Cameroon

The government of Cameroon announced on Sunday that 16 people were murdered in a nightclub fire in the capital, Yaounde, caused by pyrotechnics. “The initial report shows 16 dead and eight seriously injured” after the “accidental...

The International monetary fund (IMF) approved a $226 million loan to assist African country Cameroon to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) because it faced plunging oil revenues. It was the most recent disbursement under its rapid Credit...

Cameroon face an inquiry and possible disciplinary action from soccer authorities after a series of incidents in their 3-0 defeat by England in the last 16 of the women’s World Cup on Sunday. Cameroon players furiously...

A prominent lawyer close to detained Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto was charged Thursday with rebellion, his lawyer said, after the country shrugged off international concern over a wave of arrests targeting government critics. Michele Ndoki...

Former Olympic football gold medallists Cameroon began their qualifying campaign for the 2020 Tokyo Games with a 3-0 home victory over Chad on Friday. The teams meet again Tuesday in N’Djamena in the second leg of...

Veteran Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o has signed for Qatar league side, Qatar Sports Club, it was announced Monday, just days after he ended a brief stay at Turkish side Konyaspor. The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with humanitarian partners, today launched an inter-agency funding appeal for US$157 million to help over a quarter of a million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake...

News Hour: IOM, the UN Migration Agency and its implementing partner Saheli, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), began a week-long distribution of core relief items and shelter kits to displaced people in the Far North Region of...

News Hour: Vincent Aboubakar scored a brilliant late goal to hand unfancied Cameroon a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Egypt and their fifth African Nations Cup title in an entertaining final on Sunday. Cameroon, who had eight...

News Hour: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loan of $325 million to strengthen Cameroon’s national electricity transmission network. The Electricity Transmission and Reform project is...