Cameroon

Cameroon: Govt Arrests More Opposition Supporters as Protest Efforts Intensify

Cameroon has detained hundreds more supporters of opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who is facing treason charges after leading protests and asserting that he won last October's presidential election.The arrests happened Saturday as secur...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia Bombs Kill Police Officers

Bombs in Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia over the weekend killed at least 12 police officers and injured dozens as authorities struggle to contain the Anglophone security crisis and the Al Shabaab insurgency respectively.While authorities bl...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

How Twitter has been used in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

Over the past two years conflict has escalated in North West and South West Cameroon. Cameroon is a bilingual country (English and French) and these two regions are the country’s English-speaking areas. The conflict started when lawyers ...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Cameroon Secessionist Leaders Jailed For Life By Military Court

Ten Cameroonian separatists have been handed life sentences by a military court sitting in the capital, Yaounde. The convicts included the leader of the most known separatist group, the Southern Cameroon National Council, SCNC, Sisiku Ay...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban ·over 4 years ago

Cameroon Fines Main Local Telecom Companies

The local mobile telecom companies Orange and MTN in Cameroon have been fined over $160 million for failing to pay taxes on games and gambling services. The Central African country corruption board announced on Wednesday.

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

What It Would Take To Break The Impasse In Cameroon’s Deadly Crisis

Felix Agbor Balla Nkongho is a leading Cameroonian lawyer and award-winning human rights advocate. Nkongho was detained for nine months for taking part in protests against the marginalisation of the legal and education systems in the Eng...

Cheryl Hendricks & Gabriel Ngah Kiven·over 4 years ago