A law enforcement officer was killed on Monday by Anglophone secessionists in Cameroon, as English speaking Cameroonian activists continue to seek independence with bombs and guns. Mahamat Aldou Djaribe, 24, an indigene of Kousseri in Cameroon’s far north, was killed on Monday in the troubled Southwestern region, reported local newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel. Since calls […]
Alexandre Belinga may only be holding the reins of the Cameroon national side on an interim basis, but this wise old head of the national game appears keen to reshape the squad as the 2019 African Cup of Nations approaches. The Central African nation are hosting the event and will also enter as holders after […]
Cameroon’s national day Sunday was marked by violence in its troubled English-speaking region, with two policemen killed, soldiers wounded and a mayor kidnapped by suspected armed separatists. In the capital, Yaounde, in central Cameroon, President Paul Biya, who has ruled since 1982, presided over a public show of the country’s military might. But in the […]
As President Paul Biya led National Day celebrations in Yaounde on Sunday, several policemen were killed, soldiers wounded and mayors kidnapped in Cameroon by suspected armed separatists who had warned against celebrating the central African state’s national day in English-speaking regions. A Nigerian military contingent — part of the Cameroon effort to fight a Boko […]
Cameroon on Sunday marked 46th National Day amidst growing tension in English speaking Northwest and Southwest regions. The day commemorates the 1972 national referendum when Cameroonians voted for a unitary as opposed to the existing federal state. The government chose May 20 to celebrate former President Ahmadou Ahidjo’s abolishment of the federal system of government. […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer congratulations to the people of the Republic of Cameroon as you celebrate your National Day on May 20, 2018. “The United States values the ties that bind the American and Cameroonian people. We look forward to continuing […]
Cameroon has again imposed a curfew on its English-speaking regions, where armed separatists vow the country’s national day will not be celebrated May 20. Hundreds of troops deployed from Cameroon’s capital Yaounde carried out parade rehearsals in the southwestern town of Buea, as armed separatists chased out some public officials and closed some schools. People […]
Yaoundé the capital of Cameroon on Saturday denounced the “infantilisation” of the Cameroonian nation following a statement by the United States suggesting to President Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982, to “reflect on his legacy” and his place in the history book before the presidential elections scheduled at the end of the […]
The Southern Cameroons crisis that started as a simple strike by teachers and lawyers in October 2016 is gradually making the independence of the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon a certainty, especially as there are targeted killings and huge refugees movements in and out of the country. Ever since the crisis started, the country’s president, […]
President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, returned to the White House on Saturday after undergoing a surgical procedure this week to treat a benign kidney condition, her office said. The first lady, 48, had been recovering at Walter Reed medical center since Monday, when she underwent an embolization procedure to treat the kidney condition. Spokeswoman […]
