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11 Aug 2010 3 minute read

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A shift of focus

It is time to bring families and communities into the LGBTI struggle.

1 Jun 2010 9 minute read

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John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention

John ‘Bosco’ Nyombiwas removed from Britain to months of fear and persecution as a gay man in Uganda. Eventually, a British...

1 Jun 2010 11 minute read

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Deported: the man in the newspaper

John 'Bosco' Nyombi sought sanctuary in the West from persecution in Uganda – only to spend eight years...

27 May 2010 4 minute read

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Dont Agonize, Organize!

Africa Liberation Day 2010, celebrated on 25 May, is a time for action as well as reflection.

22 Apr 2010 5 minute read

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Urgency required!

A new book explores LGBT rights worldwide, at a time of increased threats to the African gay community.

2 Apr 2010 3 minute read

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An unfathomable future

Ugandans fight repressive anti-homosexuality bill

25 Feb 2010 5 minute read

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A new apartheid

The campaign against sexual minorities in Uganda is being met with silence. It is time to take action and speak out, says...

3 Feb 2010 4 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

All is not lost

Despite the prevalence of homophobia in Africa, LGBTI activists have some victories to celebrate.

Don’t throw anti-homophobic stones in glass houses!

30 Nov 2009 4 minute read

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Don’t throw anti-homophobic stones in glass houses!

Yes, what’s happening in Uganda is appalling, but Britain and the US need to sort out their own prejudices as well.

15 Oct 2009 3 minute read

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The true cost of your call

Workers in the DRC are being exploited in the mining of cassiterite, a vital component in laptops and mobile phones.

18 Jun 2009 2 minute read

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Holding our ground

LGBT activists from Africa to South America are standing firm and forming coalitions with other rights groups in the face of...

28 Apr 2009 4 minute read

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Invisible children the rescue

In cities around the world people protested last
weekend against the plight of child soldiers in Uganda.

Is African identity a house of ideas that imprisons and silences?*

29 Jan 2009 3 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

Is African identity a house of ideas that imprisons and silences?*

Nigerian writer Amos
Tutolas quote is certainly true for sexual minorities, still being
oppressed by decades-old...

7 Oct 2008 4 minute read

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Uganda: Assault on human rights

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24 Nov 2007 2 minute read

This article is almost 16 years old.

Commonwealth contradictions

A reader wrote us recently about her concerns about the Heads of
Commonwealth meeting taking place now in Uganda. She...

2 Aug 2007 11 minute read

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The long wait for peace

After 20 years of war, Northern Uganda could be on the verge of a deal to end the violence. But will it enable the region’s...

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