Le jeune défenseur du FC Southampton Armel Bella-Kotchap a fait son choix quant à sa future nationalité sportive. Eligible pour porter les casaques des « Bleus » des « Lions Indomptables » et de la « Nationalmannschaft », le natif de Paris aurait tranché définitivement dans le dossier de sa …
Read More »Diocese of Mamfe reeling from brutal attack on parish by gunmen.
Vatican News | The attack on the Catholic Church of Saint Mary’s in the village of Nchang, Diocese of Mamfe, represents an “atrocious act,” say the Bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province. Gunmen, on 16 September, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic Nchang Parish in Mamfe and set it on fire. They …
Read More »Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon
Catholic News Agency | Gunmen set a Catholic church on fire and kidnapped five priests, one religious sister and two lay people in western Cameroon, where a civil war has been raging since 2017. The Catholic bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province released a statement following the September 16 attack …
Read More »Cameroonian government fights against skin bleaching | + video
africanews | The practice of skin bleaching can have devastating consequences for the skin. Faced with the increasing popularity of whitening creams, the Cameroonian government was recently forced to ban the import of these cosmetic products due to the growing cases of skin damage. Some local craftswomen did not waste …
Read More »Cameroon: Locals accuse Chinese mining companies of land grabbing | + video
In Cameroon’s mineral-rich eastern region, the sight of artisanal gold miners getting expelled from mines by the military is getting more and more common. In the town of Kambélé for example, landowners are in conflict with Chinese mining companies.
Read More »Govt ordered to pay damages over death of detained Cameroon man
The Japan News | A district court Friday ordered the government to pay ¥1.65 million in damages over the death of a Cameroonian man detained at an immigration center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo in 2014. In the lawsuit filed with the Mito District Court, the mother of the Cameroonian …
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