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Queer rights groups call on France to stand up for LGBTQI people  Rainbow flags decorate City Hall in Paris, France. (Photo courtesy of Tetu)As several countries in Francophone West Africa enact strict new crackdowns on queer people, several LGBTQI, feminist and human rights associations based in France and elsewhere published an open letter calling on the French government to do …

Africa Polysack Industries Limited has strongly dismissed allegations linking the company to an alleged unlawful payroll-based money lending scheme involving its employees. According to the management, clarification on the matter was issued a month ago. However, individuals allegedly intent on tarnishing the company’s reputation have continued to circulate false information. Management warns that failure to retract the claims and issue …

Polling showed that 32% opposed a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill. Mussah Dunkwah, executive director of Global Info Analytics. (Photo courtesy of Channel 1)About a third of Ghana’s citizens oppose a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill such as the one the parliament approved on a voice vote on May 29. That’s contrary to the claim by the bill’s proponents that more than 90 percent …

Critics say law will impede LGBTQI advocacy in Uganda Patrick Isiagi, the chairperson of the parliamentary budget committee, confers with then Speaker Anita Among during 2024 budget deliberations. (Photo courtesy Parliament of Uganda)Uganda has enacted a new law giving the state far-reaching powers to go after whoever or whatever the regime deems unlawful foreign interference in the country’s political, security …

Readers have contributed enough to free 3 lesbians, but not yet 5 gay men. Donations are urgently needed to free five innocent LGBTI prisoners. For their safety, in this article they are identified by pseudonyms.Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by Vincent …

But if it does, the economy of the west-central African nation could suffer. Gabon President Brice Oligui Nguema in 2023. (Photo courtesy of The Cable)Political observers in the Central African nation of Gabon predict that the country will soon make same-sex relations a crime again, just as it briefly was from 2019 to 2020.Before 2019, modern Gabon had never criminalized …

By Nathan Bwelenga | The Hoima Post As Uganda grapples with economic challenges, governance concerns, and growing public frustration, an increasingly popular narrative is emerging. Many citizens are searching for a strong leader who can cut through bureaucracy and deliver solutions. Yet history repeatedly shows that societies often pay a heavy price when they place their hopes in individuals rather …

By Ronald Kasirye | The Hoima Post When Yoweri Museveni captured power in 1986, he did so as a revolutionary promising a new Uganda. He condemned dictatorship, criticized leaders who overstayed in office, and pledged to build democratic institutions that would outlive any individual. Nearly four decades later, many Ugandans believe that promise has been broken. The man who once …

Court has thrown out a case in which Makerere University had sought for orders to evict city Pastor Daniel Walugembe from land at Katanga near Wandegeya in Kampala.  Makerere had filed a case against Pastor Walugembe and Abdu Ssekajja seeking for a court declaration that there is no kibanja interest on the land located in Katanga. However, Justice Samuel Emokor …

Cameroon: ‘Don’t come with people like that. Don’t bring them here’, said morgue staffMemorial for Doloresse on InstagramHuman rights activists in Cameroon expressed outrage over last month’s murder of prominent Cameroonian trans woman Dolores (also known as Doloresse) and urged police to bring her killers to justice.They detailed the degrading treatment that Dolores suffered both before and after her death.In …