Tag: Cameroon
LGBT persecution on the rise in Cameroon, Human Rights Watch says
Cameroon security forces have arrested, threatened or assaulted at least 24 people since February in a ramped-up crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...
Transgender women facing homosexuality charges in Cameroon denied bail
Two transgender women facing charges of “attempted homosexuality” in Cameroon were denied bail on Wednesday after a judge adjourned their case and sent them...
ISS: No more half measures in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis
Recent military victories are no reason for complacency in the absence of a broad-based, inclusive political settlement.
From 16 January to 7 February, Cameroon hosted...
Cameroon detains eight soldiers after torture video emerges
Cameroon has detained eight soldiers after a video emerged over the weekend showing them in uniform torturing a victim with a machete until he...
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...
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Joint Standing Committee on Defence shows short memory span
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) publicly acknowledged the “exceptional leadership” of outgoing SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke last...
