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…
Belfast Newsletter | WARNING: The following post content may be disturbing to some readers. A man has been fined for carrying out a sexual act in public during his first day in Northern Ireland. Belfast Magistrates’ Court heard Fabrece Nguegoub was spotted masturbating as he walked through a housing estate on the outskirts of the city. The…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon Crux Now | Cameroon’s lone cardinal was questioned about his lack of support for Anglophone independence when he was kidnapped earlier this month by rebels. Cardinal Christian Tumi, 90, was stopped by gunmen on Nov. 5 when he was travelling to his native Kumbo from Douala. The kidnapping took place in Babessi, located in Cameroon’s…
Attacks as Peace Talks Take Place Human Rights Watch | – Cameroonian armed forces have attacked a health facility in the North-West region and arbitrarily arrested seven health workers in the South-West, while armed separatists have killed at least six civilians, including a humanitarian worker and a teacher, since May 2020. The violence took place despite peace…
YAOUNDE VOA | Cameroon has bowed to pressure from rights groups and ordered investigations into the management of the COVID-19 solidarity fund contributed to by civilians. The rights groups said most of the $40 million cash and material had been embezzled. An outcry was sparked after rights groups said 4,000 bags of rice donated to COVID-19 patients…
Pulse | Alhaji Idi Amin, Chairman, Maiha local Government Area of Adamawa, said Cameronian Security had apprehended the most wanted and notorious Nigerian kidnappers who escaped to Cameroon. Amin confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Maiha, the headquarters of Maiha Local Government Area? Amin said that the suspects were…
CAPITAL GAZETTE | The 29-year-old man from Landover gunned down Saturday afternoon in Annapolis was a native of Cameroon who had arranged to purchase a cell phone as part of a plan to realize his American dream. Walters Mpang Halle Elangwe, 29, a resident of Landover and native of Cameroon, was gunned down in Annapolis on Saturday…
By Basil K Mbuye Cameroon has maintained her position as the fifth-ranked country in Africa to have exported more football players abroad in the 2019 season. The Sports Observatory of the International Centre for Sports Studies, CIES, published this week a study ranking countries that have exported most players abroad. The latest ranking,…
By Basil K Mbuye Four Southwest Regional League sides, Buea United FC, Options SA, EEMSA and Nkamanyi FI have joined the fight against the unexpected spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, commonly referred to as COVID-19. These clubs have carried out the sensitisation and distribution of hand sanitisers and face masks in…
Armed separatists continue abductions and killings Army burned dozens of houses, Amnesty remote sensing analysis confirms more than 50 in two areas As of last December, 679,000 people were displaced Amnesty International | A surge in violence meted out by the Cameroon military since recent weeks, has led to dozens of killings and thousands…
