Lawsuits Fly After Mass Gay Outings By Newspapers in Cameroon

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A cabinet minister and two doctors are suing a pair of newspapers in the tiny African nation of Cameroon after they were named in a series of articles that listed more than 50 people the papers claimed are gay.

Others named in the stories are closing watching the proceedings and say they too may sue.

The papers say the articles are a crusade against "deviant behavior" in the country where homosexuality is punishable by up to five years in prison.

The libel and defamation suit will begin on February 21.