Tag: #Cameroon
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8 dead, 50 injured in stampede after football match at Cameroon stadium
Some 50 people were injured in the crush ahead of the Africa Cup Of Nations match, including two people with multiple injuries, two more with serious head wounds, and a baby that was reportedly trampled in the crowd
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Cameroon school attack kills 8 students: UN
Kumba, Cameroon, Oct 25 (AFP/APP):Attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual school in Kumba, but the area has been caught up in violence between Anglophone separatists and…
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14 children dead in Cameroon massacre: UN
Libreville, Feb 17 (AFP/APP): A massacre in an anglophone region of Cameroon left up to 22 villagers dead including 14 children, the UN said Sunday, with an opposition party blaming the killings on the army. Armed men carried out the bloodshed on Friday in the village of Ntumbo in the Northwest region, James Nunan, a…
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Cameroon troops attacked historic royal palace
Elite Cameroon troops have attacked a UNESCO-recognized palace in the Angophone west of the country
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Cameroon main opposition leader Maurice Kamto released
Yaoundé, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto walked free from jail Saturday after a military court ordered his release at the behest of veteran President Paul Biya. The opposition leader was released after nine months imprisonment following surprise conciliatory gestures from Biya, who is facing a number of domestic crises and international criticism…