Cameroon: Two militants killed as army repels Boko Haram attack
May 23, 2023, at 10:05 pm
Yaounde: At least two militants of the terror group Boko Haram were killed when they launched offensives against a civilian community and the military in Cameroon's Far North region, locals and security sources confirmed Monday.
Cameroon: Six soldiers injured in landmine explosion
Mar 22, 2023, at 11:18 pm
Yaounde: At least six Cameroonian soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on Tuesday in the Far North region of the country, according to local and security sources.
Cameroon: Six die in stadium stampede
Jan 25, 2022, at 02:58 pm
Yaounde: At least six people died in a stampede at a stadium hosting the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon on Monday night, media reports said.
Cameroon: Intercommunal clashes continue to displace thousands
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:10 pm
New York: Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region over the past two weeks have driven at least 100,000 people from their homes, although the actual number may be much higher, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said on Friday.
Violence in Cameroon, impacting over 700,000 children shut out of school
Dec 03, 2021, at 10:49 pm
New York: Over 700,000 children have been impacted by school closures due to often brutal violence in Cameroon, according to an analysis released by the UN humanitarian arm, OCHA, on Thursday.
UN shocked and outraged over horrific attack on school in Cameroon
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which claimed the lives of eight children, and wounded another twelve.
Boko Haram attack in Cameroon leaves 18 dead, 11 injured
Aug 03, 2020, at 01:10 am
Yaounda/Sputnik: Eighteen people are killed and 11 others are seriously injured in an attack by the Boko Haram group in northern Cameroon, L'Oeil du Sahel reported on Sunday.
UN rights chief rejects killings acknowledged by Cameroon, and Iran’s execution of child offenders
Apr 23, 2020, at 02:48 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN’s human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State authorities, or by rogue members of State military forces, emphasizing that all Governments must strictly abide by international law and hold those who serve, accountable for any violations.
Cameroon: UN officials raise alarm over escalating violence, call for civilian protection
Feb 22, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New York/IBNS: Four senior UN officials issued a joint statement on Friday deploring the continued human rights abuses committed against civilians, including women and children, in the south-west and north-west regions of Cameroon.
Nearly two million Cameroonians face humanitarian emergency: UNICEF
Nov 06, 2019, at 09:45 am
New York/IBNS: Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some 1.9 million people, a “15-fold increase since 2017”, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN chief encouraged by release of Cameroon opposition leader
Oct 06, 2019, at 07:19 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General is encouraged by the release of the leader of the main opposition party in Cameroon. Maurice Kamto had spent the past nine months in jail following peaceful protests disputing the outcome of the October 2018 presidential election in which he was a candidate.
Five soldiers killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon's Far North region
Sep 16, 2019, at 10:10 am
Yaounde (Xinhua/UNI) At least five Cameroonian soldiers were killed Saturday night by Boko Haram in a fight in Soueram, a locality in the country's Far North region, the army confirmed on Sunday.
Official, journalist abducted in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region
Sep 15, 2019, at 09:41 am
Yaounde, Sept 15 (Xinhua): An official and a journalist were kidnapped on Saturday in Bamenda, the largest city in Cameroon's crisis-hit Anglophone region of Northwest, according to local authorities.
Growing a future free of terrorism: UN News special report from Cameroon
Sep 07, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York: When terrorists attacked and ransacked 30-year old Mamma Hamidou’s village in the Far North region of Cameroon four years ago, she faced an impossible choice. Hand over her young daughter or risk that her husband be executed on the spot.
Over 80 per cent of schools in anglophone Cameroon shut down, as conflict worsens
Jun 22, 2019, at 07:38 am
New York, June 22 (IBNS): More than 80 per cent of schools in the English-speaking North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon are closed, as the security situation and living conditions continue to deteriorate due to the three-year conflict between the Government and armed groups, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, reported on Friday.
Cameroon: Clear ‘window of opportunity’ to solve crises rooted in violence - Bachelet
May 07, 2019, at 09:06 am
New York, May 7 (IBNS): The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed Cameroon’s willingness to cooperate over finding workable solutions to “major human rights and humanitarian crises”, caused by months of serious unrest and violence across the west and north of the country.
