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US to support Cameroon in Boko Haram fight

The United States has committed to helping Cameroon’s military secure the equipment it needs to continue fighting against the jihadist group.

Boko Haram kidnap wife of Cameroon vice PM

Boko Haram has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks, including a number of high-profile kidnappings.

Boko Haram suspected of abducting Chinese workers in Cameroon

One Cameroon soldier has been killed while 10 Chinese workers have gone missing in an attack state media and officials say was made by Boko Haram.

Nigeria set to hand over oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

Nigeria will finally hand over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, putting an end to a decades-old dispute.

Cameroon govt accused of muzzling media over riots

Cameroon’s main journalists’ union accused the government on Friday of trying to silence media coverage of anti-government riots after police shut down a popular radio station…

Anti-government riots hit Cameroon capital

Anti-government riots spread to Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday and police in the port of Douala also fired tear gas at protesters angry over high fuel and food prices.…

Cameroon ruling party keeps Parliament majority

Veteran Cameroon President Paul Biya’s ruling party retained a sweeping majority in Parliament in last month’s legislative elections, albeit with slightly fewer seats, official…

Ruling party routs opposition in Cameroon election

Veteran Cameroon President Paul Biya’s ruling party routed the opposition in parliamentary elections on the weekend that his main opponents have already denounced as a sham,…

Cameroon hunter finds crashed South African plane

A hunter in Cameroon has discovered the wreckage of a South African six-seater aircraft and two charred bodies on a mountainside three months after it disappeared, government…

Cameroon: Kenya pilot took off despite storm warning

The pilot of a Kenya Airways plane that crashed in Cameroon this month decided to take off in stormy weather while other flights waited for conditions to improve, Cameroon’s…

Cameroon finds Kenya plane, no word of survivors

The wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane that crashed with 114 people on board was found in a swamp a short distance from Cameroon’s Douala airport on Sunday, officials said, but…

MTN’s Cameroon head aboard missing plane

The head of cellphone giant MTN in Cameroon, Campbell Utton (51), was among those aboard the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 that went missing over Cameroon, media reports said on…

Kenya Airways plane crashes in Cameroon

A Kenya Airways passenger plane bound for Nairobi with 115 people on board crashed in southern Cameroon on Saturday shortly after take-off, the central African country’s state…

China’s Hu starts tour to strengthen Africa ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao began his second African tour in a year on Wednesday to boost ties with a continent that has many of the oil and commodity reserves the Asian giant…