Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 21 people in separate attacks in a remote northeastern region of Nigeria, security officials and a witness have told AFP. The jihadists shot dead 18 forest workers who had been collecting firewood in Borno state, close to the town of Gamboru, on the border with Cameroon on Sunday, according to […]
The Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea border has been officially re-opened, four months after it was closed following a foiled coup d’etat in the latter last December. Business people on both sides have welcomed the move that resulted from an agreement between administrative officials of the Kié-Ntem Province of Equatorial Guinea and the Ntem Valley Division of Cameroon. […]
Bernard Okalia Bilia, the Francophone governor of the South-West region braved the bad roads to the Lebialem County, one of the six constituencies in the Southern zone of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, at the end of the week to install the new prefect appointed on April 6 by President Biya, when his convoy came […]
Two bomb attacks have killed three Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the town of Bama in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno. Media reports stated that the suspected militants, a man and a woman, detonated their explosives inside the mosque during morning prayers on Saturday in Borno state. The pair “blew themselves up in […]
Cameroon security forces have been cited as engaging in significant human rights abuse in respect of armed combat they are engaged in across three regions of the country, a United States government report has said. The Central African nation is beset by Boko Haram insurgency in its Far North region whiles the Anglophone crisis continues […]
As news broke that Arsene Wenger is to leave English club Arsenal at the end of the season, there was an immediate outpouring of affection for the manager from African fans and players alike. From current Liberia President George Weah at Monaco to Wenger’s last signing at Arsenal – Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – the Frenchman […]
Cameroon Intelligence Report has been informed that elements from the Rapid Intervention Battalion, BIR deployed from Dschang in French Cameroun to Menji were ambushed by the Red Dragons protecting the Lebialem County. A well-placed source deep within the Interim Government of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia who confirmed the attack also said that the Red […]
Cameroon is denying a report by the U.N. refugee agency that it has forcibly repatriated close to 400 Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers since January, but it says people running to areas prone to regular attacks by Boko Haram had to be moved to safer localities. Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of Cameroon’s far northern region that shares […]
The Cameroonian authorities have banned mining operations of three Chinese companies for non-compliant with contractual terms. Cameroon’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development said on Saturday. The companies, Hong Kong, Peace Mining and Lu, and Lang, the ministry said would no longer perform gold panning activities in the region of East-Cameroon. The government ordered […]
Former France coach Raymond Domenech and German World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus are among more than 70 men to have applied to be coach of African champion Cameroon. Cameroon is looking for a new coach less than a year before it defends its African Cup of Nations title as tournament host. Belgium’s Hugo Broos led […]