Six school children kidnapped in Cameroon's west region
Apr 13, 2019, at 05:05 pm
Yaounde, Apr 13 (Xinhua/UNI) Six students -five boys and one girl -of a government secondary school have been kidnapped in Fongo Tongo, a locality in western Cameroon, a local government official said on Friday.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:16 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Small shelters, some covered in the ubiquitous white sheeting provided by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), dot the dusty grey sun-bleached plain around the village of Goura, in the far north-east of Cameroon.
Jan 25, 2019, at 10:08 am
New York, Jan 25 (IBNS): Around 4.3 million Cameroonians, mostly women and children, are now in need of lifesaving assistance, the UN announced on Thursday, presenting it’s 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan for the West African country, in coordination with the Government and aid partners.
Fleeing violence, Cameroonian refugee arrivals in Nigeria pass 30,000, reports UN refugee agency
Nov 10, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): The number of Cameroonians fleeing violence and seeking refuge in neighbouring Nigeria has crossed the 30,000-mark, the United Nations refugee agency has said, highlighting that the needs on the ground are outpacing assistance efforts.
UN chief condemns student abductions in north-west Cameroon
Nov 07, 2018, at 09:19 am
New York, Nov 7 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Monday’s reported kidnapping of students and staff from a secondary school in Bamenda, North-West region of Cameroon.
UN chief urges peaceful, free and fair elections in Cameroon
Oct 05, 2018, at 10:06 am
New York, Oct 5 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a peaceful, credible and inclusive elections in Cameroon, as the country prepares to hold presidential elections this coming Sunday.
Cameroon violence needs urgent investigation, says UN rights chief Zeid
Jul 26, 2018, at 09:00 am
new York, July 26 (IBNS): Persistent reports of grave human rights abuses in Cameroon — including a widely shared video showing the alleged execution of a woman, child and baby — must be investigated by the authorities urgently, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Wednesday.
Do not send refugees back to the violence they fled from, UN agency urges Cameroon
Apr 21, 2018, at 02:04 pm
New York, Apr 21 (IBNS): Despite warnings, Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers who fled Boko Haram violence continue to be returned from Cameroon, the United Nations refugee agency has said, underscoring the need to accord international protection to those in need.
Cameroonians pour into Nigeria, stretching scant resources – UN refugee agency
Mar 21, 2018, at 02:13 pm
New York, Mar 21 (JEN): As more and more Anglophone Cameroonians flee a violent crackdown in the region and seek asylum in Nigeria, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday without more funding and assistance, their situation and that of the Nigerian communities hosting them, will become even more desperate.
In Cameroon, UN deputy aid chief urges assistance as insecurity deepens in Lake Chad basin
Feb 27, 2018, at 02:33 pm
New York, Feb 27 (JEN): Amid growing insecurity in Lake Chad, a senior United Nations relief official on Monday said the international community and the Government of Cameroon must step up support for humanitarian action in the country, which is most affected by regionwide violence sparked by Boko Haram.
More flee Cameroon’s English-speaking areas; UN concerned over safety of women and children
Jan 20, 2018, at 12:28 pm
New York, Jan 20 (JEN): As swelling numbers of people flee English-speaking areas of Cameroon for Nigeria, the United Nations on Friday expressed concern over the precarious situation of women and children, which make now up about 80 per cent of the approximately 10,000 registered refugees in eastern Nigeria’s Cross River state.
Unrest in Cameroon's Anglophone regions sends thousands fleeing to Nigeria – UN agency
Nov 01, 2017, at 05:35 am
New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency is scaling up efforts with partners to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of Cameroonians who have fled violence in that country's Anglophone regions to south-eastern Nigeria.
Cameroon: UN rights office urges meaningful dialogue to address decades-long grievances
Oct 07, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Oct 6(Just Earth News): Voicing concern over tensions in Cameroon, the United Nations human rights wing has urged the Government and dissatisfied groups to engage in a meaningful political dialogue to fully address long standing grievances.
Cameroon: UN Secretary-General urges dialogue to resolve grievances
Oct 04, 2017, at 10:47 am
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): Strongly condemning recent violence in south-west and north-west regions of Cameroon, including reported loss of life, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all stakeholders to refrain from any further acts of violence and called on the authorities to investigate the incidents.