Cameroon

Cameroon: 3 Anglophone separatists, priest killed ahead of presidential poll

Three anglophone separatists were killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces in the flashpoint Southwest Region town of Buea, ahead of Sunday's presidential polls

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Insurgency and military operations in Lake Chad region displace 2.4 million people

About 11 million people rely on humanitarian assistance to survive in the Lake Chad region following nine years of violence, a dozen NGOs warned

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Cameroon arrests soldiers accused of executing women and children

Four Cameroonian soldiers suspected of shooting dead four women and children have been arrested, according to reports

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32 dead after Menka motel firefight in Anglophone Cameroon, government says

The death toll after a military and police operation in an English-speaking region of Cameroon shaken by an armed separatist campaign stands at 32, including five "hostages"

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US hands 2 C-208 reconnaissance aircraft to Chad

The United States formally handed over to Chad two Cessna C-208B light reconnaissance aircraft intended to help its forces fight a jihadist insurgency

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Five Cameroon soldiers killed in likely Boko Haram attack near border with Nigeria

Five Cameroonian soldiers were killed and three injured in a suspected Boko Haram attack on a military post in the far north of the country

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Boko Haram attacks in Niger kill fewer people because they’ve already fled

The number of civilian deaths at hands of Boko Haram fell in Niger last year, but the statistics do not reflect the situation on the ground.

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Cameroon army repels attack by ‘anglophone separatists’

Armed separatists in Cameroon's troubled anglophone region attacked a village before being repelled by soldiers, security officials said Friday.

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