May 11

• Cameroon: 16th Anniversary of Frenchman Imprisoned in Cameroon

  12 May will mark the 16th anniversary that French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana has been imprisoned in Cameroon, after being accused of embezzling public funds and put on... Read more »

May 03

• Cameroon: French Airport Village Pays for Cameroon Stowaway's Funeral

  A French village this week buried an anonymous Cameroonian man who was found dead in the landing gear of an airplane that landed at Paris's Charles De Gaulle airport. His... Read more »

April 20

• Nigeria: Hostage Family Want to Return to Cameroon

  The French family freed after being held hostage by a Nigerian Islamist group arrived in Paris early Saturday morning. Tanguy and Albane Moulin-Fournier, their four children and... Read more »

April 19

• Nigeria: Kidnapped French Family Freed - Cameroon President

  The French family kidnapped in Cameroon in February have been freed in Nigeria, where they had been taken by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Cameroon's President Paul Biya... Read more »

April 09

• Cameroon: Stowaway Found Dead in Cameroon-Paris Plane Landing Gear

  The body of a stowaway, possibly a teenager, was discovered on Monday in the landing gear of a plane which landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport from Cameroon. Read more »

March 27

• Kenya: African Press Review 27 March 2013 [press release]

  In Kenya the size of a snake has been greatly exaggerated. Uganda is under pressure to give more to fighting HIV/Aids. Its police face investigation over an attack on Besigye's... Read more »

March 18

• Cameroon: Boko Haram Threatens Cameroon Attacks in New French Hostage Video

  A second video of a French family held hostage by Nigeria's Boko Haram has been sent to journalists in the region where they are believed to be held. The Islamists threaten to... Read more »

March 17

• Nigeria: Nigerian Foreign Minister Confirms No Ransom to Kidnappers of French Hostages

  Nigeria ruled out a ransom payment yesterday to kidnappers holding seven members of a French family, as France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius held talks with President Jonathan... Read more »

March 16

• Cameroon: 'Discretion and Determination' to Release Kidnapped Nationals - French Minister

  French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius reassured the French community in Yaoundé on Saturday that "discretion and determination" were being exercised to find the family of... Read more »

February 26

• Cameroon: France Rules Out Talks With Kidnappers of Family

  France's defence minister on Tuesday ruled out talks with the abductors of a French family seized in Cameroon, after a video of the hostages appeared on YouTube. Read more »

February 21

• Cameroon: France Denies Cameroon Hostages Are Free

  The French Foreign Affairs Minister has described reports that a kidnapped family of French hostages has been freed as “without basis” Read more »

February 20

• Cameroon: France Tells Citizens to Leave North Cameroon

  France has urged its citizens to leave northern Cameroon after Tuesday's kidnapping of a family of seven. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian blamed Nigerian armed Islamist... Read more »

February 19

• Nigeria: French Family Kidnapped Near Border

  Seven French tourists, four of them children, have been kidnapped in northern Mali, French President François Hollande confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. Armed men took their... Read more »

July 03, 2012

• Cameroon: UK Court Suspends Gay Man's Deportation

  The High Court in London has granted an injunction suspending the deportation of a Cameroonian gay man who says he will be persecuted if he is sent back home. Read more »

July 01, 2012

• Cameroon: Gay Man Says Life in Danger If Deported from UK

  Valéry Ediage Ekwedde, a Cameroonian gay man who has failed to obtain refugee status in the UK, says he will be deported to Douala on Tuesday. Ekwedde, who is being held at... Read more »

September 27, 2011

• Africa: African Press Review 27 September 2011

  Tolls to pay for the huge cost of a new stretch of freeway, Winnie Madikezela Mandela winning awards, and counterfeit drugs are all in the African papers today. Read more »