AFRICA

KENYA: ‘These days it feels like everyone is an activist’

Felix Kiprono | KENYA

DJIBOUTI: ‘Silence is the mechanism that makes authoritarianism possible’

Zineb Haddaji | FRANCE

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Xenophobia has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for elites who have failed’

Ashley Green-Thompson | SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

GHANA: ‘This is bigger than LGBTQI+ rights – it’s about the kind of society we want to be’

Leila Lariba | GHANA

SENEGAL: ‘The new law criminalises not only LGBTQI+ people but also anyone offering support’

anonymous | SENEGAL

BOTSWANA: ‘Court rulings matter, but it’s sustained civic action that turns them into real protection’

Faith Gunda | BOTSWANA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

MADAGASCAR: ‘The government shouldn’t forget that it’s in power thanks to young people’

Youth Empowerment | MADAGASCAR

TOGO: ‘A generation that had largely stayed away from public engagement has crossed a threshold’

Ahouefa Sossou | TOGO

NIGER: ‘Every external critical voice is exploited as evidence of imperialism’

anonymous | NIGER

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

Esso-Dong Kongah | TOGO