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22, February 2018
Nigeria aids refugees fleeing from Southern Cameroons 0
More than 25,000 refugees have travelled across the border from Cameroon to Nigeria and dozens continue to arrive every week. Caritas Nigeria is appealing for urgent support to fight an emerging humanitarian crisis as a growing number of refugees have been forced to flee political upheaval and armed conflict in neighbouring Cameroon. “The situation is […]
22, February 2018
Cameroon: SDF holds congress amid high tension 0
Members of Cameroon’s leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), are in Bamenda, the North West regional headquarters, where they are expected to attend their party’s annual congress. The congress will be taking place amid high tension as unknown armed groups in the region are threatening to disrupt the event following criticisms by the […]
22, February 2018
Nigerian army rescues 76 girls after Boko Haram terror attack 0
The Nigerian military has managed to rescue 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others out of an estimated 90 girls who had gone missing following an attack by the Takfiri Boko Haram militant group on a school in the country’s northeast. “Everybody is celebrating their coming with songs and praises to God almighty,” […]
22, February 2018
Trump considering arming US teachers after Florida school mass shooting 0
US President Donald trump is considering arming teachers in the country in the backdrop of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Trump met Wednesday with some of the survivors of the recent attack in the State Dining Room of the White House. On February 14, 17 students and school staff were killed and 16 […]
22, February 2018
SDO of Ndop reported killed in Ambazonia Tigers attack 0
There are reports of an Ambazonian Tigers attack on a convoy transporting the Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for the Ndop constituency. Images aired on social media tell of a ghastly car crash. However, a message made public by an unknown source in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia noted that the Ambazonian militants attacked the SDO’s […]
21, February 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Family orders overseas treatment for Dr Veh Dinga-Nguh 0
The family of the Southern Cameroons medic, Dr Veh Dinga-Nguh shot in Bamenda yesterday by French Cameroun gendarmes has decided to evacuate her to Europe for proper treatment, Cameroon Concord News has learned. Our Yaoundé city reporter hinted that there is a bullet stuck in her iliac bone on the pelvis. Such surgeries cannot be […]
21, February 2018
Mine blast kills 2 French troopers in Mali 0
Two French soldiers have been killed and another hurt when their armored vehicle struck a mine in Mali, the French presidency says. Around 4,000 French troops are deployed in Mali and neighboring countries to fight extremist groups that have staged a string of attacks and kidnappings, some targeting Western nationals. The two soldiers were from […]
21, February 2018
Over 100 schoolgirls missing after Boko Haram raid on Nigerian village 0
A total of 111 schoolgirls are missing after Boko Haram Takfiri militants attacked Dapchi village in northeast Nigeria, police say. “Eight hundred and fifteen students returned to the school and were visibly seen, out of 926 in the school,” the police minister of Yobe state, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, told reporters on Wednesday. “The rest are missing. […]
21, February 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: Biya frustrated by the huge cracks on his wall 0
Despite their poker face when on national television, officials of the ruling CPDM (Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement) and their cronies have been caught in a huge storm that might soon tear the government apart. The long knife that has, for many years, eliminated perceived opponents might very soon turn inwards and the consequences will be […]
22, February 2018
Biya regime creates new military region based in Bamenda 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Cameroon has a new military region created to cater for security needs in the west and northwest region, the state-owned CRTV has reported. President Paul Biya signed directives reorganizing the country’s defense forces leading to the splitting into two of the former military region [Région militaire interarmées – RMIA] RMIA 2 which is based in Douala. The new region becomes […]