Cameroon
Gunman kills seven villagers in northeast Cameroon
A gunman on a rampage killed seven people and seriously wounded two others across four villages in northeastern Cameroon, a local administrator and state...
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Gunmen kill 24 in anglophone Cameroon, says mayor
Twenty-four civilians have been killed and around 60 wounded in an attack by separatist gunmen in a troubled anglophone region of Cameroon, the local mayor said on Tuesday.
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Cholera kills 140 people in seven months in Cameroon
Cholera is an acute form of diarrhoea that is treatable with antibiotics and hydration but can kill within hours if left untreated.
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Plane with 11 aboard crashes in Cameroon: ministry
Air traffic controllers "lost radio contact with the aircraft" which was later "located in the forest" near Nanga Eboko, around 150 kilometres (90 miles) northeast of the capital Yaounde, the ministry said in a statement.
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Cholera spike kills 29 in Cameroon in one week
Most of the deaths occurred in three cities in the west of the country, which has seen a spike in cases of the water-borne disease.
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Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon
The five comprise three aid workers with Chadian, Senegalese and French-Ivorian nationalities, and two Cameroonian security guards, a local administrative official said.
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Africa Cup of Nations match moved from venue where eight killed in crush
"The game that is scheduled for Olembe Stadium on Sunday...is going to take place at Ahmadou Ahidjo" stadium, also in Yaounde, said Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Motsepe at a press conference.
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Cameroon govt says 16 killed in nightclub fire
"The initial report shows 16 dead and eight seriously injured" after the "accidental fire" broke out Saturday night, the communications ministry said in a statement.
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Leonardo 'Tree' Caprio: new species named after star
The tree's scientific name -- Uvariopsis dicaprio -- recognises the 47-year-old US actor's work to prevent logging in the endangered forest, where the only known specimen of the tree was found growing.
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Security fears loom over Africa's football fiesta
Host nation Cameroon will ceremonially launch the month-long tournament on Sunday when they face Burkina Faso.
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Escalating ethnic clashes in Cameroon forces 30,000 people to flee to Chad
More than 30,000 people in northern Cameroon have fled to Chad after ethnic clashes at the weekend, claiming at least 22 lives.
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'They want to kill us' - Fears, suspicion cloud vaccine takeup in Cameroon
The central African country is one of the hardest-hit states in the continent for COVID-19, recording more than 107,000 cases of infection in a population of some 26 million, of which 1,795 have been fatal.
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Cameroon urges calm after a policeman kills a schoolgirl
The incident took place in Buea, a hotspot city in a region where anglophone separatists and government forces in the French-majority nation have been locked in bitter four-year-old conflict.
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African postcolonial critic Mbembe tries fresh start with France
The 63-year-old politics and history professor is a vocal critic of postcolonial relations and has previously accused Macron of "lacking imagination" in his political engagement with Africa.
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Cameroon forces have beaten, arrested 24 under anti-gay law: HRW
Police conducted a raid on February 24 on the offices of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment group Colibri in the western town of Baffoussam and arrested 13 people including seven staff, HRW said.
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China gives 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Cameroon
The country of around 26 million people is one of the hardest hit on the African continent, with 61,700 cases and 919 deaths recorded.
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Cameroon launches safety campaign after polio cases emerge
Health Minister Manaouda Malachie on Monday said "two cases of type 2 poliovirus" had been found in the Cite Verte district of Yaounde.
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Cameroon bus accident kills at least 37
Nineteen other passengers were injured on the bus, which was found in a ravine, Ndikinimeki police commissioner Moantsouog Mempou Paulin told public radio station CRTV.
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Cameroon police use tear gas to break up protest
Marchers converged at a major intersection in a working-class district of Douala, shouting slogans such as "Enough Is Enough" and "Paul Biya Must Go" before police dispersed them, making some arrests.
