Chiefs’ incantations, church service not enough to save limping Lions from humiliation
It is fair to say that no one expected the Intermediate Lions to go this far in the competition judging from their below-par preparatory games. With a glimmer of hope, Cameroonians however expected that the home advantage was going to be primordial in the Lions…
Cameroon – Nigeria: Will There Be A Defined Border Soon?
In an effort to resolve the ongoing border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria, The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission will hold an important session in Abuja on 15 February, chaired by the UN Special Representative for West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas. He hopes to complete the process…
Anglophone crisis: Pope Francis begins walking the talk, commits to mediate peace process
Vatican’s secretary of state, His Eminence Pietro Cardinal Parolin has announced the readiness of the Holy Father and the Roman Catholic Church to mediate the peace process in Cameroon’s troubled North West and South West Regions. By this very act, the Holy See has departed…
Buea: Ex-Ambazonia fighters rubbish government promises
It has been a tense Monday, February 1st, 2021 at Bokwango village Buea, Capital of the South West region of Cameroon. Former Ambazonia fighters blocked the road with the use of blanks and stones. On why the boys left their Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration…
More Chibok girls have escaped from Boko Haram almost 7 years later, parents say
LONDON and MAIDUGURI — Nearly seven years after Boko Haram militants snatched them from their dormitory beds in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, more of the missing schoolgirls are said to be returning home. Emmanuel Ogebe, a Nigerian human rights lawyer who practices in the United States and…
Vatican cardinal visits Cameroon as Catholic Church seeks to resolve Anglophone crisis
Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends an ordination at the Basilica of Sant’Eugenio in Rome, Sept. 5, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- The Vatican’s Secretary of State kicked off a week-long trip to Cameroon on Thursday in…
Cameroon – Anglophone Crisis: Military says four children killed in Bamenda were “terrorists”
Navy Captain Atonfack Geumo Cyrille Serge, Head of Communication Division, Cameroon’s Ministry of Defence says four children killed by security forces in Bamenda on Saturday, January 23, 2021, were “terrorists”. In a press release Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Atonfack said elements of the 5th Gendarmerie…
Cameroon Says 53 Killed in Collision Between Truck, Passenger Bus
FILE – A general view of the parking lot at the border of Garoua-Boulai, Cameroon, Jan. 8, 2021. YAOUNDE – Officials in Cameroon say at least 53 people died and 21 were severely burned Wednesday morning when a passenger bus collided with a truck illegally…
Ayaba Cho Lucas admits Ambazonia fighters have derailed the struggle for independence
Commander in Chief of the Ambazonia Defence Forces For the first time since the Anglophone crisis escalated into an armed conflict in 2017, Lucas Ayaba Cho has called on separatist fighters to desist from tormenting civilians. Ambazonia fighters have been battling with Cameroonian security forces…
Biya appoints Secretaries-General to Regional Councils nationwide
President Paul Biya has appointed secretaries-general to ten regional councils in Cameroon. According to a presidential decree signed Monday, January 25th, 2021, Giyoh Peter Yerima is the secretary-general of the North West regional council while Gilbert Acha Nkweti will carry out the same function in…
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