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Committee to Protect Journalists | Dakar, December 21, 2022—In response to news reports that a special criminal court in Yaoundé Tuesday sentenced Amadou Vamoulké, the former managing director of the state-owned Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) broadcaster, to 12 years in prison and 47 million FCFA (US$76,000) in fines, the …

Yahoo! | The US Justice Department announced charges Monday against three men who allegedly helped fund separatist fighters in Cameroon and supported the 2020 kidnapping of Catholic cardinal Christian Tumi. The three men, US citizens of Cameroon origin, are accused of raising $350,000 for arms and bomb-making materials for the …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon | The Associated Press | A landslide during a funeral ceremony in Cameroon’s capital on Sunday has left at least 14 people dead, the regional governor said. Dozens of others were missing as rescue crews dug through the rubble with flashlights. Centre Regional Gov. Naseri Paul Bea told …

The Heritage Times | Abdon Atangana, a professor from Cameroon, has been ranked as the second-best mathematician in the world. The 37-year-old was listed as being in science, technology, and engineering’s Top 188 in Stanford University’s ranking of the Top 2% of Scientists in the World, which was published on …