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VOX | YAOUNDE —  For the first time, Cameroon’s defense minister has acknowledged grave rights abuses by the military against civilians in the fight against Anglophone rebels and ordered such violations to stop. Cameroon’s military has characterized past abuses, including torture and killings, as isolated incidents. Rights groups and victims …

MarketWatch | YAOUNDE, Cameroon–The price paid for cocoa beans glided down slightly at Cameroon’s leading Douala port, after staying flat throughout last week, according to figures released Tuesday by the country’s National Cocoa and Coffee Board. The cocoa beans sold for 1,288 CFA francs ($2.01) per kilogram, down nearly 1%, …

YAOUNDE, July 19 (Reuters) – Cameroon’s anti-corruption agency is investigating claims by miner and commodities trader Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) that it paid bribes to officials at state-run companies in exchange for favours, an official said on Tuesday. Dieudonne Massi Gams, chairman of the central African country’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC), told Reuters …

Inside The Games | Home sambists won five of the eight gold medals on offer on day two of the African Sambo Championships in Cameroon. That included all three of the men’s sambo titles available as Franck Benoit Meyong Ondoa triumphed at under-64 kilograms, Franck Junior Molakye at under-79kg and …