Cameroon

As the most robust economy in Central Africa, Cameroon, has in the past decade taken steps to further boost growth, making major advances in providing health, education, and clean water, and launching an ambitious infrastructure investment programme to become a middle-income country by 2035, according to the AfDB’s Cameroon Country Brief released on 2 November 2017.

At least 16 people were killed in a raid and suicide attack in Cameroon and Nigeria on Monday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists.

The Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philemon Yang has called for peace during his visit to the English Speaking region where protests have been ongoing to demand a breakaway.

Human rights group, Amnesty International on Friday said that over 500 people from Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have been arrested by the government for protesting.

Authorities in Cameroon on Monday blocked internet services to the country's English-speaking areas as the government continues a crackdown on protesters seeking independence.

At least eight people are reported to have been shot and killed by security forces in Cameroon on Sunday during anti-government protests.

There has been heavy deployment of security forces across major cities in the English-speaking areas of Cameroon on Sunday in an attempt to block planned anti-government protests.

Authorities in Cameroon have banned public meetings and gatherings in the Anglophone part of the country as demands for independence continues.

The government of Cameroon has denied claims by the rights group, Human Rights Watch that it forcefully sent back to Nigeria, 100,000 refugees in breach of international agreements.

A girl with a bomb strapped to her walked into a mosque in northern Cameroon where it exploded, killing five worshippers in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, authorities said.