LGBTQ+ in Africa: How the US far-right whips up homophobia

Fundamentalist Christian churches from the United States are increasingly gaining power and influence in societies and political spheres across Africa.

Many of them whip up negative sentiments against LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights.

Haley McEwen, a sociologist at the Swedish University of Gothenburg, has examined some of their influential networks.

“US Christian right-wing groups have been very active in the US foreign policy since the early 2000s,” McEwen told DW.

“There are…