February 07, 2023
Cameroon: Authorities Detain Media Mogul, Police Over Journalist's Killing
Authorities in Cameroon say 27 people, including senior police officers and a well-known media mogul, have been detained in connection with the killing last month of popular… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon Says Separatists Relaunch Attacks, IED Use After Death of Self Proclaimed General
Cameroon says separatists have killed and abducted villagers in the troubled South-West region in retaliation after the military this week killed a rebel leader and three of his… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Cameroon: Media Community Mourns Killing of Radio Journalist
Cameroon journalists are calling for an investigation and say their profession is in danger after a popular radio host investigating government corruption was found dead. Read more »
Cameroon: 2,000 Nigerian Refugees Leaving Cameroon but Majority to Stay
Hundreds of Nigerian refugees who fled Boko Haram terrorism to northern Cameroon started returning home this week, with about 2,000 expected to leave by Monday. This is the first… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Cameroon: Govt Denies Canada's Mediation With Separatists
Cameroon has denied an announcement that Canada will mediate the African country's separatist conflict, saying such a role was never mandated. Canada's foreign ministry last week… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Cameroon: Journalists Call for Investigation After Abduction, Death of Prominent Radio Reporter
Cameroonian journalists are calling for an independent investigation after popular radio reporter Martinez Zogo was found dead in the capital, Yaounde. Zogo was abducted last week… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Cameroon: Two Election Officials Killed in Nw Cameroon As Separatists Vow to Disrupt Senate Elections
Officials in Cameroon say separatists have killed two election officials in Cameroon , capital of the Northwest region. The rebels have vowed to disrupt Cameroon's March 12 Senate… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon Deploys Troops to Nigerian Border After Separatists, Herders Clash
Cameroon's government deployed at least 100 troops Wednesday to Gayama, a village on the border with Nigeria, after clashes between Cameroonian separatists and Nigerian herders… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Cameroon: Activists Push Gender Parity for Senate Elections
Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members of Cameroon's 100-member senate are women, a… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Cameroon: Fishers Urge Stop to Gulf of Guinea Poachers to Reverse EU Ban
Fishing boats arrive back at Idenau, a coastal village near Cameroon's western border with Nigeria. Read more »
January 12, 2023
Cameroon: MSF Welcomes Cameroon's Release of Staff Accused of Aiding Separatists
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French abbreviation MSF, welcomed Cameroon's release of five members of its staff detained for a year on charges of helping separatists. MSF… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon Calls On Plantation Workers to Return to Restive Western Regions
Cameroon's second largest employer, the state-run Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), is calling for thousands of plantation workers who fled the country's separatist conflict… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Offers Birth Certificates As Millions Denied an Education
Fourteen-year-old Ernestine Elimbi smiled and waved her birth certificate Thursday at the Endom district ceremonial ground in Cameroon's center region. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Military Denies Involvement in House Burnings in Northwest Region
Rights groups in Cameroon have accused the military of torching scores of homes this week of suspected separatist supporters, leaving hundreds of people homeless this holiday… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Cameroon: Nation Rallies to Support Displaced Children
Cameroon is marking Boxing Day, the day after Christmas when gifts are traditionally given to the poor, with a nationwide gift drive for internally displaced children. Cameroon's… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Deploys Troops to Quell Gang Violence in Port City of Douala
Cameroon has deployed troops to its port city of Douala, the country's economic hub, to try to stem a wave of gang violence. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Says Peace and Civilians Returning in Restive Regions
Cameroon governors say several thousand of the 750,000 people displaced by the separatist conflict in two western regions are returning home for the first time since hostilities… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Cameroon: Lawmakers Have High Hopes for U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Cameroon lawmakers say they have high expectations from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that begins Tuesday in Washington. Read more »
December 05, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Welcomes US Indictment of Suspected Separatist Sponsors
Cameroon's government is praising U.S. authorities for arresting three Cameroonian Americans accused of supporting separatist violence in the country's western regions. The three,… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Rights Groups Demand Protection of Displaced Women and Children From Rights Abuses
Ahead of World Human Rights Day this Saturday (12/10), Cameroonian rights groups are protesting what they call dehumanizing treatment of women and children displaced by the… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Hands Road Construction to Military Following Separatist Attacks, Abduction
Cameroon's military has taken over construction of roads linking its troubled western regions to Nigeria after what it said were repeated separatist attacks. The military says the… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Cameroon: Disabled Ask for Greater Inclusion in Public Office and Political Life
Scores of Cameroonians with physical disabilities petitioned the government on Friday for better representation in public office and political parties. Meeting in the capital… Read more »
December 01, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Says Conflict Prevents Access to AIDS Treatment
Cameroonian health workers and people with HIV marched for World AIDS Day on December 1, calling for access to treatment for patients in conflict areas. Read more »
November 28, 2022
Cameroon: Rescue Workers Still Searching for Landslide Victims
Rescue workers in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, are searching for people believed trapped under a landslide that killed at least 14 people and injured scores more Sunday. The… Read more »
November 23, 2022
West Africa: Cameroon Merchants Say Equatorial Guinea Partially Reopens Border
Traders working on Cameroon's border with Equatorial Guinea say Malabo has partially reopened border traffic a day after partial election results indicate Teodoro Obiang Nguema… Read more »