International

Cameroon Women Appeal to the UN Security Council to Discuss Escalating Crises

The government has refused to respond to their appeal

VOA News • 05 Jun 21

International

South Asia Turns to China for Covid Vaccines after India Halts Exports

China's vaccine diplomacy could deepen influence in strategic Indian Ocean region where it has been wooing countries with its Belt and Road Initiative

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 28 May 21

International

On World Menstrual Health Day, Cameroon NGOs Seek Free Menstrual Kits to Battle Stigma

Student says education of many young girls is undermined by limited access to hygienic menstrual products and poor sanitation infrastructure

VOA News • 28 May 21

International

In Nigeria, Rising Insecurity Leads to Growing Separatist Calls

In recent months, a Yoruba separatist group has appeared, which is calling for the creation of an independent state known as Oduduwa Republic

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 May 21

International

Cameroon Military Says Rebels Turning to IEDs as Numbers Fall

Improvised Explosive Devices killed 24 Cameroonian troops and civilians in the past two weeks

VOA News • 11 May 21

International

Cameroon Poultry Farmers Urge Europe to Ease Trade Restrictions

Price of retail chicken has more than doubled in equatorial African nation since January

VOA News • 06 May 21

International

Cameroon Groups Call for President's Son to Succeed Father

But critics say Cameroon is not a monarchy in which Franck Biya should take reigns from Africa's oldest and second longest-serving leader

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Apr 21

International

Germany to Return Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Artifacts were plundered by British soldiers in the 19th century

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Apr 21

International

Cameroon Military Says It Pushed Boko Haram Fighters into Nigeria

Cameroonian officials are calling on villagers to report suspects, as some of the terrorists are still hiding along the border

VOA News • 29 Apr 21

International

Trade Picks Up on Cameroon-Nigeria Border, Despite Boko Haram

Markets have re-opened and border merchants say traveling near border is safer thanks to heavy presence of troops

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 13 Apr 21

International

Cameroon Election of Octogenarians to Top Posts Draws Mixed Reactions

President, National Assembly speaker and Senate president are all in their eighties; does it mean that only the old can rule, critics ask

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Mar 21

International

Cameroon Says Radio Contributes to Solving Crises, COVID-19

Some fighters say they dropped their weapons after listening to radio messages

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 13 Feb 21

International

5,000 Nigerians Displaced by Boko Haram Ready to Return, Cameroon Says

Nigeria says it is negotiating with 98,000 others to go back home as peace is returning

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 12 Feb 21

International

Cameroon Recruits Apply for Elite Unit to Fight Separatists, Boko Haram

Cameroon says about 21,000 youths have applied for the 2,200 positions

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Feb 21

International

Birds From Chad and Nigeria Destroying Farmland, Cameroon Says

Farmers say between the weaver birds, elephant attacks and floods, the area is on the verge of famine

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Feb 21

International

Nigeria to Add More Protection for Healthcare Workers/Following Surge in COVID Infections

Nigerian authorities urge healthcare workers to be cautious following a surge in infections

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Feb 21

International

Cameroon Rejects Separatist Calls to Boycott Pope Envoy

Hundreds welcome Vatican official to English-speaking town of Bamenda while businesses stay open

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Jan 21

International

Foreign Workers Flee to Cameroon After Central African Republic Post-Election Violence

More than 250 foreign workers, most of them Chinese, say CAR rebels are targeting them  

VOA News • 11 Jan 21

International

Scottish Fishermen Halt Exports Due to Brexit Red Tape

Fishing exporters told Reuters their businesses could become unviable after the introduction of health certificates, customs declarations and other pa

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 08 Jan 21

International

Venezuela's Oil Exports Sink to 1940s Level Under Tighter US Sanctions, Data Show

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump also put curbs on PDVSA's main trading partners, the owners of tankers still transporting Venezuelan

VOA News • 04 Jan 21

International

Cameroon Appreciates End to Toy Weapon Gifts

Alternative gifts for children include educational electronic toys, which promotes education as opposed to violence

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 26 Dec 20

International

EU Recommends Member Nations Lift Travel Bans to and from Britain

Discourage nonessential travel but let people go home, European Commission says

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 22 Dec 20

International

Pre-Election Violence in CAR Sends Hundreds Fleeing to Cameroon

Central African Republic accuses former president Francois Bozize of organizing a rebel alliance to attack the capital, Bangui, a week before the poll

VOA News • 21 Dec 20

International

On Human Rights Day, Cameroon Activists, Civilians Call for True Dialogue to End Crises

Hundreds took to the streets of Yaounde, Thursday to protest

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Dec 20

International

US Adds Nigeria to Religious Freedom Blacklist

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated the US ally as a "Country of Particular Concern" for religious freedom

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 08 Dec 20

International

Yellow Fever in Nigeria Continues to Spread

Vaccination is important in preventing outbreaks of yellow fever in high-risk countries such as Nigeria

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 05 Dec 20

International

Trump Administration Bans US Investments in Firms Linked to Chinese Military

The move is designed to deter US investment firms, pension funds and others from buying and selling shares of 31 Chinese companies that were designate

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 12 Nov 20

International

Cameroon Activists Fear for Fate of Asylum Seekers US Plans to Deport

Returning English-speaking Cameroonians could be prosecuted for alleged involvement in country's separatist conflict

