Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional MSM

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Africa: Homophobia in Africa is not a single story
  (See Macharia's complimentary piece, "How not to explain African homophobia")
• Africa: Homophobia divides Africa
• Africa: African myths about homosexuality - A political spat about gay rights in Zimbabwe is symptomatic of the homophobia prevalent in many African communities

Eastern Africa

• Uganda: Muslim campaign against homosexuality in Uganda
• Uganda: Homosexuals are human beings like you and me and deserve dignity (pdf)
• Kenya: Anti-gay website circulates posters of suspected homosexuals in different cities; LGBT activist receives death threats
• Uganda: National Association of Social Workers of Uganda (NASWU) comes out in support of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Western Africa

• Senegal: LGBT Senegalese Speak Out (audio)
• Senegal: Dakar - from Africa's gay capital to centre of homophobia
• Cameroon: LGBTI Activist Detained without Charge

Central Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC still hostile to homosexuality
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims
• Angola: Invisible and vulnerable

Southern Africa

• Zimbabwe: Veterans vow to fight homosexuals
• Zambia: Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia Attacks Gay Community
• Zimbabwe: Gays and lesbians struggle for basic human rights

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