Iran claimed responsibility for a missile strike Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying it targeted an Israeli “strategic centre”. Authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region had earlier said 12 ballistic missiles rained down on Arbil in a pre-dawn attack targeting US interests that slightly wounded two civilians and caused material damage. The […]
Joel Matip has become the first Cameroonian to win the Premier League’s player of the month award. The centre-back played every minute as Liverpool won all four of their matches in February, conceding only one goal. He scored in the 6-0 win over Leeds, as well as assisting Diogo Jota as the Reds beat Leicester. […]
Even with sophisticated weaponry, the Cameroon military finds it hard getting to parts of Cameroon’s English-speaking regions where separatist militants operate. It’s even harder for government officials and anyone who doesn’t adhere to the separatist agenda – an agenda that foresees the English-speaking regions separating from the rest of the country to form a new […]
Cameroonian authorities should immediately investigate an attack on Paul Chouta, a reporter for the privately owned news website Cameroon Web, and ensure those who assaulted him are held accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Wednesday evening, Chouta was watching the UEFA Champions League soccer game between Real Madrid and Paris St. Germain […]
The Francophone dominated political system in Yaoundé is in the throes of another agonized constitutional reform. But this time around the proponents of the new push for amendments deep within government circles are barons of the ruling CPDM party. Biya and his gang have tabled a bill at the National Assembly calling for the appointment […]
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that 40,791 Cameroonians are taking refuge in the state following the crisis in southwest Cameroon. SEMA Director-General, Princewill Ayim, said on Tuesday in Calabar that the UN High Commission released the latest figure for Refugees (UNHCR) in January. “The latest figure released by the UNHCR […]
The cholera outbreak in the South-West region continues to spread. Five health districts are affected with 967 cumulative confirmed cases and 23 deaths as of 31 January Two attacks on education were reported in the NorthWest, and eight teachers were abducted More than 3,200 schools remain non-functional in the North-West and South-West because of the […]
Three United States (U.S.) members of Congress – Ilhan Omar, Karen Bass and Sara Jacobs – have raised an alarm over alleged ongoing campaign of state-sponsored violence and rights violation by Cameroonian security forces in the country’s Anglophone region. In an oversight letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, […]
Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Douala claims Cameroon is being “stripped” of its natural resources by corrupt officials. “Our country is being badly beaten, stripped of its wealth, its dignity, its honor, its human and natural resources, and is in agony, because of the bad governance organized by its own sons and daughters,” the cleric said […]
Cameroon has deployed troops to a village in the west of the country after clashes between two ethnic groups, the Esu and the Mbororo. Authorities say members of the Esu burned scores of homes and buildings after armed Mbororo killed the Esu’s traditional ruler Wednesday for failing to stop Esu youth from joining anglophone separatists. […]
