Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo

Uganda will have among the most draconian anti-LGBTIQ legislation in Africa if the bill becomes law

The Tunisian president’s recent comments triggered racist violence against migrants, but there are other...

In 2013 a fire claimed the lives of religious students in Senegal. A decade on, the institution that had locked them...

A court ruling granting LGBTIQ groups equal status has been condemned by the president and fiercely debated online

To emancipate Rwandan women, we need cultural and economic shifts as well as parliamentary representation

OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet

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Rights campaigners believe Uganda’s charity regulator is using an anti-LGBTIQ agenda to save itself from austerity cuts

Migration is allowing more and more women to become big players in an industry normally seen as men’s work

Child soldiers are often shunned when they return from war. This is no way to treat ‘survivors’

Real survivor engagement means embracing diversity, rather than just platforming individuals who tick all the boxes

‘Active citizenship’ sounds like a great idea – but used against undocumented migrants it can encourage murder

Governments need to take urgent action on funding and protection for LBQ+ movements across the world, says NGO

A lawsuit alleges forced labour, human trafficking and union busting in Facebook’s content moderation hub in Nairobi

Sourour Abouda is the third person of North African descent to die in unexplained circumstances in Rue Royale.

Lots of African students are studying for PhDs in China – but why is it so hard to graduate?

Violent death comes to LGBTIQ Kenyans too often, too early and in too many ways: hate crimes, suicide and domestic abuse.

Ghana’s only openly trans musician Angel Maxine speaks out on the dangers of a proposed anti-LGBTIQ bill

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns

President Kais Saied has made it harder for women to run for office, reversing a decade of gains from gender quotas