Four journalists and a lawyer were arrested Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on Africans recently deported from the United States. The journalists were in a compound in Yaoundé where the deportees were being held to interview and document the conditions, when they were detained by Cameroon authorities, multiple news outlets report. The judicial police separated […]
Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six years ago in the Northwest region, range from five to 10 years per person. A military court previously found the […]
Cameroon presents a compelling case of the complexities surrounding civil- military relations and the democratization process in post-colonial African states. Since independence in 1960, the country has experienced extended one- party rule, contested multiparty reforms beginning in the 1990s, and recurrent tensions between the central government in Yaoundé and various ethnic, regional, and political actors. […]
An Associated Press journalist was beaten by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaoundé while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters. The journalists had their equipment confiscated, which has yet to be returned, and were taken to the judicial police by […]
Pope Leo plans to visit Cameroon shortly, although details of the controversial trip have not yet been confirmed by the Vatican. Questions are being raised about whether the Pope’s presence bestows legitimacy on the regime of 93-year-old President Paul Biya. In the nineth year of a vicious civil war, the Central African nation held an […]
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