Xinhua | YAOUNDE, Oct. 9 — At least six separatist fighters have been killed in clashes with government forces in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security sources said on Sunday. They were killed after the army raided their camp in Djotin of the region on Saturday, a military official …
Read More »2022 World Cup: Samuel Eto’o fires back at French broadcasters over ‘Juju’ allegation
africanews | Cameroon’s Football Federation, led by Samuel Eto’o, has reacted to a publication by Radio France International that the African country is planning on hiring black magicians to boost the fortunes of the lions in the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. In Eto’o relentless effort to protect the image …
Read More »Georges Weah thinks this Cameroonian was better than him
lookcharms | Many consider George Weah the best African player of all time. But the former Tonnerre de Yaoundé and AC Milan striker does not see things the same way. For him, there is a footballer who will have had a better career than him. And he is a Cameroonian. …
Read More »From a basement near Baltimore, he plotted to smuggle guns to Cameroon
Cameroonians in Maryland say they understand why. The Washington Post | ROSEDALE, Md. — They called the cramped basement of the red brick house in the Baltimore suburbs “the lab” and agreed to leave their phones in a bucket at the door before they went in. On group chats, they …
Read More »Cameroon’s separatist conflict now about money, priest says
CRUX | YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading Catholic figure says Cameroon’s civil war – now in its sixth year – has become “about money.” Father Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, the head of the communications department of the bishops’ conference, told a local television station on Oct. 2 that “when money is …
Read More »Cameroon’s Biya Orders Enforcement of Bilingualism Law
VOA | YAOUNDE — Cameroon’s president has ordered officials to enforce a 2019 law on bilingualism and make life easier for English speakers in the French-speaking majority country. Complaints of discrimination against English speakers sparked a separatist conflict that, since 2017, has left more than 3,500 people dead. Civilians assembled …
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