Cameroon Opposition Leader’s De Facto House Arrest Ends
YAOUNDE – Hundreds of supporters of Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto have gathered at his home after his months-long de facto house arrest suddenly ended. Heavily armed police stationed at his home since September 22 left on Tuesday, but authorities are giving no explanation….
CRM asks Cameroon’s Justice system to begin investigations against Maurice Kamto
The President of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) has been under house arrest since September 21, 2020. Kamto was placed under indefinite house detention after he was accused by the regime of plotting an insurrection to overthrow the state through the national mass protests he…
Canada urges Cameroon to give Anglophones more autonomy
The Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon, Richard Bale has urged conflicting parties in the country’s North West and South West regions to come together and seek a lasting solution. Government, he adds, should give more room for Anglophones to manage their affairs, as part of…
Massacre In Kumba School: How The Political Class Reacted
Five main political figures who were candidates in the 2018 Presidential elections in Cameroon have condemned the attack in a Kumba school on Saturday October 24, 2020, leaving over half a dozen dead. Hon. Joshua Osih of the SDF says it is impossible for effective…
Kamto makes rare public outing, tells supporters “the resistance continues”
In a rare and unexpected address to Cameroon Renaissance Movement, MRC supporters, Prof. Maurice Kamto have defied heavy military presence in his residence to pass across a message of hope to Cameroonians. One month into what lawyers and human rights activists have described as illegal…
Cameroon: Opposition Leaders, Supporters Detained
(Nairobi) – Cameroonian security forces fired tear gas and water cannons and arrested hundreds of people, mainly opposition party members and supporters, to disperse peaceful protests across the country on September 22, 2020. Many peaceful protesters were beaten and mistreated while being arrested and in detention. Cameroon’s…
Cameroon Accuses UN of Bias, Opposition Support
YAOUNDE – Cameroon says a United Nations report this week calling for the release of the country’s main opposition leader, Maurice Kamto, is one-sided, subjective, and distorted. The U.N. report accuses Cameroon of stifling the opposition. Cameroon’s government says its recent arrest of nearly 300…
Cameroon rejects UN comments on opposition leader’s ‘house arrest’
Cameroon on Thursday described as “biased” comments by UN experts claiming the main opposition leader Maurice Kamto was under house arrest and accusing Yaounde of “excessive force” in recent demonstrations. Kamto is the chief opponent of President Biya, who has ruled the Central African country…
Kamto’s Lawyer Promises Tough Times For Biya Regime
After writing two letters to President Paul Biya; one warning him of the imminent arrest of opposition protesters and the other informing him of several arrests and torture, the Amsterdam LLP Law Firm, through Co-Founder, Robert Amsterdam has said there will be no third letter…
Cameroon’s “president for life” is facing protests as the Anglophone crisis rumbles on
Cameroon President Paul Biya at the Paris Peace Forum, Nov. 12, 2019. This Nov. 6 will mark 38 years president Paul Biya has clung on to power in Cameroon—making him Africa’s second-longest-serving head of state, after his peer Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. Biya, 87,…
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