Tag: Cameroonian
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Former CAF president, Isa Hayatou is dead
As the African football community mourns, condolences have poured in from all corners of the globe, with many recognizing Hayatou’s
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Fear grips Cameroon President, Biya reshuffles military formations after Gabon coup
Fear grips President of Cameroon, Paul Biya as he quickly made major changes to the country’s ministry of defence. The decision of Biya is coming as coups continue to spread on the African continent. Some Presidents are taking proactive steps by reshuffling defence portfolios. Among the posts reshuffled were the delegate to the presidency in…
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Atiku reacts to APC’s claim that he’s Cameroonian, unfit to run for office of president
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar who contested in the 2019 presidential election under the umbrella of the People Democratic Party (PDP), has described the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress contesting his citizenship as “idiotic”. Atiku revealed this through his media aide, Paul Ibe, who told Saturday Sun, that it was an insult to…
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Cameroonian govt dismisses video on shooting of unarmed people
The Cameroonian Government dismissed as “utter manipulation” a video displaying Cameroonian soldiers in brutal killings and wanton molestation in the Far North region of the country. The video released on Aug. 10, showed soldiers firing automatic weapons at unarmed people assembled face down and sitting against a wall. Communications minister and government spokesman Issa Bakary…
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Disaster: Generator fumes kill family if eight in Cross River
The decomposing bodies of 8 Cameroonian refugees were discovered in their room in Ikom, Cross River State today July 28th. According to reports, the dead persons were refugees who fled Cameroon following the trouble in their area and sought solace in Cross River state after crossing the border. People suspect they might have died from…
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Cameroonian separatist leader deported to Cameroon from Nigeria – Official
A key Cameroonian separatist leader arrested in Abuja earlier this month has been deported by Nigerian authorities to Cameroon, his lawyer and the government in Yaounde said. Nigerian authorities on Friday deported Julius Tabe, president of a self-declared breakaway state made up of the Anglophone regions of majority-Francophone Cameroon, said his Nigerian lawyer Abdul Oroh.…
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FG deports 12 Cameroonian separatist leaders
Human rights activists and counsel to the Cameroonian separatist leaders numbering twelve who were arrested earlier in January by the Federal Government, Femi Falana (SAN) on Monday confirmed the deportation of the separatist by the federal government. Julius Ayuk Tabe and 11 others were arrested at Nera Hotels Abuja on January 6 and were detained…
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Over 7,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up its presence in Southern Nigeria, to provide life-saving support to thousands of people fleeing unrest in English-speaking areas of Cameroon. UNHCR spokesperson, Andrej Mahecic, said tensions between security forces and pro-independence demonstrators in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region intensified in October. Mahecic said “Joint UNHCR and…