Cameroon

“These Letters End in Tears” is author Musih Tedji Xaviere’s ode to “a love so powerful that it defies everything.”

In Cameroon, homosexuality is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Dr. John Nkengasong would be the first person of African descent to become the country’s Global AIDS Coordinator if confirmed, the White House said.

She has devoted her life to upholding the rights of the queer community, which has always faced violence and brutality.

His mother was also beaten and her house was destroyed.

The exams are rooted in discredited 19th century theories that homosexuals can be identified by characteristics of the anus.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — An official says seven people who were arrested this month on suspicion of violating Cameroon’s anti-gay law have been released but will remain under close observation. Donatus Sembe, a police official in Yaounde, the capital, said Thursday that four of them were released Wednesday for lack of evidence…

RIO DE JANEIRO — The FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) is investigating claims that Mexico fans chanted anti-gay slurs during its opening match against Cameroon at the World Cup. FIFA says “disciplinary proceedings were opened against Mexico for improper conduct of spectators” last Friday in Natal.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — A gay man in Cameroon who was jailed for sending a text message to another man saying “I’m very much in love with you,” and who was later declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, has died, according to a lawyer who worked on his case.

Africa’s gays are looking for their own Nelson Mandela – someone who will rescue them from violence and a raft of laws that criminalize gay sex. In other words, precisely what Mandela could not do, despite his efforts.