Cameroon News » North 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: Lifting Cameroon’s Most Vulnerable Out of Poverty: Building Resilience and Fostering Local Governance to Address the Root Causes of Fragility and Conflict in Northern Regions ...
Cameroon is a low middle-income country at two speeds: poverty and inequality are deteriorating in the northern regions notably the conflict prone North-West, while declining slightly in the rest of ...
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: 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: 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’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: Thirsty killer elephants rampage through north Cameroon city
YAOUNDE — Wildlife officials in north Cameroon are struggling against a marauding herd of elephants that wandered into a regional capital this week after trampling through surrounding villages, ...
News Cameroon » North: Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 13 in Far North Cameroon
Cameroon says it is deploying more troops to its far northern border with Nigeria after a suicide attack late Wednesday killed at least 13 people in the border town of Limani. Two teenage suicide ...