Cameroon
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...
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.
The assailants threw a grenade into a group of sleeping people inside the camp in the village of Nguetchewe, district mayor Medjeweh Boukar told Reuters. The camp is home to around 800 people.
NGOs have long denounced abuses in the central African country, from the detention of journalists and arrests of opponents to the killings of civilians by soldiers.
Since the call by Antonio Guterres in March for ceasefires, announcements backing the end of fighting have been made in countries including Afghanistan, the Philippines and Cameroon, but conflicts have continued to rage in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere.
The Central African country now has one of the highest case rates in the region, with over 2,000 people infected and more than 60 dead.
On Sunday, in anglophone Northwest province, a homemade bomb injured at least seven people including a soldier who later died, state television said.
Cameroon, which is situated in Central Africa, is the fourth sub-Saharan country to report coronavirus after Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa. The total number of cases on the continent is 29.
The three-year conflict between anglophone forces seeking to break away from French-speaking Cameroon has claimed more than 3,000 lives and forced more than 700,000 people to flee their homes.
State security forces also committed "further abuses" in the two troubled regions, the watchdog said.
Elections for the central African country's legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements.
The attack on the remote village took place before Christmas when Jihadis approached the fishing village disguised as traders.
A group of intellectuals, writers, and human rights lawyers is urging France to use its considerable influence on the government of President Paul Biya to help stop the murders and atrocities perpetrated in the country.
The two-time Africa Cup of Nations winner says he wants to move into coaching, although he has also taken a role with the Confederation of African Football.
A number of residents are still missing after part of a hill collapsed in the mudslide that hit the city of Bafoussam in the highlands of western Cameroon on Tuesday.
The search will resume on Wednesday for additional bodies believed to remain under the rubble, CRTV reported.
Nearly 3,000 people have died and half a million fled their homes since fighting broke out in 2017 between the army and insurgents who want independence for Cameroon's two English-speaking provinces.
Paul Biya on Tuesday announced that he intends to open a major "national dialogue" later this month in a bid to solve the conflict between security forces and armed separatists from the anglophone minority in the west.
The west African nation of Cameroon is plagued by near-daily clashes between security forces and anglophone separatists that can be traced back to its split between Britain and France 100 years ago.