Authorities in Cameroon should drop all charges and release three students each sentenced to 10 years in prison for sharing a joke via SMS about Boko Haram, Amnesty International, the Réseau des défenseurs des droits humains en Afrique centrale (REDHAC) and Nouveaux droits de l’homme (NDH) Cameroun said today. The start of the hearings in […]
For some time now, Cameroon has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Over the last five years, Boko Haram militants have been sowing terror with their home-made bombs in the country’s northern region, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Many have been internally displaced and the cost of managing these refugees […]
Three people have been arrested in the Bamenda County after the fire incident that rocked the dormitory of the renowned Sacred Heart College. The three arrested are suspected of having set fire to the dormitory on September 18, shortly after 8 pm. The Francophone dominated police service had opened an investigation which resulted in the […]
Arno Klare is a senior MP in the German parliament from the Social Democratic Party, SPD. He hails from the Mulheim/Essen-Borbeck constituency and was very instrumental in achieving the historic Paris Climate Agreement. He has been a long standing supporter of renewable source of energy and favours the complete integration of migrants into the German […]
CPJ said that apart from detaining journalists, authorities had also banned news outlets deemed sympathetic to the Anglophone protesters, shut down internet in regions experiencing unrest, and prevented outside observers, including CPJ, from accessing the country by delaying the visa process. “Journalists say that the risk of arrest or closure has led to an atmosphere […]
Arno Klare is a senior MP in the German parliament from the SPD political party. He hails from the Mulheim/Essen-Borbeck constituency and was very instrumental in achieving the historic Paris Climate Agreement. He has been a long standing supporter of renewable source of energy and favours the complete integration of immigrants into the German society. […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed prospects for engaging in negotiations with the United States, saying doing so would be a “waste of time” as Washington does not honor its commitments. At a presser after his speech at the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York, Rouhani said there could be no future dialogue with the […]
The Francophone Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Relations with the Assemblies is reportedly dying of an illness that has kept him away from the public eye for several months. The so-called patriarch of the Far North region has not been seen at the National Assembly for over nine months. CIR gathered that for some […]
The Southern Cameroons have been gripped by crisis for 11 months. Thousands of lawyers, teachers and students and several civil society groups have taken to the streets and launched strikes in opposition to discrimination against Anglophones by the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo government. The Francophone government’s response has been harsh. At one protest more than […]
A fake militant of the Southern Cameroons National Council who speaks only French at the centre of a long-running immigration case – which includes three asylum appeals and two failed residence bids – has been granted a work visa to stay in New Zealand. The Cameroonian man’s final attempt to claim refugee status was turned […]
