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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy I’ve joined the court challenge against Uganda’s anti-gay law
This genocidal law targeting queer Ugandans seeks to disown both our past and present
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Published in: 50.50: NewsCalls for US anti-rights groups to face action over Uganda anti-gay law
US and EU have been vocal in condemning Uganda’s anti-gay bill – but silent about their own ‘culture war’ exporters
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat the US gets wrong in its response to growing insecurity in the Sahel
OPINION: A focus on using the military to counter Islamist violence fails to address the reasons for its growth
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Published in: 50.50: InterviewChristian fundamentalism lies behind harsh new anti-LGBTIQ bill in Uganda
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerWhat you need to know about Uganda’s anti-LGBTIQ bill
Uganda will have among the most draconian anti-LGBTIQ legislation in Africa if the bill becomes law
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUgandan charity regulator accused of targeting LGBTIQ groups to avoid austerity
Rights campaigners believe Uganda’s charity regulator is using an anti-LGBTIQ agenda to save itself from austerity cuts
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow we got Uganda to strike out a colonial law criminalising poor people
The offence of being ‘rogue and vagabond’ saw people detained for how they looked. Now it’s gone, but there’s more to do
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27
African leaders say oil and gas projects will provide energy security and jobs. Their true effects are more sinister
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUgandan police accused of anti-gay bias in murder investigation
LGBTIQ activists allege extortion by police, and say killing of non-binary gay person could be a hate crime
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureLGBTIQ students kicked out of school in East Africa are fighting back
Homophobia, religion and the legacy of colonialism are hurting gay and lesbian school students in Kenya and Uganda –...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUS conservatives spreading anti-vax misinformation to unvaccinated Uganda
Revealed: US Christian legal organisation and a Texas-based think tank are among those promoting anti-lockdown and...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘This is not just my win’: trans Ugandan wins official gender change
Cleopatra Kambugu’s new ID has been celebrated by fellow rights activists – but gender recognition remains out of...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionUganda’s sexual offences law is a bitter lesson for the women’s movement
Why did women MPs support a new law that entrenches oppression?
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureHow Uganda’s ecofeminists are fighting back against oil-industry land grabs
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, we shine a light on the women being displaced by oil-extractive business
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populism
Covering gay rights in Africa is hard work, for both local and international journalists. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour...
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Published in: Women's Entrepreneurial JourneysIn Uganda, rural women entrepreneurs are escaping poverty with teamwork and training
Chia seed farming has proved a niche in which women can gain financial and personal empowerment – but they need help.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAfrican governments warned of lawsuits for maternal deaths under COVID-19 lockdowns
Exclusive: Women have died or suffered unsafe births after transport bans, while hospitals report rising equipment shortages.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?
Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: 50.50Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts
Controlling COVID-19 is worsening Africa’s HIV epidemic and destroying HIV services, with sex workers facing...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCoronavirus must not repeat the injustice of AIDS treatment – particularly for Africans
My uncle helped develop life-saving AIDS drugs, then died when he couldn’t afford them. This cannot happen again. Español