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Sat, 02 Jul 2022 05:26:11 GMT
Cameroonian Pushes for Restitution of Deity
[DW] Njobati Sylvie, a resolute restitution activist, could not hide her joy and reprieve after Germany's Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation made the announcement that Ngonnso has been given the green light to return home.

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 05:31:16 GMT
Blind People in Cameroon Allege Police Abuse During Protests
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Blind people in Cameroon were protesting this week against job discrimination when according to witnesses, police bundled them up and dumped them outside the city. Despite the alleged abuse, the protests continue.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:48:29 GMT
Separatists-for-Hire Suspected in Intercommunal Killings
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Villagers in a western Cameroon town bordering Nigeria say armed men carried out a series of attacks from June 25 to 27, killing at least 30 people, including five Nigerians, and forcing hundreds to flee.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:33:29 GMT
Killings, Kidnappings, Stripping Girls Naked Part of Cameroon Separatist Abuses, HRW Says
[RFI] Killing and attacking civilians, attacking education facilities, kidnapping workers, stripping schoolgirls naked and beating them are just a few of the abuses Cameroonian separatists have carried out on the civilian population in the Anglophone...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:07:49 GMT
Separatist Groups Commit Rights Abuses, HRW Says
[DW] Separatist groups in Cameroon's Anglophone region have become increasingly more violent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday.

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:27:49 GMT
Separatist Fighters Accused of Killings, Rape, Abductions
[HRW] Prosecute, Sanction Fighters for Crimes Against Civilians

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:53:35 GMT
New Report Blames Separatists in Cameroon for Gross Human Rights Violations
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A Human Rights Watch report released Monday says separatists in Cameroon are increasingly brutal in their attacks. Human Rights Watch says separatists have committed murders, are using rape as a weapon, and have carried out...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:06:28 GMT
Govt Deploys Hundreds of Troops to Protect 40,000 People Displaced By Boko Haram
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameron has deployed hundreds of troops along its border with Nigeria after attacks by Boko Haram militants forced more than 40,000 villagers over the past two months to flee the area. Cameroon's defense minister is visiting the bord...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:45:59 GMT
Broken Promises - Cameroon's Troubled Disarmament Initiative
[The New Humanitarian] Buea, Cameroon -- 'The movement has changed - it's now about kidnapping, stealing, and demanding ransoms.'

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:17:00 GMT
Govt Woos Potential Disapora Investors, but Faces Distrust
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's President Paul Biya has for the first time sent a delegation to Europe to try to encourage well-off Cameroonians living there to invest back home. But members of Cameroon's diaspora say undemocratic practices and corruptio...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:16:44 GMT
Women Refugees in Cameroon Struggle to Survive
[VOA] Ngam, Cameroon -- Cameroon hosts about 460,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most of them women and children who escaped violence in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. But while they have found safety in Cameroon, women refugees are not a...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:53:50 GMT
Cameroon, Central African Republic Agree to Demarcate Border
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon and the Central African Republic have agreed to demarcate several hundred kilometers of their shared border. The countries have have competing claims to villages and towns along the porous, undefined border. The two sides al...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:34:00 GMT
How Mugisha Overcame a Difficult Start to Win Tour Du Cameroun
[New Times] Moise Mugisha, the newly crowned Tour du Cameroun champion and his teammates received a heroes' welcome in Kigali on Tuesday after Team Rwanda dominated the race that concluded on Sunday, June 12.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:00:56 GMT
Cameroonians Protest After Hospital Torched
[VOA] Yaounde -- In Cameroon, hundreds of people have protested attacks on schools, churches, and clinics in the country's troubled west after a hospital in the city of Mamfe was torched. Cameroon's military and separatists traded blame for last week...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:38:29 GMT
Moise Mugisha Wins Tour Du Cameroun
[New Times] Moïse Mugisha on Sunday, June 13 was crowned the winner of the Tour du Cameroun 2022 race.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:35:18 GMT
Patrick Mboma Appointed Indomitable Lions Ambassador
[CAF] Former Cameroon goal poacher Henri Patrick Mboma Dem, has been appointed Ambassador of the Indomitable Lions.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:58:56 GMT
Govt Deploys Troops After Deadly Separatist Attack On Military Post
[VOA] Njitapon, Cameroon -- Cameroon's military on Thursday said it deployed about a hundred troops to the French-speaking village of Njitapon, after 35 anglophone separatists attacked the outpost.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:50:46 GMT
Troops Kill 9 Civilians in Separatist Region
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military says it has arrested four of its troops for the killing of nine civilians, including four women and a baby. A military spokesman says the troops fired on villagers after not getting any help in their search for a ...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:33:02 GMT
Marie-Alix De Putter, President of the Bluemind Foundation, Named 'Best Woman Leader in Africa'
[New Dawn] The French-Cameroonian Marie-Alix de Putter, President of the Bluemind Foundation and CEO of HEMLEY Productions, named "Best Woman Leader in Africa" (special mention) at the 2022 edition of the Africa Investments Forum & Awards (AIFA).

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:37:39 GMT
Red Cross Appeals for Aid to Support Fleeing Cameroonian Refugees
[Premium Times] "Our personnel have been very busy attending to the influx of these refugees, many of whom are severely wounded."

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:45:23 GMT
Children Protest Abuses in Separatist Conflict
[VOA] Yaounde -- Several hundred children marched through the streets of Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, on June 6 holding placards that called for an end to the use of child soldiers in the country's separatist conflict, as well as other abuses to chi...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:37:51 GMT
Locusts in Cameroon - From Pest to Seasonal Asset
[New Frame] People fleeing the wartorn north-west region are catching grasshoppers, plucking, spicing, cooking and selling them. The profit helps keep children in school and households fed.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:54:25 GMT
Suluhu Hassan Congratulates Serengeti Girls for Beating Cameroon 1 - 0
[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu Hassan sent a congratulatory message to the U-17 National women's soccer team, Serengeti Girls for their victory over Cameroon on Sunday and subsequently qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:02:46 GMT
Cameroon, CAR Join Forces to Fight Rebels On Border
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A commission of senior security and state officials from the troubled Central African Republic and Cameroon has agreed to jointly fight armed C.A.R. rebels they say are fleeing intensive fighting and infiltrating refugee ca...



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