Category: Central Africa
Cameroon activists say their goodbyes to Yves Yomb
Human rights activists and other members of Cameroonian civil society [...]
The ordeal of an intersex woman in Cameroon
An intersex person's life is difficult in Cameroon. Like other LGBTI p [...]
Cameroon: Lesbian love affair ends in death, but who was the killer?
After a lesbian love affair in Cameroon turned fatal, police are inves [...]
Cameroon activists seek a law to defend defenders of human rights
Cameroon needs a law to protect human rights defenders, activists decl [...]
Cameroon human rights activists focus on Covid-19
The challenges posed by Covid-19 were the focus of Cameroon's sixth an [...]
Cameroon workshop provides new tools for human rights workers
In Cameroon, dozens of human rights observers gathered last month for [...]
Cameroon prepares for annual Human Rights Defender Day
Human rights activists in Cameroon set aside each July 15 as Human Rig [...]
Will Cameroon follow Gabon by repealing anti-gay law?
The LGBT community in Cameroon cheered when the parliament in neighbor [...]
Gabon is on the brink of repealing its anti-gay law
The central African nation of Gabon is just one signature away from re [...]
Gabon lawmakers seek to decriminalize homosexuality
Legislators in Gabon took the first step yesterday toward repealing th [...]
Cameroon: For once, father defends his gay son
Here's what often happens in Cameroon when a family learns their son i [...]
Cameroon: Four gay men arrested, beaten in Kekem
Police in the western region of Cameroon arrested four men on Tuesday [...]
Prominent citizens unite to combat abuse of LGBTI Cameroonians
Two of Cameroon's most prominent LGBTI advocacy groups have merged two [...]
Cameroon: Charges dropped against 53 arrested in Bafoussam
Charges have been dropped against 53 members of the LGBTI community in [...]
Covid-19 in Cameroon: Human rights defenders adopt new strategies
During the Covid-19 health crisis, human rights defenders need to adju [...]
Cameroon: Rising tide of anti-LGBTI violence
The latest report on homophobic and transphobic violence in Cameroon p [...]
LGBTI in Cameroon: 50 arrested on Covid-19 charges
Police arrested 50 LGBTI people who gathered on May 17 in Bafoussam, w [...]
IDAHOBIT in Cameroon: Amid Covid-19 crisis, activists demand LGBTI rights
Despite the global health crisis, LGBTI activists in Cameroon figured [...]
After Cameroon murder: ‘We condemn the prejudiced reporting on homosexuality’
Human rights organizations in Cameroon are protesting a news video tha [...]
Cameroon: Local chief expels four anti-AIDS activists
Four young adults in eastern Cameroon were thrown out of their homes a [...]
Because I’m trans, I live in the shadows in Cameroon
In Cameroon and many other African countries, transgender people encou [...]
Alternatives-Cameroon expands to the nation’s capital
The highly regarded LGBTI advocacy group Alternatives-Cameroon has exp [...]
Cameroon family evicts trans daughter who loves men
A young transgender activist in Cameroon has been evicted from her fam [...]
New shelter for victims of anti-gay violence and bias in Cameroon
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has secured funding and a site to re [...]
Cameroon: Parents evict young lesbian, but she’s not alone
So far, the new year has been a time of difficult revelations for Lina [...]
Cameroon: Veteran gay-rights activist Desmond Sone dies of lung ailment
Gay rights activists are mourning the death of Desmond Sone Mbecho, a [...]
Anti-gay violence remains a danger in Africa and worldwide
Year in review: Despite signs of progress, 2019 remained a dangerous t [...]
U.S. ambassadors seek repeal of 69 nations’ anti-gay laws
U.S. ambassadors are promoting LGBTQ rights worldwide even as gay-righ [...]
Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73
The central African nation of Gabon has adopted a law against same-sex [...]
Camfaids wins funds to reopen LGBTI safe house in Cameroon
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has secured funds to reopen its safe [...]
Cameroon: Money runs out; LGBTI safe house closes
The LGBTI advocacy group Camfaids has run out of funds to keep its saf [...]
Cameroon: Burglary and threatened eviction of suspected lesbian
The apartment of a lesbian rights activist in Cameroon was burglarized [...]
Cameroon’s Unity human rights watchdog project expands
Cameroon's LGBTI rights watchdog group is adding an advocacy office an [...]
Cameroon: Police probe victims of homophobic assault
Participants in a health rights training session in Yaoundé, Cameroon, [...]
We freed 3 gay men from prison
Gay rights activists and donors have freed the last three prisoners se [...]
Cameroon: You’re gay? No more school for you!
Next month two young gay men in Cameroon planned to resume training fo [...]
Cameroon: Death of LGBTI activist Lambert Lamba
With the death of activist Marc Lambert Lamba, Cameroon lost a pioneer [...]
Donors, activists free gay man from Cameroon prison
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free las [...]
Cameroon: Trans people form their own advocacy network
The new TransAfrican Independent Network in Cameroon is working to con [...]
Cameroon: Trans leader in hiding after transphobic attack
A leader of Cameroon's transgender community is recuperating from a tr [...]
Cameroon man evicts sister over fear that she’s a lesbian
Lesbophobia breaks apart a family in Cameroon; a sister is left homele [...]
Cameroon: Assaults, rape, death threats over lesbian affair
In April, when a Cameroonian man learned that his common-law wife was [...]
Dramatic increase in violence against LGBT people in Cameroon
The 2018 report on violence against LGBT people in Cameroon shows a sh [...]
Cameroon university blocks career of LGBTI activist
Officials at the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon have blocked the [...]
Cameroon death threats: 2 gay lovers outed by each other
A lovers' quarrel last month led to death threats, a knife attack, a c [...]
Vandals hit north Cameroon group fighting for gay rights
Northern Cameroon's only gay-rights advocacy group is seeking help wit [...]
Cameroon: Lesbian athlete ousted, living in fear
Barred from playing pro football (soccer) in Cameroon because she is a [...]
Cameroon: Crowd kills ‘man of God’ caught in the act
A pious shopkeeper in northern Cameroon was caught having sex with his [...]
Cameroon: Youths disrupt Pride, burn advocacy office
An attack by anti-gay youths shut down a gay advocacy organization and [...]
Estranged dad seizes kids from lesbian mom in Cameroon
The long-absent father of two young children recently took them away f [...]