Cameroon

More than 100 migrants from Togo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Benin are stranded in Cameroon after they were rescued by the central African state's military from their capsizing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. The migrants, who are calling on…

The technical working group for repatriation of Nigeria refugees in Cameroon says 4,000 Adamawa indigenes are residing as refugees in Cameroon will be repatriated.The refugees fled the state due to security challenges that affected…

Jihadists linked to Boko Haram have killed at least 17 soldiers and 9 civilians, although some media sources such as Xinhua say the death toll has now risen to 37. A regional security official told AFP news agency that the Boko Haram…

Nigeria and Cameroon troops have killed 27 Boko Haram terrorists in a joint clearance operation, destroyed gun trucks and recovered arms and ammunition belonging to the terrorists.Col. Sagir Musa, the Acting Director Army Public…

An estimated 30,000 Nigerians have returned since Tuesday from Cameroon to the flashpoint town of Rann, which has been targeted repeatedly by Boko Haram militants this year, the UN refugee agency said in an emailed comment to Reuters on…

Cameroonian and Nigerian authorities have ordered 40,000 refugees in Cameroon to return to northeast Nigeria, aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday.Tens of thousands of people fled the town of Rann in northeast…

The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), a human rights group, has blamed the Borno State Government over the plight of no fewer than 100,000 refugees recently expelled from Cameroon.Cameroon is currently home to more than 370,000…

A professor and staff member of the University of Buea in troubled western Cameroon have been kidnapped, a statement received by AFP on Sunday said. Charles Doumta, on the Health Sciences faculty, and George Ongey, who works for the…

Cameroon soldiers have killed at least 30 separatists in two days of intense fighting in the turbulent English-speaking region, a military spokesman has said. The military also freed people held by separatists during its two-day operation…

All 78 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were released on Wednesday, but the school principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men, a priest conducting negotiations said. The group was abducted in Bamenda, a…