African activists face uphill battle on LGBT rights

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A new wave of anti-LGBT sentiment is manifesting in both new legislation and a spike in incidents

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An LGBT activist waves a rainbow flag inside the courtroom, as Kenya’s High Court upheld a colonial-era prohibition on same-sex relations, May 24, 2019 (Ben Curtis/AP/Shutterstock)

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