10, January 2023
French Cameroun: Three kidnappers killed in North region 0
At least three kidnappers have been killed in North region, according to local and security sources.
The kidnappers were killed on Sunday in raids carried out by Cameroon’s elite force, the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), in the Mayo-Rey division of the region, the army said in a brief statement on Monday.
“They were heavily armed. The BIR seized their weapons. The kidnappers are well-known deserters of the army of a neighboring country,” a senior army official who asked not to be named told Xinhua by phone.
The army has stepped up security in the region where ransom kidnapping is said to be gaining ground.
On Monday, the National Gendarmerie said its forces have also arrested three suspected kidnappers in the Demsa locality of the region.
Source: Xinhuanet
12, January 2023
Cameroon Burning: UN releases funds to help victims of floods, violence 0
The United Nations has released 6 million U.S. dollars in emergency funding to aid thousands of victims of floods and violence in Cameroon, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.
Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths, the world organization’s emergency relief coordinator, allocated the Central Emergency Response Fund’s aid to help people in Cameroon’s far north, northwest, and southwest regions, said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
“Last year, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes and abandon their property because of violence or floods,” Dujarric said. “These forced displacements increased protection risks, loss of livelihoods and food insecurity in those impacted areas.”
He said the funds would help provide protection, shelter services, food and nutritional assistance.
“Despite the challenges faced by humanitarian organizations to access remote areas due to violence, impediments to movement and poor road conditions, we, along with our partners remain mobilized to provide aid to the most vulnerable,” the spokesman said.
Humanitarians will need more than 413 million dollars to help 2.4 million people in Cameroon this year, he said.
Source: Xinhaunet