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Thirteen killed in Senegal’s Casamance

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Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others in a forest in Senegal's southern Casamance region, the army said. It was...

Cameroon Anglophone flee in face of crackdown

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When soldiers burst into her village in south-west Cameroon last month with guns blazing, small farmer Eta Quinta (32) raced into the...

Small US Army post supports counterterrorism fight in Africa

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At a US Army outpost in a sun-scorched area of northern Cameroon, there's a small task force with larger implications than its...

Top Cameroonian writer detained

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A celebrated Cameroonian writer who wrote a piece critical of government's handling of a separatist crisis in its Anglophone region was detained...

Cameroon escalates crackdown on Anglophone separatists

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Cameroon's government ordered thousands of villagers to leave their homes in the Anglophone Southwest region as it deploys troops to root out...

Six killed by Cameroon secessionists

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Militants seeking independence for Cameroon's English-speaking regions killed four soldiers and two policemen in attacks, President Paul Biya said, vowing to eliminate...

US provides counter-IED training in Cameroon

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Explosive ordnance disposal soldiers from the US Army's 764th Ordnance Company, Fort Carson, Colorado, have helped Cameroonian troops learn more about IEDs...

Cameroon separatists kill four

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Separatists from Cameroon's Anglophone region killed four security forces in attacks over the past few days, the government said, an unprecedented violent...

Cameroon killings attributed to Anglophone secessionists

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Anglophone secessionists in Cameroon killed at least two gendarmes, two secessionist leaders and a security official said, signalling an escalation in a...

Cameroon village attacked by suspected Boko Haram fighters

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Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 villagers in northern Cameroon in what army and local officials said was revenge for...

West and Central African police meet to counter escalating terror threat

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With Central and West Africa combating some of the world's deadliest terrorist organisations Interpol brought police chiefs and counter-terrorism experts from the...

Over 500 Anglophones arrested in Cameroon

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More than 500 people have been swept up in mass arrests following violent demonstrations in Cameroon's English-speaking regions earlier this month, Amnesty...

Cameroon clashes claim 17 lives

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At least 17 people died in clashes between security forces and protesters in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, Amnesty International said, as violence broke...

Cameroon Anglophone protests leave at least eight dead

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Soldiers shot and killed at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon's restless English-speaking regions during protests by activists calling for...

Cameroon Anglophone regions to shut Nigeria border over protests

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The government of one of Cameroon's Anglophone regions ordered its border with Nigeria closed this weekend in response to calls by activists...

Cameroon police wounded by bomb

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An improvised bomb wounded three policemen in the main city of Cameroon's minority English-speaking region on Thursday, the regional governor said, in...

Five killed by Cameroon suicide bomber

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A girl with a bomb strapped to her walked into a mosque in northern Cameroon where it exploded, killing five worshippers in...

English-speaking Cameroonian activists released

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Dozens of activists from Cameroon's English-speaking community were freed from jail as the mainly French-speaking nation's president moved to ease months of...

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 11 in Cameroon

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Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people and kidnapped eight others in an overnight raid on a village in northern...

Cameroon suicide bomber kills at least seven

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A suicide bomber killed at least seven people in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigeria border, a local official...

US military probing torture claims at Cameroon base

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The US military has opened an inquiry into allegations of torture and murder of suspected Boko Haram militants at a Cameroonian army...

Cameroon football star tackles plastic flooding menace

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Roger Milla, who earned international fame for his World Cup goal celebrations, is now tackling flooding with a scheme to turn plastic...

ISS: The high cost of ignoring torture in Cameroon

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Two months ago, a private contractor working for the United States (US) military posted a photograph on Facebook. It was taken at...

Cameroon apparently torturing suspects

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Cameroonian forces have been torturing suspects in their campaign against Islamist group Boko Haram, with much of the torture happening at a...

Cameroon military boat sinks – more than 30 missing

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More than 30 people are missing after a boat belonging to an elite Cameroonian military unit sank off the coast, the president's...

A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack

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Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon near the...

