Africa Update

Botswana’s High Court in Gaborone, where two women are challenging the country’s exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage.

Africa Update | Botswana Lesbian Couple Fights for the Right to Marry

Beza Lealem / August 26, 2026

In our July round-up of LGBTQ+ news, Fatteh spotlights a legal reprieve for two Ugandan women, musicians challenging prejudice in Ghana and Zimbabwe, and must-read stories from Gabon, South Africa, Egypt and Mozambique.

Africa Update on Niger and LGBTQ+ rights

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Africa Update | Niger’s New Anti-LGBTQ+ Law Sparks Fear and Arrests

Beza Lealem / July 22, 2026

In our May round-up of LGBTQ+ news, Fatteh spotlights Ghana’s anti-gay bill, homophobic music in Cameroon, HIV funding in Zambia and must-read stories from Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone.