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Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:53:37 GMT
Cameroon Says Rebel Bomb Kills Officials
[VOA] Yaounde -- Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have claimed responsibility for an attack Wednesday that killed seven people, including a senior official and a mayor. Cameroon's military says the officials were on a tour to raise support against ...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:48:53 GMT
Students Stranded As Cameroon Teachers Strike, Demand Unpaid Salaries
[VOA] Yaounde -- Teachers in Cameroon are refusing to work, citing unpaid salaries, some dating back years. Government-led negotiations Tuesday failed to reach an agreement, putting the education of hundreds of thousands of children on hold.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:59:08 GMT
Song - Kalla Partnership Renewed As Indomitable Lions Get New Staff
[CAF] Cameroon's Football Federation president, Samuel Eto'o Fils, has appointed Rigobert Song Bahanag as head coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. The decision to name the 45-year old African Football legend as replacement of Portuguese Coach...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:52:50 GMT
No, Cameroon Football Fans Didn't Beat Up National Team Players After Semi-Final Afcon Loss
[Africa Check] A video circulating on Facebook in February 2022 shows a crowd of people running onto a football field, and then cuts to a woman in the Cameroon national football team's jersey appearing to give CPR to a bleeding man.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:38:49 GMT
Song Replaces Conceicao As Cameroon's National Football Coach
[Premium Times] The 45-year old takes over from the Portuguese coach who led the Lions to a third-place finish at AFCON.

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:27:59 GMT
Armed Raiders Kidnap Five MSF Aid Workers in Northern Cameroon
[RFI] Armed raiders have kidnapped five people working for the French medical NGO Médecins sans frontières (MSF) in the Far North Region of Cameroon.

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:17:37 GMT
Gunmen Kidnap 5 MSF Workers in Cameroon
[DW] Medical charity Doctors Without Borders has confirmed the kidnapping of five of its members in northern Cameroon. The identities of the kidnappers and motive are not yet known.

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 07:00:29 GMT
Hearts Break As Cameroon Regime Forgets Those who Died in Afcon Stampede
[New Frame] The families of those killed in the Afcon stampede had to wait weeks before they could bury their loved ones. And while they did, the government's promised help was nowhere in sight.

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:11:11 GMT
Cameroon Separatists Abduct Teachers At School for Disabled
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Separatists in northwest Cameroon have abducted ten teachers at a school for children with disabilities. Moki Edwin Kindzeka reports from Yaounde.

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:57:03 GMT
Rebels, Victims, Peacebuilders - Women in Cameroon's Anglophone Conflict
[Crisis Group] Years of fighting between separatists and the state in Cameroon have hit women hard, uprooting hundreds of thousands. The government and external partners should step up aid for the displaced. Donors should start planning now for inclu...

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:19:27 GMT
Role of Women in Conflict Overlooked - Report
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's women and children have suffered disproportionately in the country's five-year separatist conflict. But a report by the International Crisis Group says the role of women has expanded from just being victims to being rebels...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:21:39 GMT
Students and Schools Targeted in English-Speaking Separatist Regions
[Agenzia Fides] Yaoundé -- There is also a Catholic school among the schools attacked in recent weeks in the southwestern region of Cameroon. On February 8 and 11, armed groups burned down two schools, respectively the public primary school of Molyk...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:50:06 GMT
Angry Football Crush Victims' Families Bury Their Dead Without Outside Support
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Families of eight people who died in the January football stampede at Yaounde's 60,000-seat Olembe stadium say they are burying their dead without assistance from Cameroon's government or the Confederation of African Footba...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:41:07 GMT
Cameroon's Rival Separatist Groups Clash, Kill Fighters
[VOA] Yaounde -- Rival anglophone separatist groups in Cameroon have clashed this month, causing an undetermined number of casualties. The fighting was triggered by power struggles within the separatist movement.

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:50:40 GMT
2 Years On, Massacre Victims Await Justice
[HRW] Nairobi -- The trial of 21 people accused of involvement in the killings of 21 civilians in Ngarbuh, in Cameroon's North-West region, on February 14, 2020, has dragged on for 14 months, Human Rights Watch said today. The slow pace raises concer...

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:09:24 GMT
Cameroon President Celebrates 89th Birthday
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon held birthday celebrations across the country for President Paul Biya, who turned 89 on Sunday. Supporters wished Biya, who is Africa's oldest and second longest-serving leader, a long life, while some opponents said it's we...

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 06:52:37 GMT
Separatists Torch Girls-Only School Dorm for Preparing for National Youth Day Activities
[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- The Roman Catholic Church in Cameroon says armed men Friday torched a renowned girls' school dormitory in Mamfe, an English-speaking southwestern town. English-speaking separatists have claimed responsibility, saying that ...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:08:33 GMT
Trump Administration Accused of Exposing Asylum-Seekers to Human Rights Abuses
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Trump administration exposed dozens of Cameroonians, who fled their country between 2019 and 2020, to human rights abuses, including rape and torture, by unfairly denying them asylum and deporting them, says a new report.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:07:56 GMT
SWEDD - High-Level Advocacy Mission for Girls and Women Empowerment under the SWEDD Project
[UNFPA in WCA] Dakar, Senegal / Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso -- 10 February, 2022:  To promote inter-regional and inter-institutional cooperation and collaboration, the Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the Regional...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:06:51 GMT
Sports Ministry Explains Cameroon Trip
[Namibian] The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service executive director Audrin Mathe says sport deputy minister Emma Kantema-Gaomas was in Cameroon on a sport development and cooperation mission.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:13:06 GMT
Health Authorities Struggling to Contain Deadly Cholera Outbreak
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian health authorities say at least 1,300 cholera cases have been detected, with nearly three dozen people dying as a result of the outbreak within the past two weeks. Cameroon's Public Health Ministry says water sh...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:08:04 GMT
Cameroon Urges Youth to Be Patriotic, Help End Separatist Crisis
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon is marking its annual Youth Week activities by focusing for the first time on the country's Anglophone separatist conflict. Officials are urging the teaching of English and French to try to bridge the gap between t...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:32:49 GMT
'How Can You Throw Us Back?' - Three Stories of Asylum-Seekers Expelled by the U.S.
[allAfrica] An excerpt from a report issued by Human Rights Watch on the plight of Cameroonians who were denied asylum and deported from the United States by the Trump administration, to be detained and abused by Cameroonian authorities when they wer...

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:40:45 GMT
Authorities Cull Birds, Erect Barrier Against Bird Flu Outbreak
[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- Cameroonian authorities have erected sanitary barriers around poultry farms in the western city of Bafoussam after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu. Authorities say a "huge" number of birds have died whil...

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:19:17 GMT
Lions of Teranga Roar to Victory at AFCON Final
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A dramatic penalty shootout that ended 4-2 in Senegal's favour has seen the Lions of Teranga make history by winning their first AFCON championship, beating Egypt in the grand final at Paul Biya Stadium in Olembé.

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:21:34 GMT
Afcon 2021 Final - Mane, Salah Go to War As Senegal Seek to Break Jinx Against Egypt
[Premium Times] The Lions and the Pharaohs have enjoyed contrasting fortunes as far as their participation in AFCON tournaments is concerned.

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:19:38 GMT
The Final - Senegal v Egypt - First Title or Record Extension?
[CAF] Senegal faces Egypt this Sunday at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, as the 33rd edition of TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 reaches its Grand Final.

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:37:23 GMT
Aboubakar Brace Fires Cameroon Comeback to Take Third Place At Cup of Nations
[RFI] The faithful flocked in their thousands to cheer the disappointed heros again. And just over two hours after kick-off, they departed joyuously into the night. Cameroon, 3-0 down with 18 minutes remaining, had come back to draw level and beat Bu...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 04:06:28 GMT
Cameroon Come From Behind to Claim TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Bronze
[CAF] The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon came back from three goals down to beat Burkina Faso on penalties to win bronze following a 3-3 stalemate at the ongoing TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:24:25 GMT
The Cameroonians Who Don't Enjoy Football
[New Frame] The so-called Anglophone crisis has prevented Afcon fans from attending certain stadiums, fearful of violence and reprisal. But the instability has also affected league games and football development.



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