President Paul Biya’s prolonged absence from Cameroon has sparked concerns about his health and whereabouts. The 91-year-old leader, who has ruled for 42 years, left the country in early July for an official mission abroad, starting in France and then China. Biya’s absence from significant events, including the UN General Assembly and La Francophonie summit […]
The Cameroonian presidency admitted on Tuesday that 13 civilians had been killed by three soldiers and auxiliaries in a village in the north-western English-speaking separatist area in mid-February. The United Nations had revealed that dring the night of 13 to 14 February, 13 civilians, including 10 children (nine under the age of five) and two […]
Algerian human rights activist, Zoulikha Belarbi, has been arrested by local police at Tlemcen, northwest of Algeria. No clear reason for her arrest has been communicated. The information was confirmed by lawyer and President of the Algerian human rights league (LADDH,) Salah Dabouz. “Human rights activists working on the ground have been, for some weeks, […]
