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23, January 2020
Mali: At least six soldiers killed in overnight ambush 0
At least six soldiers have been killed and several wounded in an overnight attack in central Mali, the army says, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African state. The troops came under fire late Wednesday from “unidentified armed men” in Dioungani, an area in central Mali’s volatile Mopti region near the border with Burkina […]
23, January 2020
Southern Cameroons War: Muyuka CPDM councillor bows to Interim Gov’t pressure, pulls out of February elections 0
Barrister Ndille Ngwese Joseph, a prominent councilor in the Muyuka municipality has reportedly pulled out of the February 9, 2020 elections citing threats from Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces. The ruling CPDM militant made his decision not to participate in the so-called twin poll during a conversation with the Buea based HiTV, Cameroon Info.Net reported. The […]
23, January 2020
Yaounde to receive the sixth US$76.1 million disbursement from the IMF 0
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Cameroon. The completion of the review enables the disbursement of SDR55.2 million (about US$76.1 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR427.8 million (about US$590 million). The Executive Board also […]
23, January 2020
Biya regime claims US contribution to Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security broadens military cooperation with Cameroon 0
Starting in January 2020, the United States began its one-year secretariat of the G7++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea Group, with Gabon serving as co-secretariat. This group coordinates the support of international partners for the maritime security standards agreed upon by West and Central African heads of state at a summit in Yaoundé in 2013. […]
23, January 2020
Elections aggravate deadly violence in Cameroon 0
Parliamentary and municipal elections scheduled for next month have escalated the crisis in English-speaking regions of Cameroon. Separatists are running serious battles with security forces. Violence has characterised the run up to the polls scheduled for February 9. Tensions started last month (December 2019) after separatists attempted to shoot down a commercial plane landing in […]
23, January 2020
French Cameroun: Boko Haram kills six, destroy military control posts 0
Six people were killed and two others injured in Cameroon, reportedly by Boko Haram rebels who recently led an attack in that country’s Far North region. Security sources said that three military control posts were destroyed in various attacks over the weekend. The rebels stormed the locality of Ganse in Kolofata in the Mayo Sava […]
23, January 2020
Angola’s ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud 0
Angola’s billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol. Documents leaked this week alleged the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, plundered state coffers to build her fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion (1.82 billion euros). “Isabel dos Santos is […]
22, January 2020
Southern Cameroons War: CPDM bribing Donga Mantung political elites with millions of FCFA, a Far North West Region to stifle the resistance 0
After receiving more than a hundred million FCFA of public funds from Territorial Administration Minister, Paul Atanga Nji to lure back some of the Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces defending the Donga Mantung County, the CPDM I Section President Ngala Gerard Ndombang has instead pocketed the money and is now blaming Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces […]
22, January 2020
Kumba Abducted School Kids: Vice President Yerima’s aide says “Its all Minister Atanga Nji Drama” 0
Troops loyal to the Biya Francophone regime in Yaoundé say they have rescued 24 school children held hostage by Ambazania Restoration Forces in Meme County. The so-called Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for Meme, Ntou Ndong Chamberlain told state media that the children were kidnapped early on Tuesday from their school in the city of Kumba […]
23, January 2020
Ambazonia chaos deepens as rebels, Restoration Forces fight 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Clashes between separatist groups in Cameroon have killed at least six fighters, with one of the groups allegedly abducting close to 40 rebels of another camp. Separatist leaders have blamed the clashes on infiltration by Cameroon’s military. But the military says the clashes are an internal rivalry for power among the separatist groups. Cameroonian rebel […]