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Cameroon has been named the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual ranking, which evaluates crises based on lack of funding, media coverage, and political engagement. Surpassing Burkina Faso, which held the top spot for two years, Cameroon now leads a list that includes eight African nations. More than 3.4 […]
Boko Haram, a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group, has reportedly resurged in Cameroon’s Far North, escalating attacks and plunging the region into renewed insecurity. Despite earlier joint military successes by Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, fractures within the Lake Chad Basin Commission and fragile civilian protection have allowed the Islamist group to regain strength. In recent […]
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré is facing fresh fraud allegations from a coalition of African groups, accusing him and his family of benefiting from illegal port concessions across several African nations. The complaint, filed with the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) on Wednesday (19 March), targets Bolloré SE and its former logistics arm, Bolloré Africa […]
Morocco and Cameroon signed a military cooperation agreement, aiming to bolster defense ties through training, joint exercises, military health services, and technical assistance. The deal was signed in Rabat on Tuesday during a meeting between Morocco’s Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, and Minister Delegate to Cameroon’s Presidency, in charge of Defense, […]
The recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has placed significant pressure on Nigeria’s military, especially its Air Force. Air marshal Hassan Abubakar, Nigeria’s chief of air staff, highlighted at a recent meeting in Abuja that the departure of these countries from the regional security […]
At least 20 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, have been reportedly killed as suspected Islamist militants targeted an army base in the remote Malam-Fatori town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state. The attack that is believed to have been carried out by fighters from the ISIL-affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) occurred on Friday (24 […]
Cameroon’s military has announced the seizure of several hundred weapons and combat uniforms that were being smuggled by suspected Boko Haram militants to a hideout of the Nigeria-based terrorist group. The items confiscated this week in Maroua, a town near the central African country’s border with Nigeria and Chad, included long-barreled firearms, military uniforms, over […]
At least 17 Chadian soldiers were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram militants on a military post that also left 96 of the attackers dead in the country’s west, according to Chadian army sources. The attack in the Lake Chad region, which has been plagued this year by frequent attacks from insurgents, happened […]
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 […]
Deep in Cameroon’s forests, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The Baka and Bagyieli, Indigenous communities who have called these woods home for generations, are facing an identity crisis that threatens to erase them from the map. Imagine living your whole life without a piece of paper that says you exist. That’s the reality for over […]