Update: Women jailed in Cameroon for ‘attempted homosexuality’
Cameroon residents Njeuken Loic and Mouthe Roland have been jailed for five years.
Africa
Uganda further criminalises same-sex relations
Uganda recently passed the so-called Sexual Offences Bill which implements harsher punishments for LGBTQ+ citizens.
Women facing prison in Cameroon for ‘attempted homosexuality’
Two trans women in the central African country of Cameroon are facing five years in prison.
Ghanian president refuses to legalise same-sex marriage
Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, has said he will never legalise same-sex marriage amid international criticism of the country’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people.
Ghana sets up first LGBTQ+ community hub
The first LGBTQ+ community hub has been set up in the capital of Ghana, where same-sex relations are still illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
Angola decriminalises same-sex relations
The country of Angola, on the west coast of Africa, has decriminalised same-sex relationships in a historic victory for it’s LGBTQ+ community.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Ugandan president re-elected
Yoweri Museveni, known for his controversial views on the LGBTQ+ community, has won his sixth consecutive term as the president of Uganda after being re-elected on Saturday January 16.