Tag: Cameroon
Boko Haram kills 8, kidnaps 100 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants…
Cameroon arrests Nigerian carrying explosives
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Cameroon officials have arrested three suspects carrying a bag containing improvised explosive devices in the northern town…
Boko Haram: Cameroon throws out 2,000 Nigerians
*Another Nigerian nabbed carrying explosives Two thousand Nigerians living in Cameroon without permits have been expelled. The Nigerians were arrested…
Nigeria, Cameroon Vow Closer Cooperation Against Boko Haram
The leaders of Nigeria and Cameroon pledged on Thursday to improve the exchange of intelligence and security cooperation along their…
3 PDP governors join Buhari on Cameroon visit
Three governors of Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will join President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday as he leaves…
Buhari to visit Cameroon for Boko Haram talks
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Cameroon on 29 July for talks with his counterpart President Paul Biya. The duo…
Cameroon to deploy 2,000 more troops after Boko Haram attacks
DOUALA, (Reuters) – Cameroon plans to send an additional 2,000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bomb…
Authorities order mosques closed in north Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities have ordered the closure of mosques and Islamic schools following a series of suicide bombing…
Major explosion rocks Maroua in Cameroon, kills 19
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on…
US condemns Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned Boko Haram suicide attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria as “horrific and…
Twin suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people in northern Cameroon on Wednesday, the president’s office…
Boko Haram kills 23 in Cameroon attack
YAOUNDE, (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack…
Gov Ayade slams UN, FG for ceding Bakassi
By Kanjal Godshield Cross River governor, Ben Ayade on Friday chided the United Nations and the Federal Government for ceding…
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…
Tackling Boko Haram: Nigeria has biggest military force, weakest impact
Four African armies, from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, are currently directly engaged in the fight against the Nigeria-based insurgent…
Cameroon, Chad, Niger real test for Boko Haram, says US
Boko Haram is flush with cash and weapons after a string of battlefield advances, but the militants could face a…