Desperate flight, then misery in a camp for Nigerians displaced by floods
Ogbogu, Nigeria Reuters After watching his four young children gobble up a meagre portion of beans straight from the saucepan, Nigerian farmer Gideon George will sleep on an empty stomach in the makeshift camp where the family ended up after their home was flooded. George said the children were so hungry he did not have […]
UN refugee boss warns of ‘severe cuts’ without immediate new funding
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN refugee agency will have to make “severe cuts” unless it gets extra funding soon, its chief said on Monday, warning cuts could lead to more malnutrition and child marriages as well as unrest in some of the world’s poorest regions. The war in Ukraine has sent millions fleeing, and there are […]
Floods kill over 300 in Nigeria this year, and could worsen – emergency agency
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency held an emergency meeting earlier […]
Wow!: For refugees in Cameroon, digital IDs are a life changer
MAIKEM EMMANUELA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that digital identity cards are helping Central African refugees to access education, healthcare and banking but that experts say but data privacy is vital…
Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries
London, UKReuters Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told Reuters, after disruptions at drugmaker GSK. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 200,000 children die each year […]
Africa: Mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy
KENT MENSAH and NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how moves to roll out an e-levy on mobile money transactions in cash-strapped African nations, could hurt the poorest…
Some militant arms in Niger came from West African state stockpiles – report
Lagos, NigeriaReuters Significant proportions of weapons and arms seized from Islamist insurgents in Niger came from West African state stockpiles, suggesting authorities are struggling to secure arms stores in the region, a report said on Monday. There was no suggestion that any governments were sending weapons to militants who have launched attacks in Niger as […]
Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 commanders, in the past few weeks, as it intensifies a ground and air offensive in the Lake Chad region. Boko Haram fighters and its splinter Islamic State West Africa Province […]
Stadium stampede kills eight in Africa Cup of Nations soccer match
Yaounde, CameroonReuters At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a stampede when fans stormed a stadium hosting an Africa Cup of Nations soccer match in Cameroon’s capital on Monday, the government said. Images shared on social media, which Reuters could not immediately authenticate, showed a panicked crowd trying to squeeze through a […]
Clashes in Cameroon’s north displace over 100,000 – UN agency
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Clashes between herders, fishermen and farmers in the far north of Cameroon have driven at least 100,000 people from their homes in the past two weeks, creating a humanitarian emergency, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Cameroonians who fled deadly intercommunal violence between Arab Choa herders and Mousgoum and Massa […]