Yaounde — The Confederation of African Football, CAF, is investigating accusations of inappropriate conduct by the president of the Cameroon football federation, Samuel Eto’o Fils. CAF said in a press release it had received reports of alleged inappropriate conduct by Eto’o, four-time African footballer of the year, by “stakeholders” from Fecafoot, Cameroon’s football federation. The […]
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Yaounde — Aid groups and the government of Cameroon say they distributed rice, millet and beans to at least 30,000 people this week along the central African state’s northern border with Chad and Nigeria. Refugee populations and host communities are among the recipients. The government and relief agencies now aim to reach a total of […]
Yaounde, Cameroon — Military officials in Cameroon say they have found a mass grave near the border with Nigeria containing the bodies of nine civilians, including five government officials, who were abducted by rebels in June 2021. Government troops were led to the mass grave by a separatist fighter who participated in the killing, but […]
Harare — At least 16 people have died and close to 30 injured when a four-storey building collapsed onto a smaller one in Cameroon’s largest city, Douala. According to AFP, medical officials said that a three-year-old girl was one of the victims, and three other children were still in intensive care. Emergency personnel did not […]
A four-story building collapsed onto a smaller structure in Cameroon’s most populous city Douala, with at least 12 people losing their lives. A building collapsed in the Cameroonian city of Douala, killing 12 people, authorities said on Sunday. Douala, located in the western Littoral region, is Cameroon’s commercial center and most populous city. The four-story […]
Yaounde — In Cameroon, authorities say separatists have set up roadblocks to at least 20 western districts to protest what they call excessive brutality by government troops. The rebels accuse Cameroon’s military in the past week of killing at least 27 people and burning scores of homes. Cameroon’s military denies the allegations and blames separatists […]
The World Health Organisation has flagged a batch of “Naturcold” cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon as toxic for containing unacceptable amounts of contaminants. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued an alert regarding a batch of contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon, noting that it contained unacceptable amounts of contaminant chemicals. According […]
Planned Visit by French Expert Met with Online Hate Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon are all too aware of homophobic rhetoric and violent attacks against them. This has been highlighted once again in the outpouring of vitriol before a scheduled visit by Jean-Marc Berthon, the French ambassador for the Rights […]
French football superstar Kylian Mbappe says it is an honour “to be in the country of origin.” The PSG superstar was speaking in Yaoundé, Friday shortly after a meeting with the Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute. “It’s an honour to be with my family and to see all the people there. They have shown […]
Yaounde, Cameroon — Officials in Cameroon say vaccine hesitancy is preventing them from inoculating millions of children for childhood diseases in the first major campaign since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The country has an outbreak of measles and rubella that has killed 18 children and sickened more than 4,000 this year. The public health ministry […]
“I fled to Nigeria to find succour; I pray for peace and unity between the francophone and anglophone Cameroonians.” The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun verification of 18,000 Cameroonian refugees in Calabar, Cross River State. The refugees who are camped in different locations in Cross River were asked to come with […]
Abuja — The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to stop the moves to cede Danare and Biajua Communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State of Nigeria through Pillar 113A to the Republic of Cameroon. The House also invited the Director General of the National Boundary Commission and Surveyor General of the Federation […]
Amnesty International has reported that security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen – from both side of the country’s linguistic divide – have committed “atrocities” in the English-speaking regions of western Cameroon, including executions, torture and rape. In a report released Tuesday, Amnesty International has found new evidence of abuses in the country’s Northwest Region […]
Monday marked the solemn occasion of the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of Cameroonian football star Marc-Vivien Foé. As CAFOnline.com reflects on this tragic event, we pay tribute to a remarkable African footballer whose life was tragically cut short on June 26, 2003 during a FIFA Confederations Cup match in France. Football world has […]
Cameroon’s government is seeking to block France’s LGBT+ rights ambassador from travelling to the country, saying the visit would breach its anti-gay laws. Jean-Marc Berthon, who represents the French government on the rights of LGBT+ people worldwide, is scheduled to visit Cameroon from 27 June to 1 July for an event hosted by the French […]
We, the Collective Democratic and Patriotic Organizations of Cameroonians in the Diaspora (CODE) on the night of June 12 2023 learned with immense sadness of the death of NI John Fru Ndi, President of the Social Democratic Front (SDF). We salute the memory of a politician who leaves behind a nuclear and political family in […]
Yaounde — Cameroon has prohibited the broadcast of television programs that it says propagate homosexuality in the central African state. Joseph Chebongkeng Kalabubse, president of Cameroon’s National Communication Council, which regulates media in the country, said this week media organizations that broadcast programs linked to homosexuality will be severely punished. “The National Communication Council can […]
Yaounde — Ahead of International Day of the African Child on June 16, rights groups and officials in Cameroon are distributing birth certificates to 30,000 of several million children denied education for lack of the document. A majority of the children without birth registration are from western regions and Cameroon’s northern border with Nigeria where […]