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Cameroon

About Cameroon

official name: Republic of Cameroon
capital: Yaounde
head of state: President Paul Biya
government type:
republic; multiparty presidential regime
population:
18,467,692
independence: from France and Britain in 1961
languages:
24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
religion: Traditional African 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)

Legal Status of Homosexuality
Homosexuality is illegal punishable with imprisonment of five years and a fine between 20,000 and 200,000 francs.


Communication

mainline telephones: 130,700 (2006)
cellular telephones:
4.536 million (2007)
internet country code: .cm
internet host:
69 (2008)
internet users:
370,000 (2006)

 

 


 

Articles:

PETITION EN FAVEUR DE LA DEPENALISATION DE LHOMOSEXUALITE AU CAMEROUN

DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY IN CAMEROON-10 000 NODS

LGBTI ACTIVIST DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE - CAMEROON

� LIBEREZ EWANE � DISENT LES MILITANTS EN FAVEURS DES DROITS DES HOMOSEXUELS

L�EGLISE MANIPULE L�OPINION PUBLIQUE SUR LA QUESTION DE L�HOMOSEXUALITE

CHURCH �MANIPULATES PUBLIC OPINION� ON HOMOSEXUALITY by Jerina Chendze Messie 16/7/2009
FREE EWANE! � GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS by Mask Admin 3/7/2009
POPE URGED TO SPEAK OUT ON GAY RIGHTS by Mask Admin 24/3/2009
new cameroonian health centre for gays by Mask Admin 8/8/2008
Cameroun: Lib�ration de 6 d�tenus accus�s d�homosexualit� by Abeli Zahabu 31/3/2008
alternatives-cameroun celebrates release of accused gay men by Abeli Zahabu 26/3/2008
accused homosexuals get maximum sentence and fine by Abeli Zahabu 21/1/2008
surprise visit gives joy to detained homosexuals by Abeli Zahabu 11/1/2008
OBITUARY: roger william nowokap (1979 � 2007) by Mask Admin 10/5/2007
iglhrc appoints new african-based researcher by Mask Admin 25/4/2007
high court orders release of man jailed for sodomy by Mask Admin 1/3/2007
yaounde 11 man rearrested by Mask Admin 18/1/2007
academic challenges un-african myth by Mask Admin 9/11/2006
un takes stand on sexual orientation by Mask Admin 13/10/2006
to be or not to be a lesbian in cameroon's soccer teams by Mask Admin 4/7/2006
obituary: Alim Mongoche 1975 � 2006 by Musa Ngubane 4/7/2006
justice subverted as seven men convicted on sodomy charges by Mask Admin 14/6/2006
yaound� nine finally released from prison by Mask Admin 13/6/2006
an association launches a petition against homosexuality by Mask Admin 2/6/2006
yaounde nine still in prison by Mask Admin 3/5/2006
cameroon acquits nine men in major gay rights victory by Mask Admin 25/4/2006
nine gay men acquitted in major victory for human rights by Mask Admin 24/4/2006
a second journalist sentenced in case of by Mask Admin 30/3/2006
11 students dismissed for lesbianism by Mask Admin 28/3/2006
editor jailed over 'gay' list in cameroon by Mask Admin 27/3/2006
homophobic witch hunt at cameroon schools by Mask Admin 22/3/2006
a.i says anti-gay laws used as a political tool by Mask Admin 9/3/2006
rights group call for release of allegedly gay men by Mask Admin 9/3/2006
jail term for cameroon gay libel by Mask Admin 6/3/2006
jailed l'anecdote publisher appeals by Mask Admin 6/3/2006
cameroon gay list publisher jailed for defamation by Mask Admin 3/3/2006
public homophobia increases on the eve of sodomy trial by Mask Admin 2/3/2006
two jailed for gay sex by Mask Admin 28/2/2006
court poised to watch video evidence on homosexuality by Mask Admin 27/2/2006
cameroon papers sued for 'outing' by Mask Admin 15/2/2006
star 'outed' in anti-gay frenzy by Mask Admin 8/2/2006
cameroon papers outing gay politicians in 'purity' campaign by Mask Admin 6/2/2006
media excesses : a case for ethics by Mask Admin 1/2/2006
northwest tops hiv/aids chart by Mask Admin 6/11/2005
le th�me de l'homosexualit� prim� au festival international yaound� tout court by Mask Admin 3/11/2005
expediency the name of the game in trying to secure the release of yaound� eleven by Mask Admin 20/9/2005
violences polici�res au cameroun by Mask Admin 1/9/2005
efforts to secure the release of yaounde 11 hampered by lack of human rights movement by Mask Admin 17/8/2005
dans la peau d'un gay by Mask Admin 1/6/2005
a group arrested after they were found in a bar on suspicion that they are gay by Mask Admin 25/5/2005
January 2005: the difficulties of minorities in cameroon: cameroonian homosexual in asylum battle. by Mask Admin 1/1/2005

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