At least three people died after a ferry belonging to Cameroon’s shipping company Achouka sank off Cameroon’s Atlantic coast Sunday evening, according to local authorities. About 200 passengers were on board the ferry, which left neighbouring Nigeria and was heading to Tiko wharf in Cameroon’s Southwest region, a Cameroon navy official who preferred not to […]
Tens of thousands of people have deserted Cameroon’s conflict prone English-speaking regions after a bloody weekend. Fighting between the military and separatists left at least 40 people dead, and a prominent Catholic bishop was abducted. The renewed fighting comes after a military tribunal ordered separatist leaders imprisoned for life. The new violence has dashed hopes […]
Felix Agbor Balla Nkongho is a leading Cameroonian lawyer and award-winning human rights advocate. Nkongho was detained for nine months for taking part in protests against the marginalisation of the legal and education systems in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. The Francophone government responded with deadly violence marked by gross human rights violations. Nkongho (49) […]
A prominent Catholic bishop in Cameroon has been released by his abductors in the country’s volatile English-speaking Northwest region. “Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo Diocese has been released by his captors. He is back in the parish and in good health,” the officials said in a statement. Armed separatists claimed responsibility for kidnapping the bishop […]
A shooting at a house party in New Mexico has left three people dead and four others injured, authorities say. The incident happened on Sunday morning in the city of Hobbs, which is located in Lea County, in the southeast corner of the state near the Texas border. Khalil Carter, 18, of Hobbs; Kristal Avena, 24, of Hobbs, and […]
Five generals from the Turkish army have handed in resignations in the wake of a military council meeting earlier this month, opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet said on Sunday. The Supreme Military Council (YAS), chaired by President Tayyip Erdogan, convened to discuss promotions, dismissals and placements of the high-ranking military personnel on Aug 1. The resignations by […]
The city of Paris marked 75 years since its liberation from Nazi forces in World War II with a Freedom Parade on Sunday. Flag carrying Parisians came out onto the streets in 1940s period costumes as tanks and military vehicles rolled through the French capital to recreate the route taken by Allied forces, led by […]
A Cameroon military tribunal handed life sentences to 10 men who led a secessionist movement in the country’s two English-speaking regions until their arrest in neighboring Nigeria last year. The men were found guilty of charges including acts of rebellion and hostility against the state after a trial that took less than 24 hours and […]
Capital of Cameroon’s North West region, Bamenda, is experiencing a social shutdown following eruption of violence after the recent sentencing of separatist leaders by a military court. According to a BBC witness, businesses have remained closed whiles people have also remained at home for fear of getting caught in clashes. Reports said after Tuesday’s sentencing of Sisuku […]
A bus driver was killed and seven passengers kidnapped when terror group Boko Haram hijacked a commercial bus in Cameroon’s Far North region on Tuesday, Cameroon army said on Wednesday. “There were 19 passengers altogether when the terrorists attacked. The driver was killed on the spot, and seven passengers were kidnapped. The other 11 passengers […]
