Inside an emergency ward at Ikorodu’s general hospital on the outskirts of Lagos, 19 year-old Rafiat, dressed in...
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Sep 16, 2015In Africa, being gay makes you a target for extortion
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Jul 03, 2015Abuse of Congo’s LGBT Community puts US Supreme Court ruling in perspective
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Jul 02, 2015Guns, knives and rape: The plight of a gay Ethiopian refugee in Kenya
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Jun 29, 2015Inside the nightmares of Africa’s LGBT refugees
NAIROBI, Kenya — Cynthia, an LGBT activist in Burundi, was thrown in jail and beaten up by police...
Jun 26, 2015Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa
BY. JACOB KUSHNER AND ANTHONY LANGAT NAIROBI, Kenya — Two years after Ugandan legislators proposed a law that...
Jun 15, 2015Dawn in the Creeks: Former Niger Delta militants move toward a more peaceful future
By Lauren Bohn and Chika Oduah NEMBE, Nigeria — Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has become the first...
Apr 02, 2015The 100-year story behind Boko Haram and Nigeria’s conflict
They didn’t look like killers. Sitting in a littered courtyard in the fading light of day, I met...
Dec 31, 2014For women in South Africa, HIV stigma still runs strong
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