Tag Archives: Cameroon

Brenda Biya challenges norms around sexuality in conservative Cameroon Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon president Paul Biya, came out publicly as a lesbian in 2024. (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien) COMMENTARY By Steeves Winner At 28 years old, Brenda Biya—daughter of Cameroon President Paul Biya—made a notable appearance alongside her mother, Chantal Biya, during the March 8 International …

Queer youth have a role to play in building Cameroon’s future Cameroon President Paul Biya in 2024. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty) COMMENTARY For several decades, President Paul Biya has placed youth and women at the heart of his inauguration speeches and New Year’s addresses. He regularly emphasizes their driving role in building the Cameroon of tomorrow, portraying them as essential …

For her safety, she’s now in hiding. A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP) The Associated Press reports: The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal By MONIKA PRONCZUK DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Being gay in Morocco is illegal …

SOS Solidarity teaches Cameroonians how to access justice after arbitrary arrests Participants pose for a photo outside the monthly Legal Café presented by SOS Solidarity Rights and Health in Yaoundé, Cameroon. In a friendly yet studious atmosphere, about fifty participants gathered at the small market in the Odza neighborhood of Yaoundé on January 30 for the monthly Legal Café organized …

Patients feel abandoned as NGOs deal with loss of PEPFAR funds   Last year, reporting on what the U.S. anti-AIDS program PEPFAR had accomplished in Cameroon before it was defunded by the Trump administration, the U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, stated on X (Twitter): Since 2011, the U.S. Government has provided over 800 billion CFA [US $1.4 billion] in assistance to …

Yas has survived physical violence, but now struggles to find food and shelter Flag of Cameroon By Steeves Winner In Douala, behind the invisible walls of marginalization, Yas, a trans woman, struggles daily for her survival. A survivor of physical violence, she bears the scars of rejection and abandonment in her body and mind. “I barely have anywhere to sleep, …

Arbitrary arrests have targeted trans Cameroonians and human rights defenders Protesters clash with police on Oct. 26 in Douala, Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of DRM News/YouTube) The tensions following the Oct. 12 presidential election in Cameroon plunged the country into a spiral of repression. Under the guise of maintaining order, the authorities increased arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting transgender people and human …

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON By Asobotazeh Clovis Date: October 20 2025 Advertisements I write this not to insult but to awaken the hearts of those who still believe Cameroon can rise again. For 43 years, we’ve waited hoped and endured It’s time to speak with honesty and courage. Here’s my open letter to the …

Police tracked them down by using a detainee’s telephone without a warrant Entrance of the Central Prison in the Kondengui section of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Police in Yaoundé, Cameroon, have charged five men with homosexual activity on the basis of texts and social media links they discovered on one man’s telephone, which they seized and searched without a warrant. All five …

Violence against queer people has become acute in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions  Cameroon President Paul Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth term in elections happening October 12. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty) By Jean Jacques Dissoke As Cameroon approaches the Oct 12 presidential election, the English-speaking regions of the Northwest and Southwest are once again plunged into uncertainty that has exposed LGBTQ …