equal rights. This dispatch is based on results of Afrobarometer's Round 10 survey in Namibia, conducted in 2024, including country-specific questions about sexuality and religion not asked elsewhere. It finds that even though Namibia is…...