IDEMIA appoints new East Africa head to drive regional expansion

By Citizen Reporter,

IDEMIA, global augmented identity solutions provider, has appointed Henry Mkuzi as its East African Region Sales Director as part of the company’s p...

Henry Mkuzi , IDEMIA , Yann Delabrière

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Cameroon opposition leader released after abduction in Anglophone region

By Reuters,

The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released by his captors on Saturday after being abducted by unidentified gunmen in the c...

Anglophone , Cameroon , John Fru Ndi , Opposition Party , President Paul Biya

Four Cameroon police killed by suspected separatist bomb -govt

By Reuters,

Cameroon’s government said on Sunday that separatists in its restive English-speaking region had detonated an improvised explosive device that kille...

Cameroon , Prime Minister Joseph Ngute , United Nations

France to continue military cooperation with Cameroon

By Reuters,

France said on Thursday its defense cooperation with Cameroon was continuing a day after the United States said it was halting some military assistanc...

Boko Haram , Cameroon , Maurice Kamto , President Paul Biya

U.S. halts some Cameroon military assistance over human rights: official

By Reuters,

The United States said on Wednesday it was halting some military assistance to Cameroon over allegations of gross human rights violations by its secur...

Cameroon , U.S

China just quietly wrote off a chunk of Cameroon’s debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

China quietly writes off chunk of Cameroon debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

cameroon china debt , Paul Biya

DR Congo internet shutdown shows Chinese censorship tactics spreading

By CNN,

As citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) pointlessly refresh their web browsers this week, they may be getting a preview of just what...

china censorship , congo internet

Cameroon reopens border with Nigeria

By VOA,

Cameroon has reopened its southwestern border with Nigeria after closing it about a year ago because of conflicts between Cameroon's military and arme...

Bernard Okalia Bilai , Cameroon , Christopher Efiom , Nigeria , President Paul Biya

Cameroonian Separatists Risk Death Sentence Following Terrorism Charges

By VOA,

Ten Cameroonian separatist leaders extradited from Nigeria earlier this year will face trial next month on terrorism charges that could lead to the de...

Cameroonian separatist leaders extradited from Nigeria , Christopher Ndong , Julius Ayuk Tabe , President Paul Biya

Cameroon Journalist Jailed in Anglophone Unrest

By Vincent Maruga,

A popular journalist from Cameroon's restive Anglophone region remains in jail after she was arrested and charged with propagating false information a...

Anglophone region , Boko Haram , Equinoxe broadcast , Libom Li Likeng , Mimi Mefo

Kidnapped children released in Cameroon, two teachers held

By Reuters,

All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men ...

Bamenda , Cameroon , Cameroon kidnapped children , Children released

79 students kidnapped from boarding school in Cameroon, official says

By CNN,

Armed men kidnapped 79 children from a boarding school in  Northwest region- Cameroon, a local government official told CNN Monday. Louis Marie ...

Bamenda , Cameroon President Paul Biya , Cameroon's Northwest government

In push for stability, France gives 30-million-euro aid to Gambia

By Reuters,

France gave 30 million euros ($34 million) of aid to Gambia on Monday as part of efforts to support its democratic transition and ensure stability in ...

President Adama Barrow , President Emmanuel Macron

Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop online hate stoking conflict

By Reuters,

A video link posted on Facebook on June 20 showed a man cooking human body parts in a pot over a wood fire. In Cameroon, the footage went viral. So...

Biya wins Cameroon election to extend 36-year rule

By Reuters,

Cameroonian President Paul Biya has won re-election by a landslide, extending his 36-year rule despite claims that the vote was fraudulent. At 85, ...

Camoroon , Chantal Biya , Paul Biya

Cameroon candidate Kamto declares victory, ruling party denies

By Reuters,

Cameroon opposition candidate Maurice Kamto declared victory in Sunday’s presidential election, but incumbent President Paul Biya’s party dismisse...

Cameroon , Cameroon Government Spokesman

Cameroon security forces torturing English speakers, Amnesty says

By CNN,

Cameroon is in the grip of spiraling violence that has seen security forces and armed separatists torture and attack people in the country's English s...

Amnesty International , Cameroon Security Forces

Eight Cameroon athletes go missing at Australia’s Commonwealth Games

By CNN,

A third of Cameroon's athletes attending the Commonwealth Games in Australia have gone missing, the team said in a statement Wednesday. Out of the ...

Australia , Commonwealth Games , Eight Cameroon athletes , go missing