{"id":2116,"date":"2025-10-07T06:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fattehmagazine.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:06:14","slug":"africa-update-must-know-lgbtq-news-from-accra-bangui-kinshasa-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fattehmagazine.com\/am\/africa-update-must-know-lgbtq-news-from-accra-bangui-kinshasa-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"\u12e8\u12a0\u134d\u122a\u12ab \u1245\u1295\u1265\u122d | \u120a\u1273\u12c8\u1241 \u12e8\u121a\u1308\u1263\u1278\u12cd \u12a4\u120d\u1302\u1262\u1272\u12aa\u12cd+ \u12dc\u1293\u12ce\u127d \u12a8\u12a0\u12ad\u122b\u1363 \u1263\u1295\u1301\u12a2\u1363 \u12aa\u1295\u123b\u1233 \u12a5\u1293 \u1263\u123b\u1308\u122d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra, Ghana \u2014 overlaid with Fatteh\u2019s map of the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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