Cameroon forcing refugees back to Nigeria – UN

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Cameroon authorities forced nearly 900 refugees back to northern Nigeria against their will this week, violating an agreement to shield thousands from...

Children strapped with explosives kill nine in Cameroon

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Two children carrying explosives blew themselves up near a camp in northern Cameroon housing civilians displaced by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, killing...

Cameroon soldiers demand pay, block highway

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About fifty armed Cameroonian soldiers demanding unpaid salaries briefly blocked off a major highway in the north of Cameroon, an army source...

Cameroon suicide bombing

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A double suicide bombing at a camp housing civilians displaced by Boko Haram Islamist insurgents killed at least four people and wounded...

Amnesty event for jailed Cameroon students thwarted

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Cameroon security forces prevented Amnesty International from holding a press conference to call for the release of three young men jailed in...

Accord exercises build, strengthen partnerships with Africans

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Soldiers representing U.S. Army Africa are currently in Cameroon for exercise Unified Focus 17, the second accord event of the year. The...

Exercise Unified Focus 2017 kicks off in Cameroon

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A military brass band and formations of Cameroonian Armed Forces troops welcomed multinational participants and signaled the opening of the inaugural exercise...

Cameroon journalist jailed under anti-terrorism law

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A Cameroonian military tribunal sentenced a journalist to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, including failing to report acts of terrorism...

Cameroon orders internet restored to Anglophone region

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Cameroon's government has restored the internet to its restive Anglophone region, three months after cutting it amid protests against the predominantly French-speaking...

Second hand patrol boat Dipikar delivered to Cameroon

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Cameroon's Navy has taken delivery of the second hand patrol boat CNS Dipikar, which recently arrived at the Douala naval base. CNS Dipikar...

Regional forces free five thousand Boko Haram captives

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Regional West African forces freed 5,000 captives from a Boko Haram base in a more than week-long operation that also destroyed the...

ISS: There’s more to Cameroon’s protest than meets the eye

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For three activists from western Cameroon who joined a call for the recognition of their linguistic preferences, last week didn't bring any...

Cameroon evolves to thwart Boko Haram’s changing tactics

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On the afternoon of October 15, 2014, Boko Haram launched an audacious attack. About 1,000 fighters crossed the barren border that separates...

Planners put final touches on Exercise Unified Focus 2017 in Cameroon

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Military planners from the U.S., Cameroon and seven other African and European nations met in Cameroon between 6 and 9 February to...

National divide exposed in Cameroon trial

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The trial of three English-speaking protesters facing the death penalty opened at a military court in Cameroon on Monday in a case...

Cameroon police kill protesters

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Cameroon police killed two protestors and wounded 10 others in the latest bout of violence in the English-speaking north-west of the mostly...

Cameroonian patrol vessel heading home

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The Cameroonian Navy will soon take delivery of the patrol vessel CNS Dipikar, which is ready to depart France for Africa. The vessel...

UN team attacked on Cameroon-Nigeria border

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An armed group attacked a UN technical team working on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, killing five people and wounding several,...

Cameroon general dies in helicopter crash

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A top general in charge of Cameroon's fight against Islamist militant group Boko Haram died in an accidental helicopter crash on a...

ISS: Can the joint task force against Boko Haram stay the...

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Boko Haram's latest incursions in Cameroon and Nigeria, specifically in the towns of Mora, Madagali and Maiduguri, claimed many victims – both...

France donates military equipment to Cameroon

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France has donated 15 vehicles, weapons and equipment to Cameroon's Special Forces as part of assistance to combat Boko Haram militants. The vehicles,...

Protestors shot and killed in Cameroon

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Police in Cameroon shot dead four anti-government demonstrators in one of the Central African nation's minority anglophone regions on Thursday, police sources...

Cameroon to soon receive second hand patrol boat

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Cameroon's navy will soon take delivery of the ex-French patrol vessel Dipikar, which has just finished its sea trials. The vessel was...

Two girl suicide bombers attack north Cameroon town

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Two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon's Far North region early on Thursday, authorities said, the fourth strike near...