ARTICLES RELATING TO CAMEROON

French family home after hostage ordeal

2013-04-20 08:22

French President Francois Hollande has welcomed a family of seven back to France as they flew into Paris after two months in the hands of Nigeria's Islamist militants.

Cameroon says French hostages freed

2013-04-19 10:22

A French family of seven including four children kidnapped in north Cameroon and taken to Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram militants have been released, an official says.

CAR's Bozize in Cameroon for now

2013-03-25 16:07

Cameroon says CAR's Bozize is in Cameroon temporarily while arranging more permanent refuge elsewhere.

Boko Haram video cruel

2013-02-25 22:57

France says that a video of a kidnapped French family with their abductors, who claimed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, was a "shocking" display of the kidnappers' cruelty.

Fate of Kidnapped French family 'uncertain'

2013-02-21 14:34

The fate of a French family kidnapped in Cameroon remains uncertain after a Cameroon minister denied they were free and a French minster backtracked on his claim they had been found alive.

French hostages seized in Cameroon found

2013-02-21 11:07

The seven members of a French family who were seized in northern Cameroon earlier in the week have been found in northern Nigeria, a Cameroonian military source says.

Biya orders urgent rescue of French

2013-02-20 13:41

Military helicopters are searching for a vacationing French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon and security around the region is being increased amid tensions over France’s role in western Africa.

4 kids among French abducted in Cameroon

2013-02-19 22:10

A group of seven French citizens, including four children, have been kidnapped in Cameroon, an official close to the French president says.

Cameroon's economy grows 5%

2013-01-29 07:50

Cameroon's economy grew by about 5% last year, but under-investment in social safety nets contributed to worsening poverty, the World Bank says.

Cameroon 'gays' win appeal

2013-01-07 20:37

Two young men from Cameroon who in 2011 were convicted of gay sex and sentenced to five years in prison have been acquitted.

Benin: 100+ graves robbed for rituals

2012-11-30 14:38

Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes.

Cameroon's Biya marks 30 years in power

2012-11-06 22:04

Cameroon's President Paul Biya is marking 30 years in power, and the ruling party has planned boisterous celebrations while banning the opposition from holding a protest.

Nigeria president wants land back

2012-10-04 20:15

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a review of an international ruling that handed the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its neighbour Cameroon a decade ago.

Cameroon: Missing Olympians 'threatened'

2012-08-13 22:24

Five Cameroonian boxers who disappeared at the London Olympics have said in an interview that they absconded because they had been threatened by officials in their delegation.

7 Cameroon Olympians reported missing

2012-08-07 19:08

A Cameroon official says 7 Olympic competitors are missing from the athletes' village.

French speakers urged to resist English

2012-06-27 11:10

The Francophone world should vigorously defend the language of Moliere and abandon its "obsession" with the English language, says an on online appeal.

Cameroon ex-PM held in graft probe

2012-04-17 10:27

Police in Cameroon have arrested former prime minister Inoni Ephraim as part of an investigation into corruption, one of his lawyers says.

2 Cameroonians face homosexuality charges

2012-03-16 11:25

Two women on trial in Cameroon for homosexuality have pleaded not guilty as their lawyers seek an annulment of the trial over alleged rights abuses.

2 dead as Cameroon army fights to save jumbos

2012-03-13 10:39

The fight to save elephants from ivory poachers in a Cameroon park has reached new deadly levels with at least two people killed and about 400 elephants slaughtered since January, rights groups say.

500 jumbos killed in Cameroon Park

2012-02-24 10:52

About 500 elephants have been killed in Cameroon national park in less than two months by poachers from Sudan and Chad, a park official says.

Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon

2012-02-16 22:32

Poachers have slaughtered 200 elephants in Cameroon, with ivory profits fuelling regional conflicts.

GAVI recovering Cameroon, Niger funds

2012-01-20 09:03

A global financier of vaccines for children in poor countries says it is working with governments of Cameroon and Niger to recover up to $6.7m in misused or stolen funds.

Cameroon, CAR border reopens

2011-11-28 18:33

The border between Cameroon and the Central African Republic, closed at Garoua-Boulai after a military class last week, has reopened, a military source says.

Pope in Benin to outline church's future

2011-11-18 20:20

Catholics in Benin carrying umbrellas decorated with Pope Benedict XVI's image have greeted him as he embarked on his second trip to Africa.

Biya sworn in for 6th term as president

2011-11-03 16:21

Cameroonian President Paul Biya has been inaugurated for the sixth term after winning a presidential election on October 09 that the opposition has charged was marred by fraud.

