This section gathers our reporting on Cameroon itself: the decisions taken in Yaoundé, the way they land in the regions, and the people who live with the consequences. Politics and governance sit next to justice, security, schooling, health and the economy, because in Cameroon these stories rarely stay in separate boxes.
A large share of the coverage follows the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions — the strikes by lawyers and teachers that opened it, the internet shutdowns, the arrests and trials, the armed conflict and its effect on civilians, schools and displaced families. Alongside it we follow anti-corruption efforts, elections and party politics, church and civil-society voices, and the business deals that shape land, timber and telecoms.
Read the stories below in order and they form a running record: who said what, which promises were made, and which questions remained open. Each article stands on its own, but together they explain why national news in Cameroon so often turns into a debate about trust between citizens and the state.
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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya addresses reporters during a meeting with French President Francois Hollande January 30, 2013 By Arison Tamfu, August 29, 2016 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – The Cameroonian government…
BREAKING NEWS: Communication Minister Calls For Internet Blackout in Cameroon to Frustrate
Issa Tchiroma, Communication Minister By Fred Ndango, Nov. 19, 2016 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – As Common Law Lawyers and Teachers take to the streets on Monday in a protest that is being described as the mother of all…
Nfon Mukete May Have Been Sidelined From Biya’s New Year Wishes Ceremony for Daring The Re
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As Paul Biya Looks to Run Again, Has He Delivered on His Promises?
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Stampede as Agbor Tabi collapses in Buea
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Tapang Ivo, Mark Bareta and Bandy Kiki: Behind the Online Row
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ADF Lands Ground Troops in Southern Cameroons, Declares War on LRC
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Cameroon Gov't Turns Schools Into Military Barracks in Anglophone Regions
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Bishop Bala Was Brutally Murdered, Catholic Bishops Say
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Carnage in Southern Cameroons as Troops Open Fire on Crowds
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CONAC Won't Name Corrupt Officials in Anti-Corruption Report
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North West and South West Businesses Count Losses From Internet Shutdown
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Gendarmes Open Fire in Kumbo as Southern Cameroons Flag Flutters
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Drama in Military Tribunal as State Witnesses Fail to Identify Accused
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Wirba Makes Startling Revelations on Killed, Injured and Displaced
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Agbor Balla, Others Back in Court for Release Procedures: Ben Muna
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Agbor Balla, Fontem Neba Interrogated and Locked Up in Yaounde
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Cameroon's Forces Free Boko Haram Hostages, Says Defence Minister
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Body of Bishop Bala Finally Recovered From River Sanaga
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Ndikum Gerald: Gov't Paid Autopsy Experts in Bishop Bala Probe
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Military Brutality Sends Southern Cameroonians Fleeing to Nigeria
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OPINION: The EU And UK Ought to Know Better; The Crisis in the Cameroons is Not an ‘Intern
Akoson Raymond By Akoson Pauline Diale, Monday, April 3, 2017 On March 23, in reply to a MoRISC Spain’s letter to the President of the EU Commission, the Head of Central Africa and Great Lakes Division of the EU, upon…
BREAKING NEWS: PM Yang Spits Fire in Bamenda, Says Bamenda Won’t be Demiliteralized, And T
PM Philimon Yang By Mua Patrick, March 6, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Bamenda – Prime Minister Philemon Yang, began meeting yesterday with education stakeholders and other personalities in Bamenda in a fresh school…
Tchiroma Apologizes For Saying There is No Anglophone Problem Before Warning That There Wi
Issa Tchiroma, Communication Minister By Mua Patrick, January 19, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Communication Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has summarily apologized for earlier stating that “there isn’t an…
Anglophone, Francophone Lawyers to Defend 24 Anglophone Youths Being Charged With Terroris
