A group of United Nations human rights experts has called on Cameroon’s government to end renewed violence in the country’s Anglophone regions and guard against ongoing human rights violations. The experts on a range of human rights issues – peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, arbitrary detentions and executions – said…
The trial in Cameroon of a prominent lawyer and human rights activist and some two dozen other defendants has again been adjourned after a military tribunal in Yaounde denied them bail. Their next court date is scheduled for June 29, according to local media reports. Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla, leader of…
An Amnesty International press conference planned in Cameroon was shut down by security agents on Wednesday, although the human rights organization says it complied with prior notification laws ahead of the event. Managers at the hotel in Yaoundé, where the Amnesty meeting was planned, were told by officials to shut…
In troubled Cameroon, the trial of prominent lawyer and human rights activist Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla has again been adjourned after a Thursday appearance before a military tribunal in Yaounde. Agbor-Balla, leader of the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium, was arrested in January when the government under President Paul Biya outlawed the…
More than 120 lawyers in Cameroon crowded into a Yaounde courtroom in support of a colleague who faces the death penalty on charges connected with his human rights activities, following his January arrest as leader of the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium. Despite the political tensions between them, both Anglophone and…
A 17-year-old student from Cameroon has become the first African to win the Google Code In contest grand prize. Collins Nji of Bamenda, an artist and graphic designer when he’s not honing his coding skills, was one of 34 teens from across the globe to achieve the honors. There were…
Late Sunday night, the United States Embassy in Yaounde sent out its “congratulations to the indomitable Lions” message to celebrate the Africa Cup of Nations victory in Cameroon. It was an exciting match, and both Christian Bassogog’s MVP award and the the 2-1 victory over Egypt he helped to deliver…
As Cameroon marked a national day of mourning on Monday, the death toll following Friday’s CamRail train derailment rose to at least 80 people. Transport Minister Edgar Mebe’Ngo’o told local media outlets that the fatalities are expected to rise again, given critical injuries in some of the 600-plus people who…