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Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:39:17 GMT
Cameroon Traders Say Equatorial Guinea Border Closure Ahead of Elections Hurts Business
[VOA] Yaounde -- Traders in the Cameroon town of Kiossi, on the border with Equatorial Guinea, say business is suffering after the land border was closed last week ahead of November 20 elections. Equatorial Guinea says it closed the border to prevent...

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:46:08 GMT
Gas Shortage Sees Cameroonians Return to Cooking With Wood
[DW] A shortage of gas in Cameroon's biggest cities is forcing urbanites to use firewood to cook their food. It's bad news for both people and environment.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Cameroonians Return to Wood Amid Gas Shortage #AfricaClimateCrisis
[DW] A shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Cameroon's main cities is forcing urbanites to use firewood to cook their food. This is bad news for both people and the environment.

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:22:02 GMT
Govt Reports Influx of Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram Attacks
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon says more than 1,000 Nigerians have crossed the country's border in the past three weeks - fleeing attacks by Boko Haram militants in northeast Borno state. Cameroon's overcrowded camps are struggling to feed the displaced N...

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 06:20:39 GMT
President Celebrates 40 Years in Power - Opposition Seeking Electoral Reforms
[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- Cameroon's government and its supporters are holding events this week ahead of celebrations Sunday marking President Paul Biya's 40 years in power. Meanwhile, opposition parties are holding rallies calling for the 89-year-...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:03:46 GMT
Big Increase in People Applying for U.S. Visa Lottery
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Activists in Cameroon say there has been a 60% increase in people applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery. Thousands of people have been lining up at internet cafes to apply for th...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 06:59:18 GMT
Cameroon Says Hundreds of Its Citizens Deported From Equatorial Guinea
[VOA] Campo, Cameroon -- Cameroon says Equatorial Guinea has deported several hundred Cameroonians, some of whom say they were fleeing terrorist and rebel attacks at home. The government of Equatorial Guinea says the deportees were economic migrants ...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:38:50 GMT
Kidnapping for Ransom On the Rise in North Cameroon
[ISS] The double threat from Boko Haram and criminal gangs could further weaken the country's security situation.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 05:02:59 GMT
Oscars - Cameroon's 'The Planter's Plantation' Starring Nkem Owoh Selected for Academy Awards
[Premium Times] While a crisis continues to rock the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC), Cameroon has submitted her entry for the 2023 Oscar.

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:35:43 GMT
Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
[VOA] Yaounde -- Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people have died in the Minawao refugee camp and at least 81 ha...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:55:10 GMT
With Cyber Fraud On the Rise , Customer Security Remains Essential
[New Dawn] As online financial transactions are becoming increasingly popular, many Cameroonians are adopting the use of mobile wallets and online banking services across the country. While the ease that digital payments offer is unparalleled, making...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:15:46 GMT
How 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 GMT
Military 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 GMT
Cameroon'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 GMT
Health 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 GMT
Thousands 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 GMT
Cameroon, 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 GMT
Armed 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 GMT
Soccer 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 GMT
Girls 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 GMT
Cameroon 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 GMT
Separatist 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...



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