Fear and hunger stalk the survivors of a suicide bomb attack on a site for displaced people in northern Cameroon, local residents say. Eighteen people died and 15 others were wounded in the overnight attack on 1 August at Nguétchéwé, close to the border with Nigeria, where thousands of internally displaced people have sought safety […]
A 43 year-old Greek national has been arrested in Douala, Cameroon for smuggling 18 kg of hard drugs known as methamphetamine estimated at 700 million CFA francs, about $1.16 million. According to the Cameroonian police, the banned substance was seized at the Douala International Airport. Police said Monday night that the Greek who flew in […]
Cameroonian villagers along the Nigerian border need humanitarian aid after deadly Boko Haram attacks displaced at least 7,000 people, authorities and rights groups say. Villagers have been fleeing their homes since early August because of attacks, which killed at least 22 people and wounded 29. Several humanitarian groups, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization […]
World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity is “doomed,” UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned, telling AFP that failure to control the coronavirus pandemic illustrates the danger of disunity. Before the virus struck, 2020 was billed as a pivotal year for the plan to dodge the bullet […]
The people of Southern Cameroons will not allow French Cameroun officials to stage any so-called regional elections in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. The Vice President of the Southern Cameroons Interim Government on Monday also appealed to all Southern Cameroons traditional rulers not to take part in the election, saying Ambazonia Restoration Forces would punish […]
Over 1,500 families in Northern Cameroon have been displaced as overwhelming floods – from heavy rainfall in the town of Maroua the last few days, have destroyed their homes, washed away livestock and devastated plantations. The installed embankment along the Logone River has also given out and even bridges have collapsed, leaving the inhabitants despondent. […]
Paul Biya on Monday announced the country first regional elections in December, including in two western regions in the grip of a revolt by the anglophone minority. The indirect elections on December 6 in the country’s 10 regions will put in place councils provided for in a 1996 constitution in a move towards decentralisation but […]
The World Trade Organisation begins on Monday the process of selecting its new boss, following the resignation of Brazilian Roberto Azevedo on 31 August. As Africa has never had a representative at the head of the WTO, the continent hopes to have its fair chance. Eight candidates are in the running, including three Africans. The […]
Location: Cameroon’s Border with Chad and Kousseri, Far North Region The U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé informs U.S. citizens that it has received information that as of September 2020, extremists were reportedly considering kidnapping unidentified foreigners in the Far North region of Cameroon and bordering areas inside Chad. The kidnapping events could occur in major cities […]
Cameroon Intelligence Report has gathered from reliable sources in Yaoundé that the Biya Francophone regime is denying imprisoned Southern Cameroons activists and French Cameroun pro-democracy campaigners contact with their family members and lawyers. Information filtered recently to our Yaoundé city reporter that Ministers Paul Atanga Nji and Laurent Esso of the ministries of Territorial Administration […]
