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 […]
Cameroonian refugees cross river to Chad as carnage displaces thousands
Koundoul, ChadReuters Cameroonian farmer Saleh Abderamane was bleeding from a machete wound to his head when his relatives ferried him across the river border to Chad among thousands of refugees fleeing violence between farmers and herders. The 34-year-old was attacked during a spate of fighting fuelled by water disputes in the Far North region that […]
North Cameroon violence between farmers, herders kills 22; residents flee
Douala/N’Djamena Reuters A resurgence of tit-for-tat violence between herders and farmers has killed at least 22 people and injured more than 30 others this week in Cameroon’s Far North region, a regional government official said on Thursday, prompting residents to flee to Chad. “We are in a full-on inter-community conflict,” said the Cameroonian regional official, […]
Around 11,000 Cameroonians flee to Chad after violence
N’Djamena, CameroonReuters Around 11,000 people fleeing clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon arrived in neighbouring Chad at the weekend, a provincial governor in Chad said on Monday. About 20 people have been killed in what officials say is Cameroon’s worst ethnic violence in recent memory. Clashes broke out last week between fishermen and […]
Lifestory: In Cameroon, a 24-year-old youth pastor is helping hundreds displaced by conflict
INNOCENT ETENG, writing for Religion Unplugged, profiles Heline Babiene Eweni, founder of the Exceptional Youth Initiative which is helping displaced pregnant girls and women in war-torn Cameroon…
Church leaders condemn weekend attack on school on Cameroon
The World Council of Churches has condemned an attack on a school in Cameroon late last week in which at least seven children were killed and a dozen more injured. Gunmen on motorbikes attacked the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba in the country’s troubled Anglophone South West Region on Saturday. Rev Prof Dr Ioan […]
“Part of the solution”: In troubled Cameroon, hard-hit Presbyterian church leads peace efforts
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, PETER KENNY writes about how Cameroon’s Presbyterian Church is playing an important role in trying to bring peace to the country’s troubled Anglophone regions…
Postcards: Coronavirus stalks cells of Cameroon’s crowded prisons
EDWARD MCALLISTER and JOSIANE KOUAGHEU report for Reuters from Cameroon…
Cameroonian pastor asks for prayer amid worsening conflict in Anglophone regions
A Cameroonian pastor has sent a plea to the World Council of Churches in which he described how Christians are being attacked during church services and pastors beaten to “near death” amid the ongoing separatist conflict in the African nation. The crisis in the country’s North-West and South-West regions was sparked in 2016 after the […]
A BETTER LIFE?: THE HOPES AND HARDSHIPS OF MEXICO IMMIGRATION
OSCAR LOPEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle facing refugees living in Mexico…