Inside an emergency ward at Ikorodu’s general hospital on the outskirts of Lagos, 19 year-old Rafiat, dressed in...
Oct 07, 2015
The Brave Young Doctors of Sierra Leone
By Amy Maxmen Rashida Kamara cannot recall a time when she didn’t want to be a doctor, even...
Sep 16, 2015
In Africa, being gay makes you a target for extortion
BY. ANTHONY LANGAT AND JACOB KUSHNER NAIROBI, Kenya — LGBT advocates in Kenya say blackmail and extortion of...
Jul 03, 2015
Abuse of Congo’s LGBT Community puts US Supreme Court ruling in perspective
BY. Jana Ašenbrennerová Jana Ašenbrennerová / GroundTruth Project Members of Rainbow Sunrise kiss to greet each other as they...
Jul 02, 2015
Guns, knives and rape: The plight of a gay Ethiopian refugee in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ibrahim became aware of his homosexuality in high school, living in the city of Adama,...
Jun 29, 2015
Inside the nightmares of Africa’s LGBT refugees
NAIROBI, Kenya — Cynthia, an LGBT activist in Burundi, was thrown in jail and beaten up by police...
Jun 26, 2015
Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa
BY. JACOB KUSHNER AND ANTHONY LANGAT NAIROBI, Kenya — Two years after Ugandan legislators proposed a law that...
Jun 15, 2015
Dawn in the Creeks: Former Niger Delta militants move toward a more peaceful future
By Lauren Bohn and Chika Oduah NEMBE, Nigeria — Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has become the first...
Apr 02, 2015
The 100-year story behind Boko Haram and Nigeria’s conflict
They didn’t look like killers. Sitting in a littered courtyard in the fading light of day, I met...
Dec 31, 2014
For women in South Africa, HIV stigma still runs strong
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Yvette Raphael left the medical clinic in Midrand, Johannesburg with one thought running...
Dec 19, 2014