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Cameroon/Bamenda clean operation: Bar Council wants soldiers’ ‘abuses’ probed

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Cameroon/Bamenda clean operation: Bar Council wants soldiers’ ‘abuses’ probed

Published on 25.09.2020

The Cameroon Bar Association has accused the Defence and Security Forces of committing rights abuses in the course of the ongoing Bamenda clean operation launched over two weeks ago to weed out separatists from the chief town of the North West region of the country. For over two weeks today,…

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Cameroon: Cholera outbreak kills about 32 in less than one week in Kribi
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Close to 32 persons are reported to have succumbed to cholera in Kribi, South region of Cameroon within a week. The information was made known…
Education

Cameroon: Success rate at Probatoire general drops by 12,6%
Publié le 25.09.2020
The 2020 Probatoire general examination has witnessed a 31,22% percentage passed, far from the 43,82% recorded the previous year. Results of the 2019/2020 session of…
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Cameroon: Exportation of unprocessed timber banned from 2022
Publié le 25.09.2020
Countries of the Congo basin have unanimously agreed to ban the exportation of unprocessed timber from January 1, 2020. The decision was taken during a…
Education

Cameroon: Close to 11 million students, pupils expected for 2020/2021 school year
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(c) copyright

Cameroon: Bamenda council acquires 6 buses to solve transportation problems
Publié le 24.09.2020
The Bamenda city council has put six buses at the disposal of the population of the chief town of the North West region of Cameroon…
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Tah Jarvis Mai and Cameraman, Christian Tebong (c) copyright

Cameroon: Journalists arrested during September 22 protest released
Publié le 24.09.2020
The media men arrested in Yaounde and Douala on September 22, during the Cameroon Renaissance Movement’s protest to oust the current President, Paul Biya have…
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Cameroon: Late Mfoundi SDO, Jean Claude Tsila begins journey to eternity
Publié le 24.09.2020
The late Senior Divisional Officer for Mfoundi in the Centre region of Cameroon, Jean Claude Tsila who passed away on August 12 at the age…
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Cameroon: Le jour’s head office burgled
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The head office of the French daily newspaper, Le jour based at the Rue Ceper neighborhood in Yaounde was reportedly burgled early Wednesday September 23…
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One of the journalists set to be under police custody (c) copyright

Cameroon: CPJ calls for release of journalists arrested during CRM protests in Douala
Publié le 23.09.2020
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Police use water cannons to disperse protesters in Douala 09/22/20

Cameroon: September 22 protest starting point to oust Biya- Maurice Kamto
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The national chairman of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement party CRM, Maurice Kamto, organiser of Tuesday September 22 protest has announced that “peaceful marches” will continue…
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Lindovi Njio/La Nouvelle Expression arrested in Yde(c) copyright

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At least two journalists are said to be under police custody in Douala and Yaounde after they were arrested during Tuesday September 22 nationwide…
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(c) copyright

Cameroon: Kamto says demonstrations to oust Biya not insurrectional
Publié le 22.09.2020
The national chairman of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement party, CRM Prof Maurice Kamto has made clarifications on the nature of the ongoing “protest” initiated by…
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Police ready to disperse demonstrators in Douala (c) copyright

Cameroon/Kamto’s nationwide protest: Streets of Yaounde, Douala almost empty
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Some streets and markets in Yaounde, Centre region and Douala, Littoral region of Cameroon have remained empty though heavily militarised since morning following a call…
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(c) copyright

Cameroonians urged to ignore Kamto’s protest, go about daily activities
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Cameroon: Soldiers sentenced to 10 yrs for killing women, babies in FN
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