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Cameroon: Ghost towns as separatists impose lockdown in restive regions

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For the the last two weeks, the city of Buea in southwest Cameroon has seen virtually no activity as separatist rebels announced a hard lockdownLockdown · Buea Read Article

Violence Erupts at Interpools 2025 as Mintack FC Fans Chase Referees Into Forest

The 2025 National Interpools took a violent turn on Day 5 after referee Ndanga Mundi and his assistants were brutally assaulted by enraged supporters of Mintack FC on Thursday, September 11, 2025. The highly anticipated clash between Mintack FC and Kumba City FC was abandoned following repeated pitch invasions that escalated into shocking scenes of violence. Viral videos on social media show furious fans storming the field, kicking and punching …Kumba · Kumba See the Story

Cameroon bishop laments spiraling violence in Anglophone regions

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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Days after suspected separatist fighters killed nine Cameroonian soldiers in the South West region, Bishop Michael Bibi of Buea condemned the relentless bloodshed plaguing Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. On Friday, the separatist group Fako Unity Warriors claimed responsibility for an explosive device near Malende that killed the soldiers. This attack underscores the elusive nature of peace in the Anglophone regions — a …Buea · Buea Read Article

Biya’s Continued Stay in Power: Amba fighters impose lockdown in Southern Cameroons – Cameroon Concord News

At least nine soldiers were killed in weekend clashes in Cameroon as armed separatists sought to impose a month-long lockdown in the country’s war-torn English-speaking regions of Northwest and Southwest, according to security sources. Separatist leaders said on social media that the lockdown, which began on Monday, was intended to disrupt the reopening of schools in the regions and the country’s presidential election scheduled for October. Resi…Lockdown · Bamenda Read Article

Back to School 2025-2026 in Bamenda: His Majesty Ju Wilson Brings Smiles to More than a Thousand Underprivileged Children of Menchum | Back to School 2025-2026 in Bamenda: His Majesty Ju Wilson Brings Smiles to More than a Thousand Underprivileged Childre

It was within the framework of a solemn ceremony for the handing over of school supplies which took place on September 6, 2025 at the esplanade of the Wum stadium. An initiative of the Fon of Koschin, His Majesty JU WILSON YOABUM. The related activities were chaired by the prefect of the Menchum Department, ABDOULLAHI ALIOU. As promised, so kept. After the success of the first phase of the back to school campaign in Douala, initiated by the nati…Bamenda · Bamenda Read Article

Nonprofit deploys game-changing tech to bring fresh drinking water to thousands of people: 'Now, water is just a few steps away'

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In just two years, access to safe water in southwest Cameroon has increased from 2,750 people to more than 50,000. The impetus to this: solar-powered boreholes. Originally, people in Cameroon would have to walk hours each day to fetch unsafe drinking water. Now, the United Nations Development Programme, funded by the government of Japan, has brought in boreholes, which provide reliable and safe drinking water. These boreholes utilize a pump that…Buea · Buea Read Article

Northwest Region ranks second-poorest in Cameroon after six years of Amba conflict – Cameroon Intelligence Report

Northwest region has become the country’s second-poorest, according to a new government survey that shows a poverty rate of 66.8%, well above the national average. The 2022 Key Indicators Report from the fifth Cameroonian Household Survey (Ecam 5), conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), places the English-speaking region behind only the Far North. The sharp rise in poverty places the Northwest in the top three for the first tim…Poverty · Northwest Read Article

Cleatine Asongwe Dhin Kangue: Africa’s Legal Millennial – The PALM: Legal Mag®

Cleatine’s inner world is shaped by a profound sense of identity, justice, and humility. Though raised within the Catholic faith, he maintains a strong spiritual connection to his traditional roots, often describing himself as a cultural guardian and advocate for ancestral wisdom.Human Rights · Muyuka Read Article

Letters: Dear brothers, not this race, unfortunately – Cameroon Intelligence Report

I am not oblivious of our Anglophone concerns (the concerns of we whose parents were Southern Cameroonians) nor am I willingly letting up on our craving to be the next president. We still think the next president should be an Anglophone, both as our fair chance if we must have a sense of belonging and as a strategy to use the pain of the Ambazonia war and its causes to secure our presidential craving. Besides the need for quality Anglophone lead…Bamenda · Bamenda Read Article

Southern Cameroons Crisis: 9 villagers abducted by Atanga Nji Boys – Cameroon Intelligence Report

Gunmen suspected to be Atanga Nji Boys have kidnapped nine villagers in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region of Northwest, locals and security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen invaded Tabenken village of the region on Tuesday night and abducted nine men at the Bondu neighborhood of the village, a security source in the region said. “They took the villagers by surprise. The Atanga Nji Boys came when villagers were about to go to bed. They fo…Northwest · Northwest Read Article