Cameroon security forces disperse election protests as Biya poised for eighth term

Cameroon's security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse opposition party supporters protesting in the capital Yaounde and the northern city of Garoua, as tensions rise over the outcome of the ...
TheCable

Cameroon awaits presidential election results as Paul Biya seeks to extend decades-long rule

Cameroon is on edge as the country awaits the outcome of a tense presidential election with President Paul Biya ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Gunmen blockade bridge in Cameroon’s largest city

DOUALA, CameroonDOUALA, Cameroon — Gunmen blockaded a major bridge in Cameroon’s largest city early Thursday and shot at police for several hours in an attack only 10 days before the country’s ...
Leadership

Cameroon’s Opposition Leader Bakary Makes Early Gains In Biya’s Strongholds

Preliminary results from Cameroon’s presidential election suggested that opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary ws making ...
Voice of America

Cameroon City Shuts Down After Child’s Killing

Schools and economic activity have completely shut down in Bamenda, an English-speaking city in western Cameroon after police opened fire, killing an 8-year-old girl. Several hundred irate ...
Digital Journal

Cameroon city deserted ahead of ‘independence’ declaration

The main city in a restive English-speaking region of Cameroon was a virtual ghost town Saturday, with armed police patrolled the streets on the eve of an expected -- but symbolic -- declaration ...
RNS on MSN

'Cameroon is a powder keg': Catholic bishops challenge nonagenarian president

Through pastoral letters, Sunday homilies and the church’s moral authority, Cameroon's 36 Catholic bishops have emerged as ...