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Six killed in stampede trying to get inside stadium to African Cup soccer game
The stampede, which killed six and injured at least 40, happened as crowds struggled to get access to Olembe Stadium for the soccer game.
WHO downplays COVID-19 variant in France
The variant, nicknamed IHU after the research hospital it was discovered in, "probably" originated in Cameroon, scientists said last week.
Nine years on, Cameroon Olympic boxer talks of defection to UK
When boxer Thomas Essomba walked out of the London Olympic Village with his suitcases in 2012, he left behind his life in Cameroon to start another one from scratch.
Cameroon activist campaigns against colonial monuments
DOUALA - Activist Andre Blaise Essama has been battling to purge Cameroon of monuments celebrating its French colonial past and replace them with local heroes long before protests swept the...
Girls in Cameroon defy prejudice to pursue soccer dreams
YAOUNDE - When Gaelle Asheri first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home in Cameroon’s capital, she was the only girl on the informal neighborhood teams which...
78 students kidnapped from school in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Armed separatists have kidnapped at least 78 students and their principal from a Presbyterian school in Nkwen village in Cameroon's restive northwest region, a governor said Monday....
Family thinks US missionary in Cameroon was targeted in fatal shooting
A father of eight performing missionary work in Cameroon was shot and killed during an ambush Tuesday — and his family believes he was targeted for being a white American....
5 athletes reported missing at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia — The Australian Border Force has been alerted and Commonwealth Games officials are concerned about five Cameroon athletes who have gone missing on the Gold Coast. Commonwealth...
Girl's backward legs miraculously fixed in surgery
These incredible photos show the transformation of a little girl whose bowed legs were twisted completely backward. Justine, 11, suffered from a growth disorder that left her feet facing 180...
Cameroon frees US professor held for criticizing government
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — A judge has ordered the release of a New York literature professor held in the Central African nation of Cameroon since early December. Patrice Nganang’s lawyer says...
Suicide bomber taken down by poisoned arrow
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Authorities in northern Cameroon say a local self-defense group used a poisoned arrow to kill a woman with explosives strapped to her body. Midjiyawa Bakary, the governor...
French police hold 6-year-old for days in ID crackdown
PARIS — Paris airport police held a 6-year-old French girl for three days on the mistaken suspicion she had a fake passport — until a judge ordered her released into...
Remains of American pilot still in cockpit after crash in Cameroon
JOHANNESBURG — The remains of an American pilot who died in a plane crash in Cameroon last year are still in the cockpit even though villagers discovered the wreckage of...
Niger reports 109 Boko Haram fighters killed in attacks
NIAMEY, Niger — A total of 109 Boko Haram fighters were killed by soldiers responding to attacks on two towns in Niger near the border with Nigeria on Friday, Niger's...
Boko Haram kidnaps wife of Cameroon's vice PM
The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in the northern town of Kolofata on...
200 kidnapped girls being forced to marry their militant captors
LAGOS, Nigeria — Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civic organization reported Wednesday. At...