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    Scores escape in anglophone Cameroon jailbreak

    At least 80 inmates in Cameroon's restive English-speaking northwest escaped after gunmen stormed their prison overnight and allegedly battered down the prisoners' cell doors.

    1369 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian soldier. Picture: AFP.

    Cameroon soldiers arrested for killing suspected Boko Haram sympathisers

    Authorities in Yaoundè, who initially dismissed footage of the killings as fake news, now say seven soldiers have been arrested.

    1370 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Picture: facebook.com

    Cameroon vows 'calm' election despite anglophone violence

    Cameroon's two minority English-speaking regions, the North-West and South-West, have been hit by almost daily acts of violence that have left more than a hundred people dead and about 200,000 displaced since late 2016.

    1384 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Picture: facebook.com

    Cameroon opposition chief blames violence on Biya

    Dozens of people have been killed, including at least 80 soldiers and police officers, and about 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

    1407 days ago
  • Learners working at the Tassah Academy which was established by Janet Fofang, a pioneering scientist and teacher, in 2009. Picture: @janet.fofang/Facebook.com

    How robots are helping Cameroon’s women get into work

    Scientist Janet Fofang is introducing the next generation of female workers to artificial intelligence.

    1425 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator carries a sign calling for the liberation of detained activists during a protest against perceived discrimination in favour of the country's francophone majority on 22 September 2017 in Bamenda, the main town in northwest Cameroon and an anglophone hub. Picture: AFP

    Separatists have killed 84 troops since September 2017: Cameroon

    The unrest in the oil- and cocoa-producing Southwest and Northwest regions often involves hit-and-run attacks by insurgents on the army.

    1467 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator carries a sign calling for the liberation of detained activists during a protest against perceived discrimination in favour of the country's francophone majority on 22 September 2017 in Bamenda, the main town in northwest Cameroon and an anglophone hub. Picture: AFP

    Dozens killed in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region

    Agbor Balla Nkongho, a local human rights lawyer and activist, told Reuters that at least 34 bodies were found on Friday in Menka.

    1493 days ago
  • Cameroonian flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Cameroon security forces free 18 hostages in Anglophone region

    Issa Tchiroma Bakary said the 18 individuals who were freed on Monday, including six Cameroonian municipal officials, had been kidnapped.

    1545 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroon’s octogenarian President Paul Biya. Picture: AFP.

    Cameroon’s aging Paul Biya calls first Cabinet meeting since 2015

    The octogenarian has ruled virtually by decree since taking over from a retired predecessor in 1982 and then winning an election by 99.98% a year later.

    1565 days ago
  • FILE: A soldier from the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) secures a ceremony honouring four soldiers killed in the violence that erupted in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, where most of the country's English-speaking minority live, on 17 November 2017 in Bamenda. Picture: AFP.

    Cameroon separatists kill three soldiers in overnight attack

    The attack in the town of Kembong came hours after President Paul Biya said in a televised address that the situation in Anglophone Cameroon was stable, despite ongoing widespread fighting.

    1597 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator carries a sign calling for the liberation of detained activists during a protest against perceived discrimination in favour of the country's francophone majority on 22 September 2017 in Bamenda, the main town in northwest Cameroon and an anglophone hub. Picture: AFP

    'We are in a war': Cameroon unrest confronted by army offensive

    Colonel Didier Badjeck said claims that houses were burned and people shot in Bole last week were 'totally false'.

    1599 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com.

    At least 15,000 Cameroonian refugees flee to Nigeria amid crackdown

    More than 8,000 refugees have been registered in the southeastern state of Cross River alone, said Antonio Jose Canhandula, the UNHCR representative in Nigeria.

    1628 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in Nigeria - sources

    The once-fringe Anglophone movement in majority Francophone Cameroon has gathered pace in the last few months following a military crackdown on protests.

    1632 days ago
  • People carry placards during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on November 18, 2017 in Harare. Picture: AFP

    [ANALYSIS] 5 things we learnt about democracy in Africa in 2017

    The past 12 months provided further evidence of the danger of democratic backsliding in Africa. But it also saw powerful presidents suffer embarrassing setbacks in a number of countries.

    1659 days ago
  • Cameroon president Paul Biya. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon govt forces accused of murder, rape

    Cameroon’s government has ordered thousands of villagers to leave their homes in the Anglophone southwest region as it deploys troops to root out armed separatists who have vowed to loosen Biya’s long grip on power.

    1663 days ago
  • FILE: Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Picture: facebook.com

    Cameroon secessionists kill 6 soldiers, police - president

    Dozens of civilians have been killed since October after the government cracked down on members of a movement protesting their perceived marginalisation.

    1669 days ago
  • FILE: Former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe. Picture: AFP.

    After Mugabe, African leaders wonder what next

    Supporters of long-serving African leaders dismiss parallels with Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe’s former deputy is about to take power with military and public backing

    1677 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator carries a sign calling for the liberation of detained activists during a protest against perceived discrimination in favour of the country's francophone majority on 22 September 2017 in Bamenda. Picture: AFP.

    4 security forces killed in Cameroon separatist attacks

    A government crackdown on the separatists has killed dozens of people since October and driven many into the arms of a once-fringe separatist movement.

    1689 days ago
  • Cameroon police officials with riot equipment patrol along a street in the administrative quarter of Buea some 60kms west of Douala on 1 October, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    At least 17 killed in Cameroon separatist clashes – Amnesty

    Amnesty International told Reuters that the victims died across several towns in the two Anglophone regions bordering Nigeria.

    1729 days ago
  • FILE: A wounded person is carried on a stretcher in Mora, following suicide attacks in the border city of Kerawa, northern Cameroon. Picture: AFP

    At least 8 dead amid Cameroon Anglophone protests

    The protests, which began late last year, have become a lightning rod for opposition to President Paul Biya’s 35-year rule.

    1730 days ago
  • Picture: Wikicommons.

    Cameroon police, army move to block Anglophone protests

    Businesses were shuttered in the regions’ main cities, Buea and Bamenda, where military helicopters circled overhead.

    1730 days ago
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