Cameroon Outing

The African country Cameroon has in the last couple of weeks been rocked by allegations that 50 high profile politicians, singers and business people [amongst others] are gay. The newspapers L’Anecdote and La Meteo published the list after the Roman Catholic Bishop Victor Tonye Bakot denounced homosexuality in his Christmas speech. With homosexuality being illegal in not only Cameroon but most of Africa, the outing of these so-called high profile people, is not surprising even if it is a stupid move by the press.

The accusations and denials have been flying thick and fast between the press and the alleged victims, one has to wonder where this will end. The newspapers claim to have evidence to prove that the people they outed are gay, while the victims claim that they aren’t gay. The whole situation raises the interesting question - why did the newspapers publish the list, and what are their real motives behind it?

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