Tag: Cameroon
UN calls for probe into Cameroon army attack on civilians
The United Nations on Thursday called for an investigation after Reuters reported that Cameroonian soldiers opened fire on fleeing civilians during a weekend raid,...
Cameroon army killed civilians in village raid, witnesses and lawyer say
Cameroonian soldiers opened fire on villagers during a weekend raid in the country’s southwest, killing up to nine people, including civilians, and injuring others,...
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in...
At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern...
One killed, others wounded as Cameroon holds first ever regional election
Scattered violence marred Cameroon’s first ever election to appoint regional councils on Sunday, with one voter killed by separatist insurgents in the English-speaking Northwest...
Cameroon buries seven children killed in school shooting
The plaque on Nzakame Rhema’s coffin marks the “sunset” of her short life - 24 October 2020, the day gunmen burst into her school...
Eleven kidnapped teachers freed in Cameroon
Eleven kidnapped teachers have been freed in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs the schools said on...
Eleven Cameroonian teachers kidnapped in region ravaged by insurgency
Unidentified men kidnapped 11 teachers on Tuesday from two schools in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs...
Gunmen storm school in Cameroon, killing at least six children
Gunmen stormed a school in Cameroon on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, killing at least six children and wounding about eight more in a...
Cameroon opposition say one killed in protest against veteran ruler
One protester was killed in Cameroon as police and gendarmes put down protests against the veteran President Paul Biya, the country’s main opposition party...
Cameroonian soldiers jailed for killing women and children
Four Cameroonian soldiers received 10-year prison sentences on Monday for the killing of two women and two children in an incident that sparked international...
Armscor in-house expertise can generate revenue
Sweating Armscor assets, mainly property, was at one stage trumpeted as the way to eventually ensuring financial independence for the State-owned defence and security...
