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ESPN | Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam are the NBA’s current Cameroonian stars, but Chicago Bulls legend Joakim Noah, who also hails from the African nation, has tipped teenager Ulrich Chomche to be the country’s next ‘fighting spirit and hope’. Already courted by the University of Arizona Wildcats amongst others, Chomche, the 6’11” 17-year-old hot prospect was …

BBC | How did more than 600 Cameroonians come to find themselves stranded on a Caribbean island that many of them had never heard of? Journalist Gemma Handy reports from St John’s in Antigua. Daniel fights to hold back the tears as he recounts the day his two younger brothers …

MUNICH (AP) — Cameroon forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has extended his contract to stay another season at Bayern Munich. The 33-year-old Choupo-Moting signed a one-year extension, Bayern said on Friday. Choupo-Moting has helped Bayern adjust to the loss of Robert Lewandowski by scoring 15 times across all competitions so far. …

CBS | Johannesburg — A German foreign ministry quip about leopards and an African tour by Russia’s top diplomat has sparked a cool response on the continent, ranging from bewilderment to accusations of insensitivity. On Wednesday, Germany said it would deliver 14 of its top-of-the-line Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, …

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, …