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The state of health care in Cameroon is a source of growing concern, with thousands of doctors fleeing the central African country for lucrative jobs elsewhere, especially in Europe and North America, ...
News Cameroon » North: Cameroon: Has Cameroon's Far North Become a Drug Stronghold?
Due to a lack of control, drug trafficking is increasing and fuelling insecurity in the north of Cameroon. In July this year, after June's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, ...
News Cameroon » North: Cameroon’s Large-Scale Boko Haram Attacks Leave Thousands Homeless
Officials on Cameroon's northern border with Nigeria say Boko Haram militants in the past week destroyed hundreds of homes in large-scale attacks that killed at least six villagers and two soldiers, ...
News Cameroon » North: Cameroon’s Far North battles drug scourge fuelling Boko Haram violence, urban crime, kidnappings
In July 2024, after June’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Cameroon’s public health minister revealed that the Far North Region was in the top three countrywide with the ...
News Cameroon » North: Cameroon's Far North Becomes Stronghold for Drugs From Nigeria, Others
Due to a lack of control, drug trafficking is increasing and fuelling insecurity in the north of Cameroon. In July this year, after June's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, ...
News Cameroon » North: North Cameroon authorities under pressure as region gripped by spate of lucrative ransom kidnappings
In just three years (2015–18), kidnappers in North Cameroon collected ransom money of around €3-million (CFAF 2-billion), according to Garoua police. This crime has soared despite government measures ...
News Cameroon » North: Cameroon bishop says insecurity getting worse in Far North region
Cameroon soldiers guard at a lookout post as they take part in operations against Boko Haram fighters. (Credit: Edwin Kindzeka Moki/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Cameroon is continuing to be ...
News Cameroon » North: Kidnapping for ransom on the rise in North Cameroon
Since 2013, communities in Cameroon’s Far North Region have suffered attacks from the violent extremist group Boko Haram. The divisions of Mayo-Tsanaga, Mayo-Sava ...