The People’s Foundation Fetes Christmas With Less Privileged, IDPs

  By Basil K Mbuye The People’s Foundation in partnership with Africa of Tomorrow has celebrated Christmas with over 200 less privileged and Internally Displaced children and their parents. The event took place at the Buea Town Catholic church on Wednesday, December 23 bringing about less privileged and internally displaced persons from Maumu, Ekona, Issokolo…

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Cameroon’s first ever regional elections polling ends despite interruption by armed separatists

  (Xinhua) — Cameroon’s first ever regional elections polling ended on Sunday evening despite interruptions by armed separatists in the country’s English-speaking regions. Authorities said by the time voting ended at 6 p.m. local time, there had been no reports of major incidents that could derail the elections. “All the election material and documents were made…

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One killed, others wounded as Cameroon holds first ever regional election

Malay Mail | Scattered violence marred Cameroon’s first ever election to appoint regional councils yesterday, with one voter killed by separatist insurgents in the English-speaking Northwest region. President Paul Biya hopes the vote will appease critics who say he has long neglected the Central African country’s 10 regions, and end a four-year separatist insurgency in the…

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Man from Cameroon Charged in Pittsburgh for Running Fraudulent Online Puppy Scam

erienewsnow | A Cameroonian citizen living in Romania has been arrested and charged in Pittsburgh for running a puppy scam that resulted in multiple victims, including several in western Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Desmond Fodje Bobga, 27, was arrested in Cluj, Romania on December 3 pursuant to provisional arrest request from the…

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Municipal councilor murdered by equipped separatists

  (MENAFN) According to local officials, a municipal councillor was murdered by equipped separatists in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region of Northwest as elections for the state’s first ever regional poll started on Sunday. A municipal councillor of the municipality, Ancho Elias Ambi, was mureded when a military group moving electors came under assault by equipped separatists,…

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