Cameroon News News Cameroon » People: Cameroon's Baka people say they are part of the forest: That's why they look after it
The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest. While doing fieldwork in 2020, I remember walking with Indigenous elders Ferdinand Mbita and Félix Mangombe up ...
News Cameroon » People: Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon's Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
MAYOS, Cameroon — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a timeless image. But a passing truck ...
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon archbishop says ‘democracy doesn’t exist’ under world’s oldest head of state
In this Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party, wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon.
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon: Stop Discriminating Against LGBT People
Jean-Claude Roger Mbede sentenced to 3 years in prison for “homosexuality.” Back in December, we told you about several countries where LGBT people are at risk, and Cameroon was one of the countries ...
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon in Africa, Its Role, Weight and Alliances
Where Cameroon fits in Africa in October 2026: 29.9 million people, a US$59.2 billion economy, CEMAC and ECCAS roles, the AfCFTA and Biya's eighth term.
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon gov’t signs historic agreement with indigenous Baka people
After years of dialogue, Cameroon government has signed an agreement with Baka indigenous forest people granting the latter greater access rights and joint management of some national parks in the ...
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon's opposition says postponing elections is president's ploy to stay leader for life
Lawmakers with the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement passed a law on Tuesday extending their term of office for one year. The lawmakers were elected in 2020 to serve a five-year term ...
News Cameroon » People: More than a half-million people expected at Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV neared the halfway point in his four-nation tour of Africa on Friday with a day focused on encouraging Cameroon’s young people, first with a big Mass and then a ...
News Cameroon » People: Cameroon presidential election: As Paul Biya set to win, what’s at stake?
Cameroon will hold presidential elections on Sunday, October 12, with the vote expected to go in favour of Africa’s second-longest-serving leader, Paul Biya, 92, who is seeking an eighth term. The ...
News Cameroon » People: Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
Henri Lema poses for a photograph outside his house in Nazareth village Southern Cameroon, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2024. Indigenous people have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for ...