Rights groups in Cameroon have accused the military of torching scores of homes this week of suspected separatist supporters, leaving hundreds of people homeless this holiday season. The military has denied burning any civilian houses. Cameroon civil society groups say hundreds of people rendered homeless by this week’s attacks are seeking refuge in churches. Some […]
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima has condemned the continued detention of Antoinette Kongnso one year after a Southern Cameroons court decision granted her including her 14-month-old baby born in detention bail. She was a former girlfriend of Mbashie Clement the dreaded Ambazonian fighter known as ‘General No Pity’. Cameroon Concord […]
A 69-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday (December 23) was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The man, a retired train driver, “was clearly targeting foreigners”, Darmanin told reporters, adding however that it was “not certain” that the man was […]
The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, has decreed the integration of the Ministry of Defense into his powers as head of state in the face of increasing jihadist violence in the north of the African country. The presidential decree, reported by the Togo Breaking News portal, states that the Ministry of the Armed Forces will […]
Donald Trump should never be allowed to run for public office again after inciting an insurrection, lawmakers investigating last year’s assault on the US Capitol concluded in their watershed final report. The recommendation led a list of proposals from the 845-page document aimed at ensuring there is no repeat of the deadly riot the ex-president […]
Amnesty International calls on the Cameroonian authorities to urgently provide the legal basis for the detention of Abdul Karim Ali, a peace activist, who has been held without charge since 11 August 2022 and kept in inhuman conditions or release him immediately. “In the absence of information from the justice system what we know is […]
Cameroon goalkeeper André Onana ended his career with the national team on Friday, one month after the 26-year-old player was sent home from the World Cup in a dispute with coach Rigobert Song. The Inter Milan player posted a statement on his Twitter account saying “my story with the Cameroonian national team has come to […]
Congolese musician Tshala Muana will be buried in Kinshasa Friday, December 23, four days after the internment of her counterpart, Kiamuangana Mateta Verckys. Tshala, who was also popularly known as Mamu Nationale (Mother of the Nation) and the ‘Queen of Mutuashi’, died on December 10 after a long illness. Just like Kiamuangana’s, her body is […]
Cameroon has deployed troops to its port city of Douala, the country’s economic hub, to try to stem a wave of gang violence. The insecurity has also disrupted Cameroon’s exports to its landlocked neighbors, the Central African Republic and Chad. Cameroon’s President Paul Biya ordered the troops to Douala during two days of emergency security […]
Amadou Vamoulke, the former general manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television Corporation (CRTV), was sentenced Tuesday, December 20, 2022 to 12 years in prison by the Special Criminal Court and he was also fined 47 million FCFA. Vamoulké spent six years in detention without being convicted on any charge-a situation described by Reporters Without […]
