Cameroon

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 17, 2017-The Government of Cameroon must engage representatives of the Anglophone population in a meaningful political dialogue and halt renewed violence in the south-west and north-west, where the country’s…

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 10, 2017-The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Cameroon on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other…

YAOUNDE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - More than 500 people have been swept up in mass arrests following violent demonstrations in Cameroon's English-speaking regions earlier this month, Amnesty International said on Friday. Troops and attack…

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, October 5, 2017--Mareeg- My teeth chatter and my knees quake. I'm sitting in a dark movie theater while my little one watches The Lego Ninja Go movie. A tyrant has a dysfunctional relationship with his protagonist…

By Mbom Sixtus--Police block rioters in front of the Divisional Officers building in Kumba, Southwest Region, Cameroon, amid an ongoing political crisis in the country’s Anglophone region. Credit: Mbom Sixtus/IPS YAOUNDE, Sep 26 2017 (IPS)…

NEW YORK, United States of America, September 18, 2017/APO/ -- The Committee to Protect Journalists will release its report, “Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, anti-terror legislation is used to silence critics and suppress…

So far this year, Cameroon has forcefully returned over 2,600 refugees back to Nigerian border villages against their will, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) WASHINGTON D.C., United States…

The UN Special Rapporteur will continue to monitor developments in Cameroon closely, and is at the disposal of the authorities to provide assistance or advice as required GENEVA, Switzerland, February 10, 2017/APO/ -- A United Nations…

The Cameroonian national soccer team emerged victorious against their Egyptian counterparts, the Pharaohs of Egypt, in the AFCON 2017 finals which took place in Libreville, Gabon, on 5 February 2017 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia,  …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, January 4, 2017-APO-The Government of Cameroon with the United Nations and non-governmental partner organizations launched on 3 January in Yaounde a US$ 310 million response plan to provide life-saving assistance to 1.2…

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 21, 2016--Two United Nations human rights experts* have called on the government of Cameroon to exercise restraint and begin dialogue, amid rising attacks on peaceful protesters. Special Rapporteurs Maina…