Cameroon: LGBT activists join fight against Covid-19
LGBT rights advocates in Cameroon are fighting the new pandemic even as anti-Covid-19 restrictions hamper their work.
Cameroon: Veteran gay-rights activist Desmond Sone dies of lung ailment
Gay rights activists are mourning the death of Desmond Sone Mbecho, a veteran of the struggle for LGBT…
Cameroon’s Unity human rights watchdog project expands
Cameroon’s LGBTI rights watchdog group is adding an advocacy office and getting a new logo.
Cameroon: Trans leader in hiding after transphobic attack
A leader of Cameroon’s transgender community is recuperating from a transphobic attack that almost killed her. From the…
Cameroon’s abusive 2017, hopes for 2018
In 2017, LGBTI people in Cameroon were frequent victims of violence and abuse, despite a few signs that…
Cameroon: LGBTI activist group loses leader to fatal illness
Eitel Joris Ella Ella, executive director of the Cameroonian LGBTI rights group Camfaids, died today as a result…
Proved: Lesbians, gays, straights can be friends in Cameroon
A homophobic neighborhood in Yaoundé, Cameroon was the site of a shock action on Nov. 14 that demonstrated…
Cameroon: A productive life wrecked by homophobia
For five months, Maxime, 26, had lived in a room in the Mimboman neighborhood of Yaoundé, earning his…
Cameroon: 290 march and pray for human rights
Last month, hundreds of Cameroonians marched in support of the country’s human rights defenders in a protest organized…
Cameroon: Forced to flee because of his sexual orientation
By Denis LeBlanc Edited and translated by Colin Stewart Death threats have forced a leader of the human…