AFRICA

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

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

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

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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

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

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

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

ESWATINI: ‘US deportees remain locked up in a maximum-security prison without due process’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Botswana: criminalisation of same-sex relations off the books

A decade of legal struggle ends as penal code is revised, with marriage equality now in sight

SOUTHERN AFRICA

NIGERIA: ‘Protests will keep happening, because bad governance keeps happening’