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Cameroon security forces accused of raping women, killing civilians

Human Rights Watch has accused Cameroon security forces of killing at least four civilians and raped one woman in mid…
Published on 22.07.2019 by JournalduCameroun security
Cameroon : Media practitioners sensitised on shunning hate speech

Media practitioners have been urged to shun descriminatory and hate speech as the country prepares to organise three crucial elections…
Published on 12.06.2019 by JournalduCameroun Media
Cameroon: Stakeholders urge to uphold human rights values for democratic society

Cameroonians have been called upon to uphold human right values as vector for the acquisition and transmission of democratic practices…
Published on 06.05.2019 by Journalducameroun Human interest
UN offers to help Biya respect human rights in Cameroon

The United Nations has offered to help Cameroon improve in the respect and protection of human rights in Cameroon. This…
Published on 04.05.2019 by Journalducameroun diplomacy
UN human rights head in Cameroon amidst violations in Anglophone regions

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is in Cameroon for a four-day working visit with the…
Published on 02.05.2019 by Journalducameroun Human interest
Workshop to promote human rights underway in Yaounde

Cameroonians have been urged to shun hate speech and avoiding spreading fake news while respcting human right values and freedom…
Published on 30.04.2019 by Journalducameroun Human interest
UK urges Cameroon to accept foreign assistance for victims of Anglophone crisis

The United Kingdom has urged the government of Cameroon to accept offers of assistance from regional and international partners so…
Published on 21.03.2019 by Journalducameroun Human interest
UN security Council urged to take action over rights violation in Cameroon

The United Nations Security Council has been urged to take action against alleged human rights violations reported in Cameroon for…
Published on 13.03.2019 by Journalducameroun Human interest
Amnesty International, Human Rights & Cameroon’s Military

Issa Tchiroma’s vituperative outbursts and banal aspersions cast on Amnesty International was bad politics, even more so, as the language…
Published on 10.08.2017 by Journal du Cameroun Opinion column
Ayah writes to ‘missing’ Anglophones found in gendarmerie foxhole

Justice Ayah Paul Abine, detained Supreme Court judge sent on retirement while facing trial, has written to some 12 Anglophone…
Published on 08.08.2017 by Journal du Cameroun security
In the war on Boko Haram, is the U.S. turning a blind eye to Cameroon’s abuses?

Matthew T. Page, a former Africa analyst for the State Department, is a consultant and fellow with the Centre for Democracy and…
Published on 28.07.2017 by Journal du Cameroun Institutional
Cameroon: Outrage as sex tape of teenage Kumba girl goes viral

Cameroonians have reacted with outrage on social media, after viewing a video of a young girl in Kumba being forced…
Published on 30.06.2017 by Marriane Tabi Enow Human interest
Jilted “lover” kills 24-year old UB student

Adele Elise Ekale, a 24-year old final year student in the department of Linguistics, University of Buea was strangled to…
Published on 29.06.2017 by Marriane Enow Tabi Human interest
‘Right to fair trial’ among most violated rights in Cameroon

The Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, NCHRF made the revalation at the 22nd ordinary session…
Published on 24.04.2017 by Journal du Cameroun Human interest
Situation of rights in Cameroon: Amnesty Int’l opens can of worms

Issa Tchiroma, Cameroon’s Minister of Communication, commonly referred to as government spokesperson, organised several press conferences in the course of…
Published on 23.02.2017 by Sixtus Mbom Human interest
Rights Commission opens investigation on suspected abuses in Anglophone regions

The National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms, NCHRF has opened investigations into alleged abuses recording during the ongoing protests…
Published on 17.02.2017 by Journal du Cameroun Institutional