 

At least 7 French hostages held in Africa

2013-04-19 14:13

At least seven French citizens are still held hostage in Africa after the release of seven members of a French family who were kidnapped in Cameroon in February.

Bozize seeks asylum in Benin

2013-03-28 19:33

Deposed Central African president Francois Bozize, who has fled his country has sought asylum in Benin.

Nigeria: French hostages in new video

2013-03-19 07:56

A video has surfaced showing a man who appears to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped in February in Northern Cameroon.

French kidnap victims likely separated

2013-02-22 07:58

A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France says, as Nigerian security forces comb restive border areas to find them.

French hostages abducted in Cameroon freed

2013-02-21 13:16

Seven French nationals taken hostage in northern Cameroon earlier this week have been freed, reports say, citing Cameroonian military sources.

France will not submit to hostage-takers

2013-02-20 17:03

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says France would not give in to "terrorists" after the kidnapping of seven members of a French family in northern Cameroon.

French hostages taken to Nigeria - official

2013-02-20 07:56

Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children in Cameroon, have taken them across the border into Nigeria, Cameroon's government says.

France confims kidnapping in Cameroon

2013-02-19 17:07

A spokesperson for the French embassy in Cameroon has confirmed that there has been a kidnapping in the north of the country.

Illegal wildlife trade must be stopped

2013-01-25 19:52

Illegal trade in wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn must be treated as a serious crime in order to end the devastating poaching of protected species, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator Cites says.

Cameroon upholds gay sentence

2012-12-17 20:42

A court in Cameroon has upheld a conviction against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct last year for sending a text message to another man.

Cameroon police detain 4 activists

2012-11-17 17:16

4 activists detained in Cameroon after opposing the development of an oil palm plantation

Cameroon jails ex-minister for jet graft

2012-10-09 21:33

A Cameroonian court has sentenced a former minister to 15 years in prison for attempting to misappropriate funds and have slapped a life sentence on a British auditing CEO.

Nigeria floods 'kill 137 since July'

2012-09-10 16:16

Flooding across Nigeria has killed at least 137 people and displaced more than 35 000 since July, the Red Cross says, warning that latest forecasts suggest the damage could still worsen.

Cameroon athletes go AWOL

2012-08-07 19:32

Cameroon's Olympic chief says seven of the country's Olympic competitors are missing from London's athletes' village.

Graft: Cameroon's ex-minister tried

2012-07-27 13:08

A Cameroon court has started the trial of former interior minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya who is accused of embezzling $29m intended as a down-payment on a presidential jet.

Museveni 'may want to rule for life'

2012-04-25 15:09

The party of Uganda's long-time president says it strongly opposes a bid to restore presidential term limits to the constitution.

1.5m kids face Sahel hunger disaster

2012-03-16 22:11

Up to 1.5 million children under 5 living in Africa’s Sahel region risk severe malnutrition if famine warnings are ignored, the UN says.

Elephant killing continues in Cameroon

2012-03-16 09:00

Soldiers in Cameroon are losing the battle to save the last elephants in a remote frontier park from marauding horsemen believed to be invading from Sudan, the World Wildlife Fund says.

Army to fight Cameroon elephant poachers

2012-03-02 22:16

Cameroon has launched a military offensive to flush out elephant poachers from a remote national park in the country's northeast near the border with Chad.

Liberia's senate to consider anti-gay bill

2012-02-24 07:50

Liberia’s senate will consider a bill to strengthen the nation’s existing anti-gay laws, a senator says, as another western country nation, Cameron, announced the arrest of 10 women suspected of being lesbians.

Nigerians flee to Cameroon

2012-02-09 13:10

Nigerians have fled in droves to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group and revenge attacks by Christians.

Cameroon bus crash - 15 die, 40 hurt

2011-12-05 18:34

A bus has crashed into a truck carrying a bulldozer in Cameroon, killing 15.

Cameroon court jails gays

2011-11-24 07:43

A court in Yaounde has sentenced three Cameroonian men arrested in July to five years in prison for engaging in gay sex, their lawyer says.

$62m hole in Cameroon state coffers

2011-11-12 08:24

A probe by Cameroon's anti-graft body has found that $62m in public funds has been lost or embezzled, according to a report.

Dead people voted in Cameroon: opposition

2011-10-23 21:52

Cameroon's main opposition party has charged that dead people voted in the elections that returned president Paul Biya to office for a sixth time.

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