LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC. The militants, disguised as traders, attacked fishermen, local mayor Ali Ramat said, quoting a survivor. The attack happened on 22 December, 2019, but news from the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s parliament granted special status on Friday to two English-speaking regions to try to calm a separatist insurgency that has killed 2,000 people, but the separatists said only independence would satisfy them. The law, passed in a special session of parliament, says the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions “benefit from a special…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, undertook a tripartite visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 26 to 28 November 2019, in order to exchange views with the national actors…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH – The United States on Tuesday urged Cameroon to devolve power in its troubled anglophone region, saying the government’s military response was only strengthening separatists. The warning came weeks after the United States ended certain preferential trade benefits for Cameroon, citing human rights violations including arbitrary killings. Tibor Nagy, the top US…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s President Paul Biya said he will drop charges against 333 prisoners arrested for their alleged roles in a two-year separatist uprising, but rebel leaders dismissed the move as a political stunt and pledged to keep fighting. The announcement on Twitter on Thursday comes during peace talks launched by Biya to end…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people reportedly died after a ferry belonging to Cameroon’s shipping company, Achouka, sank off Cameroon’s Atlantic coast. A Cameroon navy official who preferred not to be named said over 200 passengers were on board the ferry, which left neighbouring Nigeria and was heading to Tiko wharf in Cameroon’s Southwest region. According…
Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has suggested the team’s loss to Madagascar could be a blessing in disguise and the major reason they are still in the race for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title. The Eagles were beaten 2-0 by the Barea at Alexandria Stadium in their last Group B encounter…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Cameroon will meet Nigeria in a clash of continental giants in the last 16 after Tuesday’s 0-0 draw with Benin allowed Ghana to finish top of Group F. Cameroon stuttered to a second goalless stalemate in succession as Ghana, who drew their opening two games, beat…