Quotes

‘The anti-LGBTQ Bill does not just target queer people. It targets anyone who believes in human rights.’ 

Gloria Boadu, human rights lawyer, after Ghana’s Parliament approved on of Africa’s most restrictive 'anti-LGBTQ’ laws 

‘We cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling.'  

World Health Organisation director-general Tedros ​Ghebreyesus, calling for a ceasefire in the DRC to fight the spread of Ebola 

‘The Senegalese President has sought to correct a grave miscarriage of justice against a journalist who has devoted his entire career to the resolution of the separatist conflict in Casamance.’ 

Moussa Ngom, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Francophone Africa representative, commenting on the release of Senegalese journalist René Capain Bassène, incarcerated since 2018 

‘Wherever Ghanaians are, we will make sure you are protected.’ 

Samuel Ablakwa, Ghana's Foreign Minister when greeting Ghanaians who were repatriated from SA over fears of xenophobic attacks