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VOA | Police have arrested several people “strongly suspected” of involvement in the kidnap, torture and killing of a popular radio journalist, Cameroon’s presidency announced. Martinez Zogo, 50, who spoke out against embezzlement and cronyism in the central African nation, was abducted on January 17 outside a police station in …

Africanews | Plusieurs personnes ont été arrêtées au Cameroun, “fortement suspectées” d’être impliquées dans le meurtre d’un journaliste enlevé puis “assassiné” après avoir été manifestement torturé mi-janvier, a annoncé jeudi la présidence. Martinez Zogo était le directeur général de la radio privée Amplitude FM, et animateur vedette d’une émission quotidienne, …

Crux Now | YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Catholic leaders in Cameroon have condemned the Jan. 22 murder of a local journalist, comparing the slaying to the 2017 assassination of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla of Bafia. The lifeless body of Martinez Zogo, 51, was found along the road to Soa, nine miles …

InfoMigrants | A transgender activist from Cameroon has arrived in Belgium, where she was given asylum. Despite suffering violent attacks, she had to spend over a year in exile in Nigeria while her claim in Belgium was being processed. Shakiro, who goes by the one name, is a transgender woman, …

YAOUNDE, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist was found on Sunday near the capital Yaounde five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants, the press union and a colleague said on Sunday. Media advocates described Martinez Zogo’s disappearance and death as a further …