Tag: Cameroon
Cameroon battles Boko Haram in remote border city
Cameroon, stepping up its cooperation with Nigeria against the deadly Islamist campaign by Boko Haram insurgents, is working to rout…
Neymar’s brace inspires Brazil against Cameroon
Neymar hit two goals as rejuvenated Brazil beat Cameroon 4-1 to march into World Cup last 16 and the Barcelona…
Suicide blast kills three in Borno
A suicide bomber on Sunday rammed his car into a military checkpoint in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state near the border…
Croatia dumps 10-man Cameroon out of World Cup
Striker Mario Mandzukic scored two second-half goals as Croatia knocked 10-man Cameroon out of the World Cup with a 4-0…
Mexico beat Cameroon 1-0 as officials flop
Mexico beat Cameroon 1-0 at a rain-drenched Natal on Friday in a World Cup Group A match scarred by more…
World Cup: Group A Team List
Brazil Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC, on loan from QPR), Jefferson (Botafogo), Victor (Atletico Mineiro). Defenders: Dani Alves (Barcelona), Maicon…
West African Countries Sign MOU On Terrorism
Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Wednesday that heads of external intelligence agencies across the West African sub-region including Cameroon have…
Cameroon kills 102 Boko Haram fighters
While Nigeria’s army is struggling to curb the incessant attacks of Boko Haram Islamist sect particularly in the northeast, west…
UN plans to cede Nigerian territory to Cameroon
Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP-Cross River), has alerted the Senate on renewed moves by the United Nations Demarcation Committee…
Nigeria, Cameroon, Others For Boko Haram Summit
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin Republic are to attend another round of international conference on Boko Haram insurgents. The…
Boko Haram: Cameroon forces patrol northern border
“Everyone out! Hold onto your belongings, we’re going to conduct a search,” yells a Cameroonian soldier as he inspects bus…
Abducted Schoolgirls Now In Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic
The remaining 219 Chibok schoolgirls still being held by Boko Haram have been splitted into four groups and some have…
Boko Haram frees kidnapped priests, nun in Cameroon
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized in April by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon, have been freed,…
Germany without Neuer, Lahm for Cameroon friendly
Germany’s World Cup squad jetted to Moenchengladbach for Sunday’s friendly against Cameroon without captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer,…
Cameroon in World Cup bonus dispute
Samuel Eto’o and Cameroon’s other World Cup stars are locked in a battle with their federation over bonuses for the…
Eto’o calls Mourinho ‘puppet’ in new attack
Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o has had another dig at his manager, Jose Mourinho, calling him a “puppet” in a Confederation…
France offers China help with Boko Haram hostages
France’s foreign minister offered China his country’s help on Sunday in locating 10 workers feared kidnapped by Boko Haram militants,…
Cameroon says abducted Chinese likely in Nigeria
The 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon have most likely been taken back across the border…
Paris Meeting Takes Far-Reaching Decisions on Boko Haram
Representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Presidents of France, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger…
Nigeria, Cameroon others ‘declare war’ on Boko Haram
Nigeria and its neighbours on Saturday vowed to work together to combat Boko Haram in what Cameroon President Paul Biya…
Boko Haram kill soldier, 10 Chinese missing in Cameroon
A Cameroonian soldier was killed and 10 Chinese nationals were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon believed…
I will not sleep until abducted girls are rescued – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said he will “not sleep” or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in…
80 year-old nun, Italian priests abducted by terrorists in Cameroon
Who were the gunmen that kidnapped Italian priests, Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri and this 80 year-old Canadian nun in…
Cameroon arrests education minister for theft
Cameroon’s secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, a…
Cameroon arrests 3 Boko Haram arms dealers
Cameroon said on Thursday it had arrested three suspected arms dealers believed to be linked to Nigeria’s militant Islamist group…
Cameroon rules out sanctuary for Boko Haram fighters
On a day that Boko Harm insurgents attacked with impunity a military barrack in Maiduguri, Borno state, Cameroon vowed it…
Thousands escape from Boko Haram, says UN
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The…
Boko Haram: The Cameroon Connection
It has now dawned on President Paul Biya of the Republic of Cameroon and his government that the Boko Haram…
In firefight, Cameroon kill 6 Boko Haram militants
Seven people were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram militants launched an assault in northern Cameroon, a Cameroonian security source…
Nigeria seeks help from France, Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria on Tuesday issued an appeal to France and Abuja’s Francophone neighbours, especially Cameroon, to help it in the battle…