Families of freed Cameroonian kidnap victims feared Chibok repeat
Thomson Reuters Foundation The families of 80 pupils kidnapped from a school in western Cameroon before being released days later said they feared their children would face a similar fate to Nigeria’s Chibok girls. Kidnappers freed on Monday the last of 80-odd children taken hostage last week in a raid on a school in the […]
Last two kidnapped boys released in Cameroon
The last two schoolboys of the 79 kidnapped from a school in west Cameroon still being held by their captors were released on Monday along with the school’s principal and a staff member, according to reports. The BBC reports that the final four hostages were dropped off at a town about 24 kilometres from their […]
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 […]