Cameroon remains one of the most overlooked humanitarian crises in the region. Violence and insecurity, displacement, climate related shocks and public health risks continue to intersect and compound existing fragilities. In 2026, an estimated 2.9 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection services. Behind this figure are families who have lost homes and livelihoods, children […]
At least five Boko Haram militants were killed when they launched an offensive against a military camp in Cameroon’s Far North region, security sources confirmed on Thursday. The attack occurred late Wednesday into early Thursday at the Bargaram military camp, which hosts Cameroon’s elite Rapid Intervention Battalion. Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the camp […]
Ten years after it began, the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon is worsening and continues to be one of the most under-reported conflicts in the world. The conflict, which has been ravaging the North-West and South-West regions, started in late 2016 and has grown into the worst crisis in the Central African country post-independence. Pitting militants […]
Standard Chartered said it booked a $5 million loss in 2025, about CFA2.8 billion at current exchange rates, following the sale of its Cameroon subsidiary, according to its annual report published on Feb. 24, 2026. Despite the accounting loss, the British banking group said the transaction improved its overall risk profile. Within its Corporate and Investment […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says a record number of 129 journalists and media personnel lost their lives globally last year, with Israel accounting for two-thirds of the fatalities. The New York-based committee reported that 2025 was the most lethal year for journalists, with the majority of fatalities being Palestinian journalists and media personnel […]
Catholics in Cameroon, including the Nunciature, Bishops and the Laity have expressed joy and hope ahead of the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to the Central African countty, describing the papal journey as a moment of blessing, reconciliation, unity, and renewal for the nation. In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 25, the Vatican announced that […]
Cameroon’s government has confirmed that opposition figure Anicet Ekane, 74, died of natural causes while in custody, following a forensic autopsy with additional examinations conducted in Switzerland. Ekane passed away on December 1, 2025, at the National Gendarmerie Military Medical Centre in Yaoundé. He had been arrested nearly six weeks earlier in Douala on October […]
Pope Leo XIV will visit four African nations in April, the Vatican said Thursday, including Algeria – the first time a pope will travel to the North African Muslim nation. The Vatican announced a series of international trips in the months ahead for the US pontiff, who was elected last year, including to Spain and […]
In its February 24 humanitarian update on Cameroon, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Crisis outcomes are expected to remain widespread in the Northwest and Southwest regions until at least May. The agency attributes this to “persistent conflict and insecurity, which continue to disrupt livelihoods and restrict households’ food availability […]
Nigeria’s government has rejected a media report alleging that it paid a “huge” ransom to Islamist militant group Boko Haram to secure the release of more than 200 pupils and staff abducted from a Catholic boarding school in November. Information Minister Mohammed Idris described the allegation, made by the AFP news agency quoting intelligence sources, […]
