Amnesty International | Peace activist Abdul Karim Ali has been arbitrarily detained without charge since 11 August 2022. While the authorities have provided no formal reason for his detention, he was interrogated repeatedly about a video he made on 9 July 2022 denouncing a Cameroonian military chief for allegedly torturing …
Read More »Ambazonia Defence Forces separatist group claims responsibility for bombings in Buea Feb. 25
Crisis24 | Ambazonia Defence Forces separatists claim responsibility for bombings in Buea Feb. 25. Heightened operations possible in coming days. Event The Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) separatist group has claimed responsibility for the bombings targeting a running event in Buea Feb. 25; up to three explosive devices detonated. According to …
Read More »Le combat d’un Camerounais pour sauver la plus grande grenouille du monde
BBC | Lorsque Cedrick Fogwan a rencontré pour la première fois la grenouille goliath, il a été impressionné par ses puissantes proportions. Atteignant la taille d’un chat, c’est la plus grande grenouille vivante du monde. C’est presque comme tenir un bébé (humain), dit-il, après en avoir manipulé une lors d’une …
Read More »Portland State graduate student identifies new species of bat in Cameroon
Portland State University | Portland State graduate student Amanda Grunwald made an exciting discovery when she returned to campus following a field work trip to Cameroon: she and her collaborators had identified a new species of bat. A research article describing the new species was recently published in the journal …
Read More »Scores Killed in Cameroon’s Battles with Separatists Ahead of Senate Elections
VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s military says it has killed scores of armed separatists in clashes this month and at least 15 have surrendered. The rebels, who vowed to disrupt March senate elections in Cameroon’s western regions, claim to have killed scores of government troops. Ndop district residents in …
Read More »Incurable Ebola-like virus spreads to Cameroon after killing several across border
Sydney Morning Herald | Yaounde/Geneva: New cases of a deadly hemorrhagic fever have been detected in Cameroon, after a deadly outbreak was declared in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea. Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease in Olamze, a border commune, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin …
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