Nottingham MD | BALTIMORE, MD—A Maryland man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally transporting firearms with obliterated serial numbers and smuggling firearms to Nigeria. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett this week sentenced Eric Fru Nji, 42, of Fort Washington, to 63 months in federal …
Read More »Cameroon Says Separatist Conflict Slows Reconstruction in Western Regions
VOA | YAOUNDE — Cameroon says fighting between troops and rebels is slowing reconstruction of homes, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings in its troubled western regions. Authorities say in the three years since the launch of a reconstruction plan for thousands of homes and hundreds of public buildings damaged …
Read More »Cameroonians to pay final respects to loved ones who died at sea
ReliefWeb | Preparations are underway in Cameroon for family members and friends to pay their final respects for some of the African migrants believed to have died in the March 28 boat tragedy. The family of Mofor Verdo, Observer can confirm, has made arrangements in his homeland to celebrate his …
Read More »“No One Is Fooled Anymore: The French Presence In Cameroon Does Not Stop At Independence”
Globe Echo | After Algeria and Rwanda, Emmanuel Macron opened a third memorial front on a little-known subject: the “Cameroonian war”, which opposed the independence activists of the Union of Cameroonian Populations (UPC), created in 1948 , to the French troops then to the authorities resulting from independence. A fierce …
Read More »‘More freedom’: Why a Cameroonian man returned to Ukraine
AL JAZEERA | Despite the war in Ukraine, for Nelly Nelson, 29, Lviv represents his second home and a place where people ‘enjoy life’. Lviv, Ukraine – Nelly Nelson, a Cameroonian entrepreneur and English teacher, had not wanted to leave his adopted hometown of Lviv in western Ukraine when Russia …
Read More »Togo donates $1.5M to Türkiye following deadly quakes
Anadolu Agency | The West African nation is joining international efforts ‘to heal wounds, participate in reconstruction,’ says Togolese diplomatic source Togo said Thursday that it has donated $1.5 million to support Türkiye in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck the southern part of the country on Feb. …
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