UNHCR appreciates the contribution of EUR300,000 by the European Commission’s department for overseas humanitarian aid (ECHO) towards the response to the Cameroon refugee situation in Nigeria. NCFRMI and UNHCR completed registration in Sardauna LGA, Taraba state on 20 April bringing the total figures of Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria to 21,291. In Boki LGA, Cross River, […]
Manyu Diaspora Advisory Committee Urgent Press release #0010of 07thMay2018 Subject: GET READY TO BOYCOTT BLOODY 20THMAY To: All Parents, sons, and daughters of Manyu: The Manyu Diaspora Advisory Committee will like to draw your attention to this fake Celebration that the secret cult government of Paul Biya has continued to use to manipulate our minds, […]
Despite military successes scored against Boko Haram jihadists, it will take years to “completely eliminate” the group, a United Nations envoy told AFP Tuesday. “Boko Haram has proven to be a resilient group…I think it will take time to totally eliminate,” said Muhammad Ibn Chambas, special envoy to the UN secretary general for West Africa […]
Cameroon has forcibly returned 385 refugees to Nigeria this year, most of them in the past month, a United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) report reveals. This despite the country’s commitment as recently as 2017 to facilitate the safe return of Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram violence. By doing this, Cameroon is violating both national and […]
The UN secretary general is deeply concerned by US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the Iran nuclear deal, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric at a press briefing in New York City on Tuesday. “The Secretary General is deeply concerned by today’s announcement that the United States will be withdrawing […]
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have failed to reach a deal on the distribution of water from the Nile River. Ethiopia is building a massive dam on the major river, which passes through Ethiopia before flowing into Egypt and Sudan. Egypt, in particular, fears the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will reduce the flow of water to […]
A group of Nigerian migrants who survived a deadly sea crossing last year have filed a lawsuit against Italy for violating their human rights by supporting the Libyan Coast Guard’s efforts to turn back boats to North Africa, their lawyers said on Tuesday. Some 17 migrants supported by four lawyers filed the lawsuit to the […]
In the midst of a chat with a taxi driver, I spotted a little flag I didn’t recognise hanging from the driver’s dash. Ever curious, I asked him what country it was. I received one hell of a response. In fact, in the 15 to 20 minutes I was in the car, I received the […]
Cameroonian authorities must immediately release broadcaster Akumbom Elvis McCarthy from detention and ensure that the country’s military courts are not used to prosecute journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A military tribunal on April 10 ordered that McCarthy, a news broadcaster for Abakwa FM Radio, a privately owned broadcaster based in Cameroon’s Bamenda region, be […]
The Republic of Cameroon under President Biya lost the title of “One and Indivisible” long ago. It has suffered tribalism, corruption, nepotism, state terrorism, ritual killings, police violence and abject poverty. But none of this compares with the destruction being inflicted on Southern Cameroonians today by a war orchestrated by the 85 year-old dictator, President […]