Barrister Maurice Kamto, one of the leading defence lawyers. By Amindeh Blaise Atabong, January 10, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Over 66 prominent Anglophone and Francophone lawyers, amongst them Barristers Maurice…
SCHOOL RESUMPTION: Gov’t is Desperate, Parents Confused, Education Minister Booed in Ndop
By Mbom Sixtus, January 9, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaoundé – “I don’t know whether I should send my children to school or keep them at home. Government says they will provide security in schools to prevent any riots.…
Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Awards 2016: Inviting Grassroots Peace Activists in Conflict-Affe
Are you a peacebuilder? Would international recognition and a $10,000 prize help your organisation make a bigger impact? If yes, then apply for Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Awards 2016. Applications are open for Tomorrow’s…
BREAKING NEWS: Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) Groups Create United Front, Ban all CPDM Act
By Nico Awambeng, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Nigeria – The drive towards the total restoration of the statehood of the Southern Cameroons has scored a big victory. Almost all the organizations previously…
LEAKED VIDEO: Tchiroma Confirmed That Fru Ndi Won 1992 Elections, Made Case About Marginal
Issa Tchiroma, Communication Minister By Tapuka Gerald, January 2, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaoundé – A video has emerged online in which then opposition member and current Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma, makes…
EDITORIAL: An All Anglophone Conference is Inevitable – It’s Time to Rethink Strategy, Put
Monday February 20, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Washington D.C – The Biya’s regime has a strategy with which to win the current stalemate in the country brought about by the present Anglophone crisis. The strategy entails…
We Were Not Bribed to Call Off Strike, We Meant What We Did
Semma Valentine: Designated CATTU coordinator endorsed the statement. By Hans Ngala, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Bamenda – The All Anglophone Teachers’ Trade Union which surreptitiously called off the…
EXCLUSIVE: Anglophone Detainees Arrested in Wum, Resort to Homosexual Acts in Kondengui Pr
The Wum detainees days after they were thrown into Kondengui. By Mua Patrick Mughe, January 13, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Sources at Kondengui Maximum Security Prison in Yaounde have disclosed to The Cameroon…
How People Are Abducted And Intimidated to Disclose Whereabouts of Family Members So They
Nkongho Success, Friday, April 28, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaoundé – The secret service of Cameroon popularly known by its French acronym as CENER, seems to have introduced a new form of intimidation through abduction…
Supreme Court President Calls for Reform of Justice System, Wants Cameroon Laws Adapted to
Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone: Supreme Court President By Macdonald Ayang, February 22, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Supreme Court President of Cameroon, Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone, has said there is need…
Cameroon Magistrates Taking Human Rights Lessons in Yaounde as Anglophones Decry Gross Rig
Justice Minister Laurent Esso By Macdonald Ayang, February 20, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde- At least 50 magistrates drawn from across the county are upgrading their skills in Yaounde on the promotion and protection…
NUDP Holds Elective Congress Saturday – Bello Bouba to Retain Chairmanship Position He Has
Bello Bouba Maigari,National Union for Democracy and Progress leader. By Mua Patrick, February 20, 2017 Cameroon Journal,Yaounde – Militants of one of Cameroon’s leading opposition parties, the National Union for…
BREAKING NEWS: Explosions in Bamenda and Killings in Besongabang Military Base, ADF Claims
Stock Photo By Wilfred Moki, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Mamfe – The Ambazonia Defense Forces ADF, of Cho Ayaba’s AGC have claimed responsibility for an explosive that rocked the Bamenda Hospital…
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Ayah Defends Supreme Court Appointment, Change of Party Name And Relations
By Nfor Hanson Nchanji, August 23, 2016 Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Ayah Paul ABine, National Chairman of the Popular Action Party, PAP, and Advocate General of the Supreme Court has for the first time publicly defended…
Federalism Works in Germany, USA and others, Cameroon Should Be no Exception
Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon, René Cremonese By Mua Patrick, February 22, 2017 Cameroon Journal, Yaoundé – Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon, René Cremonese has said that the Cameroon government can…
Internet Shutdown in North West, South West Regions Persists Though MTN Says They’re Resto
Minette Libom Li Likeng, Minister of Post and Telecommunication By Amindeh Blaise Atabong in Yaounde, with field reports Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Government has totally shut down internet connection in the entire…