Africa: Cameroon

Electoral officials count votes after the February 2020 general and municipal elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. By - (AFP/File)

Cameroon ruling party sweeps by-elections in anglophone regions

Apr 7, 2020

Cameroon's ruling party has swept all 13 seats in parliamentary by-elections held late last month in the conflict-wracke ...

Cameroon President Paul Biya, shown here in 2019, has not addressed the nation since the first COVID-19 case was recorded a month ago. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP/File)

Cameroon president under fire for silence as pande...

Apr 6, 2020

Cameroon's aged president is coming under fire for his absence from the national stage as the central African country fa ...

Mixed reception to call for coronavirus ceasefire ...

Mar 28, 2020

Armed separatist groups in Cameroon's North-west and South-west regions have failed to unanimously declare a ceasefire i ...

A police officer is seen in Cameroon's Far North Region on September 29, 2018. Journalist Adalbert Hiol has been jailed in Cameroon since November 2019. (AFP/Alexis Huguet)

Journalist Adalbert Hiol Jailed Since November In ...

Mar 6, 2020

Authorities in Cameroon should not contest journalist Adalbert Hiol rsquo;s appeal of a false news and defamation con ...

Cameroon's army has cracked down in the anglophone regions where they face a separatist conflict. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)

Warring parties in Cameroon must stop attacks on c...

Mar 5, 2020

Two aid agencies on Wednesday called on Cameroon's army and separatist fighters to halt attacks on civilians in a confl ...

Aid agencies urge halt to civilian attacks in Came...

Mar 4, 2020

Two international aid agencies on Wednesday called on Cameroon's army and separatist fighters to halt attacks on civilia ...

Army checkpoints are common in towns like Buea, the main town of Southwest Region. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP/File)

The risky business of aid in anglophone Cameroon

Mar 1, 2020

In Cameroon's anglophone regions, humanitarian workers are increasingly caught up in the country's separatist conflict, ...

Two regions that are home to Cameroon's anglophone minority are in the grip of 29-month-old conflict between the armed forces and separatists. Rights watchdogs say atrocities and other abuses have been committed by both sides. By MARCO LONGARI (AFP)

Watchdog HRW accuses army in massacre in anglophon...

Feb 26, 2020

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Cameroon's armed forces of taking part in the killing of at least 21 civilians thi ...

UN Officials call for enhanced protection of civil...

Feb 23, 2020

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, the Special Represe ...

Cameroonian Journalist Martinez Zogo Jailed Since ...

Feb 19, 2020

Police officers are seen in Buea, Cameroon, on October 3, 2018. Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo has been jailed ...

Commonwealth Secretary-General Statement On Camero...

Feb 18, 2020

The Commonwealth Secretary-General has issued the following statement in response to an attack on a village in no ...

In October 2017, anglophone separatists declared independence in two English-speaking regions, triggering a crackdown by the security forces. By MARCO LONGARI (AFP/File)

UN demands 'independent, impartial' probe of Camer...

Feb 18, 2020

The United Nations called on Cameroon Tuesday to conduct an independent investigation into the shocking killing of 23 ...

Cameroon Gov’t Admits Responsibility For Ngarbuh M...

Feb 18, 2020

Yaounde, Defence Ministry spokesman has admitted that Ngarbuh massacre of 14 February 2020 was an unfortunate acciden ...

The Cameroon government has been battling armed separatists in English-speaking regions since October 2017. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)

Cameroon army blames accident for village 'massacr...

Feb 17, 2020

Cameroon's army on Monday denied opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a restive anglophone region, blam ...

The Cameroon government has been battling armed separatists in English-speaking regions for three years. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)

14 children among up to 22 dead in Cameroon massac...

Feb 17, 2020

Armed men have massacred 22 villagers including 14 children in an anglophone region of Cameroon, according to the United ...

Longevity: President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP)

Cameroon elections overshadowed by violence, boyco...

Feb 9, 2020

Cameroon votes Sunday in polls overshadowed by separatist violence which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, ...

Security has been stepped up in the troubled anglophone regions ahead of Sunday's twice-postponed vote. By MARCO LONGARI (AFP/File)

Fear grips Cameroon's anglophone regions ahead of ...

Feb 8, 2020

Long-delayed elections are due to take place in Cameroon on Sunday, but in the country's violence-torn English-speaking ...