Tag: Cameroon
Boko Haram: Thousands flee to Niger, Cameroon
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and…
Boko Haram: Freed French priest arrives in Paris
A French Roman Catholic priest abducted in Cameroon by Boko Haram militants arrived Paris Wednesday after a seven-week ordeal he…
French priest kidnapped in Cameroon released
Georges Vandenbeusch, the French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month by Boko Haram gunmen, has been released, the office…
FIFA adjusts 2014 World Cup Fixture Guide
FIFA has made some adjustments to the Final Draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, according to a new posting…
Brazil 2014 World Cup: Cameroon take Africa’s third ticket
Cameroon have taken Africa’s third spot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, for an African record seventh time on…
UNHCR urges Cameroon not to expel Nigerian refugees
The UN’s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Cameroon and other nations not to expel Nigerians who have fled their homes…
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Nigeria book Ethiopia for final World Cup Qualifier
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be visiting Ethiopia in October in the first of the two leg final qualification match for…
Cameroon picks last play-offs ticket, edges out Libya
Cameroon defender Aurelien Chedjou turned goalscorer Sunday to sink Libya 1-0 and move his country closer to the 2014 World…
Afrobasket: Nigeria’s D’Tigers beat Cameroon
Nigeria’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, on Sunday recorded its third straight win in the ongoing African Nations Basketball Championship (Afrobasket)…
Winners Chapel, others shut down in Cameroon
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has ordered the closure of nearly 100 Christian churches in key cities, citing criminal practices organized…
Cameroon Takes Full Control Over Bakassi
Cameroon took full sovereignty over the disputed territory of Bakassi on Wednesday, state radio reported, five years after an agreement…
Football: Gabon reach CHAN finals after shootout
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The number of 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers rose to 13 at the weekend when Gabon…
Cameroon court jails 2 for homosexuality
A court in Cameroon, one of the least gay-tolerant countries in the world, on Tuesday sentenced a man to two…
Leaders back naval force to fight Gulf of Guinea piracy
West and Central African leaders on Monday called for the deployment of an international naval force in the Gulf of…
Boko Haram crisis: Nigerians seek refuge in Cameroon
The United Nations refugee agency has said that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing…
World Cup Qualifiers: Egypt keep perfect record
Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Egypt whipped Zimbabwe 4-2 Sunday to maintain a perfect 2014 World Cup qualifying record.…
Freed French hostage recounts experience with Boko Haram
Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, the head of the French family kidnapped by Boko Haram on 19 February in northern Cameroon, has spoken…
EU thanks Nigeria, Cameroon over freed French family
The EU thanked the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria on Friday after a French family of seven abducted by Islamic…
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Hayatou goes for final stretch at CAF
Issa Hayatou, the Cameroonian football administrator, will be re-elected unopposed in Morocco on Sunday for a final four-year term as…
Travelogue: My Experience With Nigerian Pirates
Simon Ateba Simon Ateba, a Senior Correspondent with TheNews Magazine and P.M.NEWS, who travelled by sea from Cameroon to Nigeria,…
French family captured in Cameroon, freed in Nigeria
The seven members of a French family who were seized in northern Cameroon earlier in the week have been found…
France vows not to surrender to Nigerian terrorists
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday that his country would not give in to “terrorists” after the kidnapping of…
The Nigeria-Cameroun MoU On Flood Control
Recently, it was reported in the Nigerian media that a Memorandum of Understanding would soon be signed by Nigeria and…
Falcons Lose AWC Bronze To Cameroon
•As E/Guinea Whitewash SA 4-0 To Win Cup Adebobola Alawode The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Sunday lost the bronze…
Ghana leads Nigeria, Cameroon At Glo Golf Tour
The competition to pick the N15 million prize money for pros at the Asaba edition of the West Africa 2012…
Protesters Teargassed As Cameroon’s Biya Marks 30yrs In Power
Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on…
Court Throws Out Bakassi Indigenes’ Suit
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday threw out the suit filed by indigenes…
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Cape Verde knocks Cameroon out of Nations Cup
Cape Verde Island, the West African nation of just half a million people has created one of the greatest upsets…
Nations Cup Qualifiers: The Fixtures, the Centres
Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures this weekend (times GMT and aggregate score in brackets): Saturday At Lilongwe Malawi v…
President Jonathan addresses Nigerians Tuesday
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will give a nationwide simulcast Tuesday morning by 7 a.m, his office announced today. This will…