Pope Leo XIV has rejected a formal invitation to attend the United States’ 250th Independence Day celebration, opting instead to go to an immigrant reception center on a tiny, remote island. The Vatican officially announced on Thursday that Pope Leo will be in Lampedusa, a small Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea that serves as […]
Cameroon national football team could be on the verge of bolstering its ranks, as four talented dual-nationality players have publicly expressed their desire to represent the Indomitable Lions. While the Indomitable Lions will not feature at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the squad continues to attract interest from players eager to contribute to the national […]
Four journalists and a lawyer were arrested Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on Africans recently deported from the United States. The journalists were in a compound in Yaoundé where the deportees were being held to interview and document the conditions, when they were detained by Cameroon authorities, multiple news outlets report. The judicial police separated […]
At least five Boko Haram militants were killed after launching a coordinated overnight assault on a military outpost in Cameroon’s Far North region, military sources said on Thursday. The attack occurred late Wednesday into early Thursday in Hile Alifa, a locality in the Logone and Chari division. Weapons used by the militants were seized during […]
An Associated Press journalist was beaten by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaoundé while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters. The journalists had their equipment confiscated, which has yet to be returned, and were taken to the judicial police by […]
Pope Leo plans to visit Cameroon shortly, although details of the controversial trip have not yet been confirmed by the Vatican. Questions are being raised about whether the Pope’s presence bestows legitimacy on the regime of 93-year-old President Paul Biya. In the nineth year of a vicious civil war, the Central African nation held an […]
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has responded to repeated US military threats against Iran, saying that the weapons that can sink the American carriers are “more dangerous” than the warships. “The American president [Donald Trump] repeatedly says that their military is the strongest in the world. The strongest military in the world, however, can […]
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement “Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family […]
Between 2006 and 2026, Cameroon’s passport recorded modest gains in the Henley Passport Index published by Henley & Partners. The country moved up gradually, but the improvement did not significantly expand the international mobility of its citizens. In 2006, Cameroon reached its highest ranking of the period, placing 70th globally. Visa-free or visa-on-arrival access allowed […]
The Trump administration covertly deported nine individuals to Cameroon, even though many of them had U.S. court protections preventing such deportations, and none of them was from that African country, according to a report by the New York Times. Many of these men and women sent to Cameroon on a flight from Alexandria, Louisiana, on […]
