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In a statement marking the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said more than 44,000 people, 45% of them children, are currently declared missing across Africa. About 82% of those missing are said to be from just seven countries with armed conflicts. According …

More than 10,000 people have fled northern Cameroon after deadly clashes between fishermen and herders from two neighbouring communities. The clashes have led to the death of 20 people so far. Those fleeing from the region have sought assistance in neighbouring Chad. Clashes began following a dispute between an ethnic …

Clashes between two communities in Cameroon’s Far North region left twelve dead and tens wounded, Midjiyawa Bakari, the regional governor, says. The unrest, in which 48 people were also injured, took place in Logone Birni, an area on the banks of Logone River along the border between Chad and Cameroon. …

After months of suspension by the authorities, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has withdrawn from Cameroon’s North-West region. The charity said it could not stay where it was “not allowed to provide care to people”. “Unfortunately, we cannot keep our staff on standby any longer, so we have no …

Cameroon has launched an awareness campaign among the population after two cases of polio were detected in Yaounde, health officials said Thursday. In a statement on Monday, the health minister Manaouda Malachie said two cases of type 2 poliovirus were detected in environmental samples in the district of the Cité …

As reported by The Guardian Post, three students were injured in Cameroon’s South-West region after a stampede broke out following a rumoured Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The students from the city of Kumba are currently being observed by medics, the newspaper adds. “The injuries were recorded in the wake of a …

Nigerian artist Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has broken his silence about the cancellation of a Valentine’s Day concert in Cameroon. Naira asked his fans to “calm down” saying not all Cameroonians were bad. The concert was reportedly cancelled after some Cameroonian artists protested against the Nigerian artist …

Angry residents of Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s North-West region, have held a protest after the death of four teenagers on Sunday during an army operation in the city. Some of the residents carried caskets with the teenagers’ bodies during the protest on Tuesday. “These killings are pure terror,” said …

Dozens of people died Wednesday in Cameroon when a bus collided with a truck off a cliff in the country’s west province of Dschang in the Menoua region. At the time of filing this report, it was not clear what caused the accident, but both vehicles went up in flames …