Ten leaders of the separatist Ambazonia Interim Government in Cameroon lodged an appeal on August 26, 2019, against their August 20 convictions and life sentences by a military court following a trial that raises serious concerns of due process and violations of fair-trial rights. Although the trial, on charges including terrorism, rebellion, and secession, commenced in December 2018, […]
The lessons at Seraphine Akwa’s house were supposed to be secret. She had been teaching at a primary school in Bamenda, in anglophone Cameroon, but repeated threats had forced the headmaster to shut the school’s doors. The threats were from the “Amba boys”, separatists who have been fighting a two-year battle with Cameroon’s francophone government to […]
Schoolchildren have become pawns in the fierce conflict between Cameroon’s mainly French-speaking government and separatist fighters demanding independence for the country’s English-speaking heartlands. The separatists are enforcing a lockdown across cities, towns and villages in the North-West and South-West regions to ensure schools remain shut for a fourth academic year in a row. The regions […]
Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Monday signed a decree declaring the troubled Northwest, Southwest and Far-North regions “economic risk zones.” Companies operating in the economic risk zones will benefit from tax exemption for three years, according to the decree which did not specify additional measures. In July, Cameroon’s Minister of Economy, Planning and […]
Dangerous skin lightening creams that can cause cancer have been discovered at Gatwick Airport. A quarter of a tonne of the cosmetics were seized by the UK Border Force in August after arriving on a flight from Cameroon. They were described as “personal effects” to try and avoid detection. West Sussex Trading Standards officers attended […]
The Gabonese presidency has belied a report suggesting the President Omar Bongo Ondimba had been admitted to a London hospital as his health deteriorated. The presidency in a statement of September 2, 2019 described the Bloomberg report as hearsay and speculation that lacked professionalism and ethics. “At no time has the President’s health deteriorated. On the contrary, […]
The new school year in Cameroon started on Monday with the government determined to reopen at least 4,500 schools closed in its English-speaking regions as a result of the separatist crisis. But the separatists, who have warned that they will not allow any school to be opened unless their leader, Ayuk Tabe and nine others […]
At least 53 people were killed in mass shootings across the United States in August, the New York Times reports, pointing to the country’s expanding gun violence problem. On Saturday, a gunman killed seven people by opening fire on passing cars in Odessa, Texas before being gunned down by police officers. The shooting, which also […]
Southern Cameroonians commemorates this Monday the birthday of the Interim President of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia and leader of the Ambazonia Revolution, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, who including 9 of his top aides were sentenced recently to life in prison by the Yaounde Military Tribunal. Birthday wishes bearing his photo have been posted in some […]
U.S. Embassy Yaoundé reminds U.S. citizens that the security situation in Cameroon remains fluid and recommends that all citizens follow security best practices to remain informed, prepared, connected, and safe in the event of a crisis. Some of the most important security practices are listed below. For a full list of such practices, please go […]
