News stories by Saaleha Bamjee-Mayet

In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.

While waiting in one of those interminable queues at a South African state hospital, Jullian Nwadu was asked when she was going back to Zimbabwe. 'In December,' she answered, welcoming what seemed like a stranger’s attempt at making friendly conversation. 'When you go, you mustn’t come back.'

Growing up in Cameroon, Joseph-Antoine Bell and his friends used to think that by playing football they could get rid of malaria.