The dismissal of a university law lecturer and human rights defender who set an examination question considered by the Cameroon government to be ‘seditious’ has been widely criticised by a number of the country’s academics. Dr Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla, formerly a lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of Buea, an English-speaking […]
A group of trade unions in Cameroon’s education sector has opposed the government’s plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination classes. The unions said opening schools exposes students and teachers to the Covid-19 coronavirus. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the Central African country had recorded 4,890 […]
Mola Njoh Litumbe the Southern Cameroons leader who passionately sought a free Ambazonia homeland for the people of British Southern Cameroons has died. The last days were not very painful said a senior aide to jailed Ambazonia leader President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe who confirmed Litumbe’s death to the Cameroon Concord News Group. In a statement […]
At least 2 Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a surprise attack by Boko Haram in Soueram in the Far North Region. A top Cameroonian army commander serving with the first sector of the Multinational Joint Force based in Mora has confirmed the attack to media houses in French Cameroun Five Boko Haram militants […]
Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour and Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo were among a galaxy of African talent brought together for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100 artists and celebrities from across the continent and the diaspora took part in the WAN Show broadcast online by the Worldwide Afro Network and […]
Interim Government Statement on the Threats to Archbishop Andrew Nkea’s life. 30th November 2017, is on record as the day French Cameroun president, Paul Biya, instructed his army to launch an extermination campaign on the people of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia). His purpose and ambition have proven to be unwise, dishonourable and counterproductive. Army loyal to […]
Joseph Bouasse Perfection has died at the age of 21 after the former Roma midfielder suffered a heart attack on Sunday night. While Perfection never went on to make a first team appearance for the Italian side, he was recruited by them following an impressive trial less than two years ago. Once news emerged that […]
Cameroon army said Wednesday it has uncovered several improvised explosive devices in the country’s troubled English-speaking region of Northwest, but were deactivated with no injury. The explosive devices were found at a ceremonial ground in Bamenda, Cameroon Anglophone regions’ largest city as the security forces were patrolling the area. The army said they were planted […]
The number of known coronavirus cases across the world has risen to 5,410,439, while 345,105 have lost their lives to the disease (COVID-19), according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, about five months after the deadly virus emerged in China and quickly moved to plague other countries. Many countries have reported a fall in the […]
Thousands of Muslims in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, have defied Sunday’s ban of Eid-al Fitr public prayers, ordered as part of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. There have been 4,400 confirmed cases and 197 deaths in the central African state in less than three months. The ban was announced after more than 500 people […]
