VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — 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 border to assess the security situation and assure …
Read More »L’anglophone Mbah Éric Mbah élu nouveau bâtonnier du barreau du Cameroun
RFI | Mbah Eric Mbah a été élu pour un mandat de deux ans face à trois adversaires, lors d’une assemblée générale tendue et porté par plus de 1 200 voix favorables pour un corps électoral constitué de 3 000 avocats. Il est anglophone, et originaire du Nord-Ouest Cameroun. Un détail qui …
Read More »UN condemns attack on hospital in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, June 12 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has strongly condemned an attack on a hospital in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region of Southwest. “Attacks on healthcare workers, patients and facilities are serious violations of international human rights law,” Matthias Naab, UN humanitarian …
Read More »Seven missing in Cameroon boat accident
CGTN | Seven people are missing after a motorized canoe sank on a waterway in central Cameroon, the region’s top administrator told AFP. “A canoe with 12 people on board sank on Tuesday. There are five survivors but we have no news of seven people,” said Peter Ntieh Nde, prefect …
Read More »Five soldiers killed in separatist attack in Cameroon’s West region
CGTN | At least five Cameroonian soldiers were killed early Wednesday in an attack by separatist fighters in the country’s West region, according to the region’s governor, Augustine Awa Fonka. The fighters attacked the gendarmerie checkpoint in Njitapon, a locality in the Noun division of the region in a battle …
Read More »Cameroon: Soldiers free senator held hostage by Anglophone separatists
africanews | Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a presidential party senator, kidnapped a month ago, and killed a dozen of their suspected kidnappers, English-speaking armed separatists, the army said on Tuesday. Elizabeth Regina Mundi, 79, and her driver were kidnapped on April 30 by rebels demanding independence …
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