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Malawi: Challenging the refusal to register LGBTIQ+ organisation in Malawi

Legal Framework Section 32 of the Malawi Constitution protects freedom of assembly and association. The section states that every person shall have the right to freedom of association, which shall…

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Namibia: Challenging refusal to allow same-sex partner to live and work in Namibia same-sex

Background On 20 January 2022, the High Court of Namibia gave judgment in the consolidated cases of Digashu v Government of the Republic of Namibia and Seiler-Lilles v Government of…
Equality Rights

Eswatini: Challenging the refusal to register an advocacy group

In September 2019, Eswatini’s Registrar of Companies refused to register the organisation Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM). The Registrar argued that ESGM’s purpose was unlawful because same-sex sexual acts…
Equality Rights

Zimbabwe: Action for damages of unlawful arrest of a transgender person

Background On 16 January 2014, Plaintiff Ricky Nathanson was arrested and taken to Bulawayo Central Police Station. The two men who called the police initially tried to extort money from…
Botswana

Botswana: Challenging criminalisation of same-sex sexual relationships

In September 2016, a gay man, filed an application challenging the constitutionality of sections 164(a), 164(c) and 165 of the Botswana Penal Code. These provisions criminalise same-sex sexual acts between…

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The first courageous annual Palapye Pride in Botswana

By Seipone Boitshwarelo and Bradley Fortuin. Washington Blade, 4 November 2025 The Midweek Sun, 5 November 2025 MambaOnline, 8 November 2025 A beginning rooted in courage, community and love! "When…
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LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant

Mbabane, Eswatini, 27 August 25: The Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) has approached the High Court on the case Simelane (N.O.) & Others v Minister of Commerce & Others,…
Angola

Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola

Polity 8 August Reina Patel and Riya Jain If one thing is clear about the Trump Administration’s aid cuts, it is that it will cost lives-millions of them. According to the Africa CDC,…
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“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government

The Nation 1 August 2025 Bradley Fortuin In a government clinic in Zomba, nurse *Takondwa starts her shift just like she has for the past fifteen years by unlocking the…

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The first courageous annual Palapye Pride in Botswana

By Seipone Boitshwarelo and Bradley Fortuin. Washington Blade, 4 November 2025 The Midweek Sun, 5 November 2025 MambaOnline, 8 November 2025 A beginning rooted in courage, community and love! "When…
Articles

LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant

Mbabane, Eswatini, 27 August 25: The Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) has approached the High Court on the case Simelane (N.O.) & Others v Minister of Commerce & Others,…
Angola

Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola

Polity 8 August Reina Patel and Riya Jain If one thing is clear about the Trump Administration’s aid cuts, it is that it will cost lives-millions of them. According to the Africa CDC,…
Equality Rights

Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa

This policy brief on Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda outlines the legal gains in sexual and reproductive rights for key populations in these countries over the…