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Tag: Cameroon
Chad’s leader elected new Chair of Lake Chad Basin Commission
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman ... Read More
Cameroon: 11 killed in landslide
At least 11 people were reported dead in a land subsidence Sunday in the central region of Cameroon, Anadolu news agency reports citing the governor ... Read More
Torrential floods deepen food crisis in West, Central Africa amid climate emergency
An estimated 4 million people, many of them small subsistence farmers, in over a dozen countries in West and Central Africa that have seen their ... Read More
Cameroon’s president marks 40 years in power but succession is taboo topic
Thousands gathered in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, Sunday (6 November) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of President Paul Biya’s coming to power but the 89-year-old stayed ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea launches purge against illegal migrants “ahead of November 20 elections”
Equatorial Guinea authorities have launched a nationwide campaign to expel illegal migrants ahead of November 20 general elections, Anadolu news agency has learned. “In accordance ... Read More
Cameroonian army dismantles weapon factory in Buea
The Cameroonian army discovered and dismantled Monday a weapon factory in the South-West town of Buea, a region hosting rebels demanding a breakaway from Yaoundé. ... Read More
Cameroon, Nigeria to join Ivory-Ghana-led Cocoa cartel, boosting growers’ leverage
Cameroon and Nigeria have requested to join the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), a joint body spearheading the interests of the two countries in the ... Read More
Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade displace more than 1.4 million, kill 500
At least 1.4 million people have been displaced and 500 killed in Nigeria in the worst flooding in a decade, which has affected nearly all ... Read More
UNGA: Africa is still divided in its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine
African countries have been divided over the vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (12 October) that in the end condemned Russia's "illegal ... Read More
Burkina Faso students, displaced girls in Cameroon demand their ‘right to education’
Several hundred students demonstrated Tuesday (11 October) in a city in northern Burkina Faso to claim their "right to education,“ while hundreds of displaced girls ... Read More