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15, September 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: 2 killed by gunmen in Buea 0
At least two people were killed by gunmen Friday morning in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest, according to local and security sources. Gunmen believed to be separatist fighters operating in the region opened fire on a car that was driving to Buea, chief town of the region, said a military official in the region. […]
15, September 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Journalist summoned and detained on Governor’s orders 0
The Head of the Agency of the newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, Bertrand Ayissi, has been arrested and detained in an apparent attempt at intimidation. He was summoned by the Governor of the Adamaoua Region in Central Cameroon, Governor Kildadi Taguieke Bouka, on 12 September. Ayissi was then handed to the Vina Gendarmerie and taken into […]
13, September 2023
Fr. Humphrey Tatah says fight against corruption entails “formation of consciences” 0
The fight against corruption entails the “formation of consciences”, the Director of Social Communications Commission of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has said. In a Tuesday, September 12 interview with ACI Africa, Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy lamented “endemic” corruption in Cameroon, saying that the Central African nation was “gradually falling apart”, and that […]
13, September 2023
Football: Onana the hero as Cameroon qualify for Cup of Nations finals 0
A nervy Cameroon scored twice in the second half to beat Burundi 3-0 in Garoua on Tuesday and qualify for January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals, overcoming their plucky opponents as Andre Onana marked his return to the team with a series of key saves. Cameroon had needed to win the game to ensure a […]
13, September 2023
CAR President Faustin meets Biya, says Yaoundé will not be a target of Wagner forces 0
President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic has met Cameroon’s collapsing president, Paul Biya at the so-called Unity Palace in Yaoundé. The Russia-Wagner backed leader was in Cameroon to give assurances from President Putin that Moscow would not overthrow the corrupt and moribund Yaoundé government which has been in power for over four decades […]
12, September 2023
Buea prison conditions “Horrific”! Barrister Agbor Balla won’t talk 0
Southern Cameroons detainees have described the prison in Buea, as a horrific slaughterhouse. The prison in Buea has over 1000 Anglophone prisoners and the worse conditions of detention and imprisonment. “It is sad that Barrister Agbor Bala the so-called human rights champion speaks of everything in Anglophone Cameroon except the Buea prison where inmates have […]
12, September 2023
Yaoundé: Detained spy chief comes under attack in Kondengui Prison 0
Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, who has been in pre-trial detention since 4 March 2023 following the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo was verbally abused by a staff member of the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison, witnesses told Cameroon Concord News. The incident occurred on September 9 as Eko Eko was having a walk around the prison […]
11, September 2023
Cameroonian nurse is Italy’s boxing champion 0
A 31-year-old Cameroonian nurse from Bologna became Italian lightweight boxing champion Friday night just a year after getting Italian citizenship. Pamela Noutcho’s dream has come true after she beat her challenger in Casoria (Naples) in the match for the belt. Pamela Malvina Nooutcho Sawa has lived in Italy since she was 8 years old, after […]
11, September 2023
Fr Lado says African Synod delegates likely to resist pro-LGBTQ+ ideas 0
A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month at the Vatican may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Writing in The Tablet last month, Fr. Ludovic Lado, S.J. reflected critically about how negatively the church in Africa has been receiving […]
15, September 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Governor bans The Post over military coup headline 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Cameroonian authorities should immediately lift an indefinite ban against The Post newspaper in the Southwest Region and stop any retaliatory action against the privately owned media outlet and its staff, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Tuesday, September 12, Southwest regional governor Bernard Okalia Bilai banned The Post until further notice, accusing the […]