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 have been whipping up negative sentiments against LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights.

Haley McEwen, a sociologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, 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 several organizations that have been around since the 1970s — and in the early 2000s they started to increase their influence internationally."

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