Cameroon

Inside tracks: the recording studio offering musical escape in a Cameroon prison

As Jail Time Records releases its fifth single, imprisoned and recently released artists describe how making music has changed their lives

Alice McCool

24, May, 2022 @11:01 AM

Médecins Sans Frontières suspends operations in parts of Cameroon over detained staff

Health charity in an ‘untenable position’ in anglophone parts of the country as it is accused of taking sides in internal strife

Kaamil Ahmed

06, Apr, 2022 @11:18 AM

Women in Cameroon are activists and fighters but both sides in conflict are ignoring them | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Comfort Ero

As anglophone separatists continue their conflict with the government, women’s voices must be heard to find a solution

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Comfort Ero

09, Mar, 2022 @7:01 AM

Tragic consequences of repatriating asylum seekers | Letter

Letter: Officials often underestimate the dangers faced by failed asylum seekers who are forcibly sent home, writes Jackie Fearnley

Letters

16, Feb, 2022 @5:07 PM

African migrants deported in Trump era suffered abuse on return, report finds

A Human Rights Watch report found Cameroonian asylum-seekers forcibly flown back home suffered imprisonment, torture and rape

Julian Borger in Washington

10, Feb, 2022 @9:00 AM

‘We play to forget what happened’: football’s refuge for girls who fled atrocities

In Cameroon’s Minawao refugee camp, young Nigerians use the game to help rebuild lives put in danger by Boko Haram

Nick Ames in Minawao

05, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM

Cameroonian senator and soldier killed in restive anglophone regions

Opposition figure shot and a soldier killed with an explosive device in separate attacks

Emmanuel Akinwotu in Lagos

12, Jan, 2022 @6:15 PM

Cameroon’s pride at hosting Africa Cup of Nations tempered by separatist violence

Marginalised English speakers in north of country threaten to disrupt football tournament

Emmanuel Akinwotu and Franklin Sone Bayen in Limbe

08, Jan, 2022 @7:05 PM

‘They punished me for having books’: schools in Cameroon terrorised by armed groups

Human Rights Watch says armed separatists in anglophone regions have made schools a battleground, with hundreds of school pupils and teachers attacked, kidnapped or threatened

Lizzy Davies

16, Dec, 2021 @6:30 AM

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid: the making of an NBA superhero

The star center of the Philadelphia 76ers and Most Valuable Player candidate has made an unlikely journey from central Africa to the pinnacle of the NBA

Ryan Baldi

15, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM

Cameroonian asylum-seeker sues US for alleged assault by Ice officers

Acheleke Fuanya claims officers knelt on his neck in the attack at a Louisiana prison to force him to accept deportation