Fatteh’s Africa Update, July 2025
Fatteh’s monthly round-up of LGBTQ+ news from the continent features controversy in Senegal, religion in Nigeria, diplomacy in Madagascar, exiles from Guinea and stories from Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Tunisia, Morocco and South Africa.
by Beza Lealem
It has been an eventful month for LGBTQ+ communities across the continent, with a profusion of worrying news tempered by glimmers of hope.
In the run-up to July, Fatteh shared stories about inspirational gay and lesbian figures such as South Africa’s new member of parliament, Palomino Jama, and Namibian activist Friedel Dausab — not to mention Brenda Biya, the controversial ‘first daughter of Cameroon’. We also reported on Ethiopia’s anti-LGBTQ+ vote, Angola’s LGBTQ+ media ban threat and Burkina Faso’s move toward criminalising homosexuality.
In July itself, there were other important stories that affect LGBTQ+ people on the continent. Here’s Fatteh’s round-up of the headlines:
