Gunmen kill at least 20 in pre-dawn attack in Cameroon – local official
Yaounde, CameroonReuters Gunmen opened fire on people as they slept in a town in western Cameroon in the early hours of Monday, leaving at least 20 dead, a local government official said. Residents said they suspected the attack was meant to disrupt celebrations marking the 41st anniversary of Paul Biya becoming Cameroon’s President that were […]
Human Rights Watch says Cameroonian separatists target schools
Dakar, SenegalReuters An international human rights group on Thursday accused separatist fighters in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions of systematically targeting schools, students and teachers during a civil war that has killed thousands of people. The attacks have forced two out of every three schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions to close, denying over 700,000 students access to […]
CAMEROON: CONFLICT TURNS CLIMATE-STRESSED FARMERS INTO “FOOD BEGGARS”
ELIAS NTUNGWE NGALAME reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation from conflict-striken Cameroon…
Almost 80 school children kidnapped in Cameroon freed, say reports
The 79 children kidnapped from a school in north-west Cameroon on Sunday have reportedly been freed. AFP has reported that Communications Minister Issa Bakary Tchiroma has said all the students have been released. Two staff members abducted – the principal and a teacher – are reportedly still being held but there are reports a driver was […]
World Council of Churches head calls for release of 79 students and three staff kidnapped in Cameroon
The head of the World Council of Churches has expressed shock and dismay at the kidnapping on Sunday night of 79 students and three staff from a Presbyterian Secondary School in north-west Cameroon. Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, said people were praying for the kidnapped staff and students and were […]