Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Indonesia tightened anti-LGBTQ laws in 2026, while over 60 nations still criminalise same-sex conduct. India, where homosexuality was decriminalised in 2018 but same-sex marriage remains unrecognised, passed a controversial transgender rights amendment in March 2026 that replaced self-identification with mandatory medical board examination.
Read Full ArticleA US State Department presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro displayed an AI-generated map of Africa that mislabelled every country, Nigeria became landlocked, Mozambique moved to the Horn of Africa, Cameroon disappeared entirely before high-level officials from the mislabelled nations in the audience. OpenAI is investigating.
African Union joins G21 as a permanent member, amplifying the Global South's influence. Explore the implications and the list of G21 members here.
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