Cameroon media regulator lifts ban on channel promoting homosexuality

Cameroon media regulator lifts ban on channel promoting homosexuality

Cameroon’s media regulator has lifted its suspension on the TV channel Canal+ Elles, which it sanctioned in September for broadcasting “programmes conveying obscene practices with a homosexual tendency”.

The National Communication Council said the channel – a subsidiary of the French media group Canal + International – was allowed to resume broadcasting, after halting the programmes highlighted.

The media regulator added that it also followed the outlet’s commitment “to implement a series of measures aimed, for the future, at avoiding such abuses on all channels of the Canal+ International bouquet.”

Cameroon is among several African countries where homosexuality is illegal. Its media regulator continues to warn media operators in the country against breaching the country’s laws through their content.

Source: BBC News

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