Cameroon
Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:15:46 GMTHow Cameroon's Traditional Rulers are Leading Communities on the Climate Crisis #AfricaClimateHope
[allAfrica] Where are the areas on earth with the most biodiversity? The answer might surprise you. It's places cared for and protected by indigenous peoples. This is because the way of life of native groups are intertwined with the rhythms and flow ...
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:47:58 GMTMilitary Arrests Soldiers for Human Rights Violations
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon's military said several soldiers have been arrested for torturing a suspected separatist general and fighters, following deadly fighting in the northwestern village of Djotin.
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:58:46 GMTCameroon's Lagbo Dam Not Responsible for Nigeria's Flood - Govt
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, yesterday dismissed insinuations that the water released from the Lagbo Dam in Cameroun was responsible for this year's devastating flood in many parts of Nigeria.
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:49:44 GMTHealth Officials Battle Cholera Outbreak As Floods Ravage Border Areas
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon says a fresh wave of cholera outbreak provoked by ongoing floods in its northern border with Chad and Nigeria has killed at least 17 people and many more are feared dead in difficult-to-access villages within a week. An emer...
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:36:31 GMTThousands Protest Separatist Attacks, Seek Release Of Abducted Clergy
[VOA] Yaounde -- Thousands of people protested Monday against separatist attacks and abductions at schools and churches. Demonstrators demanded to know the whereabouts of scores of people, including five Catholic priests, a nun, and two worshippers t...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:38:06 GMTCameroon, Chad Say Border River Floods Displace 100,000
[VOA] Yaounde -- Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000 homeless. Cameroonian officials brought assistance to ...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:22:29 GMTArmed Separatists Prevent Health Workers From Assisting Monkeypox Patients
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases.
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:28:04 GMTSoccer Authorities Slam Allegations of Magic in National Team
[allAfrica] According to Radio France Internationale, Cameroon's national soccer team and the soccer federation are using spells and magic. The October 6 report alleges that most Cameroonian footballers rush to remote villages deep in the equatorial ...
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:47:06 GMTGirls Call for End to School Shutdowns
[VOA] Yaounde -- In Cameroon, hundreds of displaced girls have protested the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. Close to a million Cameroonian children have lost school time in recent years due to the separatist conflict in west...
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:30:54 GMTCameroon Sees 100% Increase in Mental Health Care Seekers
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north.
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:31:00 GMTSeparatist Conflict Has Now Become a Question of Money - Spokesman of the Bishops' Conference
[Agenzia Fides] Yaoundé -- "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money",Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, Director of Social Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, told Cameroonian television. When it comes to money, it is ve...
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 06:32:17 GMTBiya Orders Enforcement of Bilingualism Law
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's president has ordered officials to enforce a 2019 law on bilingualism and make life easier for English speakers in the French-speaking majority country. Complaints of discrimination against English speakers sparked a separ...
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:12:10 GMTGender-Based Violence - Beyond the Crises and Effects On Mental Well-Being
[Southern Voice] This article was originally published by the NKAFU Policy Institute.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:02:41 GMTMarchers Call for Peace, But Warring Sides At Odds On Talks
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- In Cameroon, thousands of people are marching to call for peace in the country's separatist conflict. The daily peace marches, which began on Friday and are slated to continue through Tuesday, come on the third anniversary ...
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 10:48:15 GMTInvesting in Central Africa's Melting Pot
[The Exchange] Renowned by some as 'Africa's melting pot' and 'Africa in miniature' by others, Cameroon is inarguably one of the most diverse countries in the continent. Perched at the crossroads of West and Central Africa, the country not only boast...
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:32:34 GMTLooking to Erase CHAN 2020 Disappointment
[CAF] Nickname: Indomitable Lions
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:26:04 GMTAnglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
[VOA] Yaounde -- Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and arrested or killed some of their fighters. Hospital wo...
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:22:49 GMTMalkia Make Mince Meat of Cameroon at World Volleyball Championships
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Captain Mercy Moim and Sharon Chepchumba were the stars of the show as Malkia Strikers overcame Cameroon in straight sets at the ongoing women's World Volleyball Championships in the Netherlands.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:42:34 GMTMalkia Dream of Second Round Berth After Thrashing Cameroon in Holland
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Malkia Strikers head coach Paul Bitok believes they have what it takes to seal a historic second round qualification at the ongoing World Volleyball Championship in the Netherlands and Poland.
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:48:35 GMTSeparatists Blame Splinter Groups For Killings, Abductions
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon's English-speaking separatists have for the first time acknowledged deadly clashes between splinter rebel groups.
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:56:14 GMTHigh-Level Panel On Security, Development in Sahel Launched
[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and make recommendations on ways to foster international engagement and map out responses to the region's compl...
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:23:38 GMTAir Traffic Controllers Strike Disrupts Flights in West Africa
[RFI] Flights in and out of airports in a number of countries in West and Central Africa have ground to a halt after air traffic controllers defied a ban and launched a "wildcat strike" on Friday to demand better working conditions.
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 05:16:30 GMTMilitary Acknowledges Troops Attacked Civilians, Killing Two Women
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon's military says three members of its airborne battalion this week attacked civilians and killed two mothers in Nylbat, an English-speaking village in Andeck district.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:35:57 GMTKidnapped Catholics - 'We Don't Want to Create Dangerous Precedents - We Do Not Pay the Requested Ransom'
[Agenzia Fides] Yaoundé -- "We will not pay a dime" to the kidnappers of the nine worshippers taken from St. Mary's Catholic Church, in the village of Nchang (see Fides, 19/6/2022) in the Anglophone area of Cameroon. This was reported by the Preside...
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:35:22 GMTRegulatory Authority Considers Fuel Supply to Bakassi Fishers
[Premium Times] "At this point, the only option available to us is to travel from Bakassi to Calabar to source for petroleum products and in most cases, our people usually have problems with security agents."
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:32:48 GMTSmuggled Plastic Is Trashing Cameroon's Environment
[ISS] The steady flow of illegal non-biodegradable plastic into the country harms the environment, economy and public health.
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:31:21 GMTFrom Cameroonian Village to Stellenbosch Professor - Top TB Researcher Reflects On a Remarkable Journey
[spotlight] In 2004, Novel Chegou left his home country, Cameroon, in search of a better life in South Africa. With high hopes and not much money, he sold African crafts - beads, masks, and carved stones - next to the village green in Stellenbosch to...
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:30:42 GMTA Ransom Has Been Requested for the 9 People Kidnapped From the Church of Saint Mary
[Agenzia Fides] Mamfe -- The kidnapping of nine people in the attack on the church of Saint Mary, in the village of Nchang (see Fides, 19/9/2022) has been revealed a kidnapping for ransom. Msgr. Andrew Nkea Fuanya, Archbishop of Bamenda, stated this,...