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RFI | Seventeen people, including a top businessman and an ex-secret service chief will stand trial in Cameroon over the kidnapping and killing of popular journalist Martinez Zogo early last year, according to court papers seen by French media on Saturday. The badly mutilated corpse of Arsene Salomon Mbani Zogo, …

On a bright morning at Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School in Foumbot, Cameroon, teacher Belinda Bafon prepared her students for class. Settling in, the children delved into a 30-minute session dedicated to conversing in their mother tongues, a practice central to the school’s curriculum. YAOUNDE, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — …

Hervé Bopda, a businessman from Cameroon, was taken into custody while sleeping at a motel in Douala on the evening of Tuesday, January 30 to Wednesday, January 31. He had been the target of multiple accusations of serious violence and sexual assault on social media for the better part of …

Newstories Africa | Surnommé le prédateur sexuel, Hervé Bopda a été arrêté très tôt ce matin par la police judiciaire et est actuellement en détention provisoire. Bonne nouvelle pour les nombreuses victimes du présumé violeur qui fait la une de la toile et de la presse depuis deux semaines déjà. …

France 24 | Genève (AFP) – L’introduction lundi du vaccin contre le paludisme dans la vaccination de routine dans un premier pays africain, le Cameroun, marque un “tournant” dans la lutte contre cette maladie, affirme à l’AFP Aurélia Nguyen, directrice des programmes de Gavi, l’Alliance du Vaccin. Le paludisme est une …

Africa News | A tragedy of unprecedented scale struck this morning at the Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe, located in the heart of the political capital. At least ten students died during a stampede Monday morning at the Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe, located in the political capital Yaoundé. According to reports, the stampede …