November 22, 2022
West Africa: Cameroon Struggling to Rein in Arms Smuggling From Chad, Nigeria
Cameroon has blamed arms smuggling from its neighbors for fueling Boko Haram terrorism, anglophone separatists, and crime. The military says it has recovered only a small fraction… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Cameroon: World Cup Fans in Cameroon Pool Funds to Watch
The World Cup men's football championship kicks off in Qatar Sunday with fans in Africa keen to watch five teams from the continent competing for the title. Cameroon's national… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroonians Protest Insecurity Preventing Diabetes Treatment, Causing Deaths
In Cameroon, health workers and diabetics are marching on World Diabetes Day (Nov 14) to protest insecurity that is being blamed for a jump in deaths among diabetic patients.… Read more »
November 11, 2022
West Africa: Cameroon, CAR Deploy Joint Force to Battle Rebels, Abductions On Border
Defense ministers from Cameroon and the Central African Republic say they are deploying a joint force to their common border after at least 80 people were taken hostage over the… Read more »
November 07, 2022
West Africa: Cameroon Traders Say Equatorial Guinea Border Closure Ahead of Elections Hurts Business
Traders in the Cameroon town of Kiossi, on the border with Equatorial Guinea, say business is suffering after the land border was closed last week ahead of November 20 elections.… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Reports Influx of Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram Attacks
Cameroon says more than 1,000 Nigerians have crossed the country's border in the past three weeks - fleeing attacks by Boko Haram militants in northeast Borno state. Cameroon's… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Cameroon: President Celebrates 40 Years in Power - Opposition Seeking Electoral Reforms
Cameroon's government and its supporters are holding events this week ahead of celebrations Sunday marking President Paul Biya's 40 years in power. Meanwhile, opposition parties… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Cameroon: Big Increase in People Applying for U.S. Visa Lottery
Activists in Cameroon say there has been a 60% increase in people applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery. Thousands of people have been… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Central Africa: Cameroon Says Hundreds of Its Citizens Deported From Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon says Equatorial Guinea has deported several hundred Cameroonians, some of whom say they were fleeing terrorist and rebel attacks at home. The government of Equatorial… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Cameroon: Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Cameroon: Military Arrests Soldiers for Human Rights Violations
Cameroon's military said several soldiers have been arrested for torturing a suspected separatist general and fighters, following deadly fighting in the northwestern village of… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Cameroon: Health Officials Battle Cholera Outbreak As Floods Ravage Border Areas
Cameroon says a fresh wave of cholera outbreak provoked by ongoing floods in its northern border with Chad and Nigeria has killed at least 17 people and many more are feared dead… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Cameroon: Thousands Protest Separatist Attacks, Seek Release Of Abducted Clergy
Thousands of people protested Monday against separatist attacks and abductions at schools and churches. Demonstrators demanded to know the whereabouts of scores of people,… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon, Chad Say Border River Floods Displace 100,000
Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Cameroon: Armed Separatists Prevent Health Workers From Assisting Monkeypox Patients
A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Cameroon: Girls Call for End to School Shutdowns
In Cameroon, hundreds of displaced girls have protested the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. Close to a million Cameroonian children have lost school time… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Sees 100% Increase in Mental Health Care Seekers
Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Cameroon: Biya Orders Enforcement of Bilingualism Law
Cameroon's president has ordered officials to enforce a 2019 law on bilingualism and make life easier for English speakers in the French-speaking majority country. Complaints of… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Cameroon: Marchers Call for Peace, But Warring Sides At Odds On Talks
In Cameroon, thousands of people are marching to call for peace in the country's separatist conflict. The daily peace marches, which began on Friday and are slated to continue… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Cameroon: Anglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Cameroon: Separatists Blame Splinter Groups For Killings, Abductions
Cameroon's English-speaking separatists have for the first time acknowledged deadly clashes between splinter rebel groups. Read more »
September 22, 2022
Cameroon: Military Acknowledges Troops Attacked Civilians, Killing Two Women
Cameroon's military says three members of its airborne battalion this week attacked civilians and killed two mothers in Nylbat, an English-speaking village in Andeck district. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Cameroon: Women Say They Are Under-Represented in Peace Talks
In Cameroon, hundreds of women are protesting what they say is their underrepresentation in the country's efforts at peace, despite making up more than half the population. Women… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Says Separatists Are Keeping 8 Abducted Clergy and Christians On Nigerian Border
Cameroonian authorities have accused armed separatists of abducting five Catholic priests, a nun, and two worshippers from a church on its western border with Nigeria. The Catholic… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Cameroon: Officials Say Rebels Attacking Schools
Officials in Cameroon say armed separatists have chased several thousand children from schools just days after the students returned to classrooms for the first time in years.… Read more »