Tag: Cameroon
Cameroon Bans Burqa After Attacks- Governor
Cameroon has banned burqas in the Far North region after two women dressed in the religious garments blew themselves up…
Boko Haram attacks kill 12 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – At least a dozen civilians and a Chadian soldier were killed in two suicide attacks by suspected…
Cameroon repel Boko Haram attack, 3 militants killed
Cameroon’s army has repulsed an attack by Boko Haram and killed three of the Nigerian Islamist militants in heavy fighting…
Boko Haram: 160, 000 Nigerians take refuge in Niger, Chad, Cameroon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the…
Cameroon releases 84 children held in custody for 6 months
Mijiyawa Bakary, a Cameroon Regional Governor, on Wednesday, said the government had released 84 children who had been held in…
Boko Haram: Buhari to visit Cameroon, discuss strategies
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja accepted an invitation from President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest…
FIFA Women’s World Cup: Cameroon Vow To Defend Africa
Cameroon have declared their readiness to carry the flag of Africa all the way at the FIFA Women’s World Cup…
Boko Haram: Buhari plans Cameroon trip
Johannesburg (AFP) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to visit Cameroon to cement a regional fighting force against Boko…
37 bodies recovered, many still missing in Cameroon boat wreck
Thirty seven bodies have been recovered after an accident that occurred last Saturday involving two boats carrying over 200 passengers…
African Power: Cameroun thrash Ecuador 6-0
Cameroon on Monday restored some pride for Africa when it defeated Ecuador 6-0 in the battle of debutants in Vancouver,…
Boko Haram violence cause Cameroon food stocks to dwindle
LONDON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Food shortages threaten some 200,000 people in northern Cameroon after cross-border raids by…
Boko Haram: Death toll rises in Cameroon village, victims beheaded
Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source…
AIDS originated from gorillas in Cameroon – Scientists
Scientists said in Washington on Wednesday that two of the four known groups of human AIDS viruses originated in western…
Cameroon protesters call for death of Boko Haram leader
Several thousand people took to the streets of Cameroon’s capital on Saturday to denounce Boko Haram’s bloody insurgency and call…
Cameroon troops assault civilians in Boko Haram fight
A human rights group has accused Cameroon’s security forces of numerous abuses against civilians in the struggle against Boko Haram…