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  • FILE: As cases rise, however, doctors are beginning to get a taste of the challenges that lie ahead. Picture: AFP.

    Cameroon doctor faces influx of COVID-19 patients

    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.

    745 days ago
  • The Cameroon flag. Picture: AFP

    Anglophone separatists kill 5 soldiers, 4 civilians in west Cameroon: officials

    On Sunday, in anglophone Northwest province, a homemade bomb injured at least seven people including a soldier who later died, state television said.

    803 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Cameroon confirms first case of coronavirus

    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.

    806 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    14 children among up to 22 dead in Cameroon massacre: UN

    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.

    824 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Cameroon separatists kidnapped 100 people ahead of vote: HRW

    State security forces also committed "further abuses" in the two troubled regions, the watchdog said.

    828 days ago
  • FILE: The RDPC supports President Paul Biya, one of the world's oldest and longest-serving leaders, who has ruled with a steely fist for 37 of his 86 years. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon elections overshadowed by violence, boycott

    Elections for the central African country's legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements.

    832 days ago
  • FILE: A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP

    50 killed by Boko Haram on island bordering Chad & Cameroon

    The attack on the remote village took place before Christmas when Jihadis approached the fishing village disguised as traders.

    868 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron greets Cameroon President Paul Biya prior to a dinner with the participants of the Paris Peace Forum at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on 11 November 2019. Picture: AFP

    Open letter to President Macron on human rights abuses in Cameroon

    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.

    914 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto'o. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon footballing legend Eto'o rules out career in politics

    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.

    933 days ago
  • A video grab taken from AFP TV footage shows locals carrying out excavation work following landslides which led to the death of at least 42 people in the western Cameroon city of Bafoussam on 29 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon rescuers hunt for victims after deadly landslide

    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.

    933 days ago
  • FILE: Rescue teams spent the day scouring the rubble of destroyed houses in the town of Bafoussam in the western highlands. Among the bodies recovered were those of 26 children, Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) reported. Picture: AFP.

    At least 42 people killed in Cameroon landslide

    The search will resume on Wednesday for additional bodies believed to remain under the rubble, CRTV reported.

    933 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroon President Paul Biya. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon opens dialogue to end anglophone separatist crisis

    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.

    962 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Picture: facebook.com

    Cameroon separatist leader says Biya's dialogue call a 'non-event'

    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.

    981 days ago
  • FILE: The wreckage of burnt out car is pictured, allegedly destroyed by separatists fighter in a recent attack, as a Cameroonian soldier (L) patrols the edge of the abandoned market in the majority anglophone South West province in Buea, on 3 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon's anglophone conflict goes back 100 years

    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.

    983 days ago
  • The Bank of Central African States situated in Cameroon. Picture: www.beac.int

    Businesses in Central African union rue tough forex crackdown

    The central African CFA union comprises former French colonies Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon and Central African Republic.

    984 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    West African oil hits sweet spot as shipping upgrades to cleaner fuel

    Oil from landlocked Chad, piped southwestward and exported by sea via Cameroon, has increased in volume since new fields came online this year.

    997 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Cameroon separatist leader's sentence could increase violence - analyst

    Ayuk Tabe, a charismatic leader widely deemed as a moderate in the separatist movement, was convicted with nine others of charges including "terrorism and secession", the state's lawyer, Martin Luther Achet, told AFP.

    1003 days ago
  • The Cameroon flag. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon anglophone separatist leader gets life sentence

    Ayuk Tabe, a charismatic 54-year-old computer engineer by training, was the first self-proclaimed president of 'Ambazonia' - a breakaway state declared in October 2017 in two English-speaking regions of the central African country.

    1004 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian general Donatien Nouma Melingui, in charge of military operations in the South-West Region of Cameroon stands by a national flag at the 21st Motorised Infantry Brigade headquarter on 26 April 2018 in Buea. Picture: AFP

    Rights monitors sound alarm over 'neglected' Cameroon crisis

    Two regions in Cameroon are in the grip of an armed campaign by English-speaking militants seeking independence from the francophone-majority country.

    1080 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 30 September 2018, Maurice Kamto, leader of the Cameroonian opposition party Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) addresses supporters during a campaign rally for the presidential elections in Yaounde. Picture: AFP.

    Cameroon opposition denounces mass arrests

    Maurice Kamto, the country's main opposition figure, who has been held in jail in Yaounde since January, issued a statement via his spokesman decrying 'excessive and unjustified use of violence' at the demonstrations held on Saturday.

    1083 days ago
  • FILE: The wreckage of burnt out car is pictured, allegedly destroyed by separatists fighter in a recent attack, as a Cameroonian soldier (L) patrols the edge of the abandoned market in the majority anglophone South West province in Buea, on 3 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon crisis risks spiralling out of control - UN aid chief

    At least 4.3 million people are in need of aid, a 30% increase from last year in what Mark Lowcock described as an 'under-reported' crisis in the central African country.

    1103 days ago
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