VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — At least 16 people were killed and nearly three dozen injured Sunday when a four-story building collapsed onto a smaller one in Cameroon’s largest city, authorities said. “The casualty figures may be higher, said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of Cameroon’s Littoral region, where the …
Read More »At least 9 die and three dozen injured in a building collapse in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroonian authorities say at least nine people were killed and nearly three dozen injured in a building collapse. A four-story building collapsed onto a smaller one early Sunday morning in Douala, the country’s economic center and largest city. Bodies are still being recovered. The military’s fire …
Read More »WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon
July 19 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday said a batch of cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon under the brand name Naturcold contained extremely high levels of a toxic ingredient, the latest in a series of recent warnings about contaminated cough syrups. The packaging label on …
Read More »Newlywed couple shot dead in Cameroon attack | + video
africanews | The victims, identified as Simplice Lontsi Tsomene, 37, and his wife Hélène Raisa Tanga, 25, were known as loving parents to three children and were also the proud owners of a phone shop.
Read More »Separatist attack kills 10 in northwestern Cameroon, regional governor says
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Armed separatists wearing military uniforms killed 10 civilians and wounded three in an attack at a crowded intersection in Cameroon’s volatile northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. The killings took place on Sunday in Bamenda, the region’s capital, according to the governor, Debben Tchoffo. The …
Read More »Cameroon’s Separatists Torch Trucks of Cocoa as Farmers Protest
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — VOA | Cameroon’s anglophone rebels have torched truckloads of cocoa that were bound for French-speaking towns as farmers protest a ban of exports to Nigeria. Cocoa farmers have blocked hundreds of tons of the beans from leaving their farms and are staging daily street action after the …
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