Despite a public outcry and and letters from members of Congress calling for it to be stopped, a deportation flight took off on Tuesday afternoon, carrying asylum seekers from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo back to the countries from which they had fled. Detainees, through their attorneys and other advocates, had raised concerns […]
Cameroon on Thursday described as “biased” comments by UN experts claiming the main opposition leader Maurice Kamto was under house arrest, and accusing Yaounde of “excessive force” in recent demonstrations. Kamto is the chief opponent of President Biya, who has ruled the Central African country for 38 years. His house has been surrounded by police […]
French prosecutors placed former president Nicolas Sarkozy under formal investigation for “criminal association” on Friday related to allegations that he accepted campaign funding from former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Prosecutors are investigating allegations that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi secretly gave Sarkozy €50 million for his inaugural presidential campaign in 2007. The allegations were first […]
Over 100 asylum seekers from Cameroon were deported en masse Tuesday afternoon, despite congressional intervention and efforts from activists, who held an action at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Texas to try to stop the deportation flights. Among those deported were several leaders of a hunger strike at Pine Prairie Detention Center in Louisiana […]
Two Cameroonian men slated for deportation from the United States were pulled off an ICE flight moments before take-off on Tuesday as part of an investigation into abuse they alleged they endured in U.S. custody, according to an ICE official with direct knowledge of the incident and immigration advocates. The two men are part of […]
The commotion broke out in the cemetery after dark, flashlights flickering wildly. Curious, neighbors stumbled upon a dispute between a grieving family and Cameroon’s security forces. The family wanted to exhume their father’s body from the Douala cemetery because the proper burial rites had not been carried out amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To send him […]
On the 14th of October 2020, an airplane carrying onboard over 100 asylum seekers from the United States landed in the Douala International Airport in Cameroon into the waiting hands of the Cameroonian authorities stationed at the airport. Their fate is now a mystery. Leaving one’s home country as a migrant to settle in and […]
Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto said Tuesday he remained “sequestered” at his home despite a call by UN rights experts for his release from house arrest for calling for peaceful protests against longtime ruler Paul Biya. The rights experts issued a statement on Monday calling for Kamto’s release and that of dozens of others reportedly […]
The Coalition for Dialogue and Negotiations today announced the launch of its newly formed strategic committee of trusted advisors. This Advisory Board includes well renowned leaders whose focus will be to shape and guide the strategy of the Coalition, working closely with the Steering Committee. The new Board includes Former Liberian President H.E Amos Sawyer, […]
10 teachers were abducted in the Northern zone of Ambazonia on the same day that classes reportedly resumed in both French and Southern Cameroons. A report released by the teachers association said Seydou Mbangyah, headmaster of Baba1 Bilingual High School in Ngoketunjia, Chayi Sungha of GBHS Baba1, Ntam Yuh,a teacher at the Bambui high school […]
