$500 million pledged for jihadist-torn Lake Chad
Niamey – States in western Africa’s Lake Chad region and international donors have pledged more than $500 million to... Read more
29 Jan, 2023
HRW urges probe over Cameroon journalist’s death
Libreville – Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Cameroon to launch an independent inquiry into the killing of... Read more
28 Jan, 2023
Cameroon transgender woman in Belgium after ‘homosexuality’ conviction
Yaounde – A transgender woman whose conviction for “attempted homosexuality” in Cameroon prompted outrage has arrived in Belgium after... Read more
27 Jan, 2023
Cameroon denies seeking Canada’s help in anglophone crisis
Yaounde – Cameroon on Tuesday denied asking Canada for any help to mediate an end to years of separatist... Read more
25 Jan, 2023
‘There are many grey areas’ – Emotions high as missing Cameroon journalist found dead
Yaoundé – A popular Cameroon radio journalist who had been missing following what a media rights group called an... Read more
23 Jan, 2023
Cameroon’s ‘funeral music’ gives voice to frustrated youth
Yaounde – It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners – now it is... Read more
14 Jan, 2023
Cameroon court acquits five MSF workers accused of helping rebels
Yaoundé – A military court in Cameroon has acquitted five workers with French medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF)... Read more
7 Jan, 2023
Soldier killed in jihadist ambush in northern Cameroon
Yaoundé – A soldier has been killed and another wounded in an ambush by jihadists in Cameroon’s Far North,... Read more
31 Dec, 2022
Ex-TV chief in Cameroon given 12 years in high-profile trial
Yaounde – A former head of Cameroon’s state TV and radio station was handed a 12-year term for graft... Read more
22 Dec, 2022
Africa’s best showing at a World Cup
By Matthew Petersen Cape Town – The 2022 World Cup has been a topic of controversy away from the... Read more
4 Dec, 2022
