Cameroon army said it has arrested and detained 27 secret agents of terror group Boko Haram in Mora, a locality in the country’s Far North region. The army disclosed the information during a work visit of Cameroon’s Army Chief of Staff, Rene Claude Meka to the region that has witnessed persistent attacks from the terror […]
The leaders of West African countries have announced a one-billion-dollar plan to combat the growing threat of Takfiri terrorism and violence in the region. The plan was unveiled at a summit of the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ougadougou, on Saturday. ECOWAS […]
An official and a journalist were kidnapped on Saturday in Bamenda, the largest city in Cameroon’s crisis-hit Anglophone region of Northwest, according to local authorities. Tebeck Mbah, regional manager of state-owned Cameroon Telecommunications, and Pamela Miye, journalist of state media Cameroon Tribune, were abducted by armed separatists, according to security reports. “They came to our […]
As the prospect of a no-deal Brexit looms closer, European Union (EU) officials past and present are setting out their true positions and feelings on the issue and its repercussions. The latest big political figure to express strong opinions is the former EU president, Herman Van Rompuy, who has come out in support of Scottish […]
Cameroon has discovered 300 new mineral mines. The mineral mines were discovered across the ten regions of this Central African nation. Among the mines discovered were sapphire, zinc, rare earth, uranium, nickel, and manganese. The discovery was made possible by a project funded by the World Bank. According to the Cameroonian Minister for Mines and […]
42,610 Cameroonian refugees are registered in Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Cross River and Taraba States in Nigeria. 1,464 new refugees were registered in Nigeria during the month of August. UNHCR seeks funding to provide them with assistance and protection. For 2019, UNHCR financial requirements for the response to the Cameroon refugee situation is USD44.6 million. This budget […]
Key leaders of Southern Cameroon, who are fighting to become a sovereign country to be known as Ambazonia Republic, have rejected the olive branch extended by President Paul Biya of Cameroun. Biya is asking them to put an end to the ongoing insurrection. President Biya made the call few days ago in Cameroon following the […]
The announcement by President Biya to convene a national dialogue constitutes a positive development in the search for a solution to the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon.” This was said by Maja Kocijancic, Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Union commission, according […]
At least 2,000 people have died in the insurgency that began in 2017 in the country’s North-West and South-West regions, where Cameroon’s English-speaking minority is concentrated. English-speakers have accused the French-speaking majority of marginalizing them politically and economically. A government crackdown on a 2016 strike organized by Anglophone teachers and lawyers precipitated the creation of […]
Cameroon’s opposition and leaders of the Anglophone separatist movement have reacted to president Paul Biya’s call for national dialogue to resolve the crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions. Biya on Tuesday announced that he intends to open a major “national dialogue” later this month in a bid to solve the conflict between security forces […]