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Nov 20

International

Cameroon Teachers Reject Military Convoys to Schools 

Teachers, who fled separatists' attacks in the English-speaking regions, say they are not sure of their safety as some separatist fighters are again t

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 11 Oct 20

International

Cameroon Reopens Schools Closed Due to COVID Spread

However, Cameroon cautions that COVID has not been conquered 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 05 Oct 20

International

Nigeria Loses a Quarter of Rice Production to Floods

Despite the loss, Nigeria is so far upholding a year-long ban on land-based imports of rice to crack down on smuggling and boost local production

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Sep 20

International

Measure to Punish Rapists with Castration Raises Concern in Nigeria

Controversial law comes in wake of public outrage over rising number of rape cases in recent months

VOA News • 30 Sep 20

International

Sources: Nigeria Convoy Attack Death Toll Rises to 30

Fatalities from Friday's jihadist attack in restive Borno state reportedly double as more bodies found

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 26 Sep 20

International

Cameroon Deploys Peacekeeping Troops to CAR for Election Stability

The UN recruited Cameroon to help the Central African Republic protect civilians and rebuild destroyed institutions

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 18 Sep 20

International

Cameroon Deploys Military to Thwart Opposition Protesters

Opposition has vowed to disrupt Cameroon's first regional elections scheduled for December

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 16 Sep 20

International

Cameroon Separatists Turning to Cattle Rustling, Ranchers Say

Ethnic Mbororo ranchers are fleeing from anglophone northwest to escape rebels

VOA News • 09 Sep 20

International

Cameroon Bans Cereal Exports to Nigeria

Move said to be food security measure after production drop

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Aug 20

International

Nigeria to Resume International Flights for First Time in 5 Months

Government says first four international flights into country will be arriving in Abuja, and Lagos

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Aug 20

International

Nigeria: Singer Sentenced to Death for 'Blasphemy'

A Sharia court has ordered 22-year-old Yahaya Aminu Sharif to die by hanging for derogatory expressions against the Prophet Mohammed in one of his son

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Aug 20

International

More Than 100 Boko Haram, Captives Surrender Along Cameroon-Nigeria Border

Commander tells VOA campaign calling for members to surrender and be pardoned has helped in the fight

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Aug 20

International

Cameroon Dispatches Healthcare Workers to Find, Treat Hepatitis Patients

Healthcare workers are marking World Hepatitis Day to raise awareness of virus, which causes inflammation of liver and kills about 300 people per day

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 28 Jul 20

International

Cameroon Rejects Evidence of Forcing Civilians to Fight Boko Haram

Human Rights Watch says military has abused villagers along border with Nigeria who refused to join militias

VOA News • 16 Jul 20

International

South Africa Bans Alcohol Sales, Sets Curfew Trying to Suppress Virus Spread

Rainbow Nations reporting total of nearly 280,000 cases, with more than 10,000 new infections a day

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 13 Jul 20

International

Cameroon Truck Drivers Stuck at CAR Border After Health Officials Refuse to Accept their COVID Test Results

Some goods and humanitarian aid has been blocked at the border for several weeks

VOA News • 10 Jul 20

International

Cameroon Refuses to Hand Over Body of Journalist 

Family and supporters of Samuel Wazizi accuse authorities of covering-up his torture and killing 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Jul 20

International

Cameroon Plans to Improve Infrastructure as AFCON Is Postponed to 2022 

Fans and business owners are anxious to see soccer torunaments played in their country 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 01 Jul 20

International

US Ends Exports of Defense, Dual-use Technologies to Hong Kong

The secretary of state said the US can no longer distinguish between China and Hong Kong

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Jun 20

International

Business Reopens Between Southern Cameroon and Nigeria

Military says it has restored security on important trade road between western Cameroon and Nigeria after killing at least 13 separatist fighters who

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 18 Jun 20

International

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Agree to Demarcate Border after Skirmishes

Officials from both countries are asking hundreds of traders and farmers who relocated because of clashes to return to the disputed area but, some are

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 09 Jun 20

International

Agencies Step Up Aid to Camp Fire Victims in Eastern Nigeria's Borno State

Nearly 4,000 displaced, two killed by a fire that swept their camp

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 May 20

International

US to Exempt Foreign Athletes from Coronavirus-Related Entry Bans

Major US pro sports were shut down as part of effort to tackle COVID-19

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 23 May 20

International

Gaza Factory Exports Face Masks to Israel During COVID-19 

Before the spread of coronavirus, the factory ran at a rather slow pace producing clothes for local and Israeli markets. But it is now thriving as mor

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 May 20

International

Cameroon's Traditional Healers See Rush for Herbal Medicines to Treat COVID-19

Traditional healer says demand so high that he could not treat some patients because he ran short of potions

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 13 May 20

International

Nigeria's Closed Border Boosts Smuggling to Cameroon

Nigeria closed its land borders to all trade in October 2019 to end rampant smuggling, but in Cameroon, the move seems to be having the opposite effec

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 04 Mar 20

International

Switzerland Bans Large Events to Stem Coronavirus

The Swiss government is banning all public events of more than 1,000 people in response to a growing number of cases of COVID-19 in the country

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 28 Feb 20

International

How Cameroon Plans to Save Disappearing Languages

Many in the country blame foreign languages and colonial influence for the separatist crisis

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Feb 20

International

India Aims to Double Defense Exports in 5 Yrs Amid Resource Crunch

Between 2013 and 2017, India was the world's top arms importer, accounting for 12% of total imports globally, with Russia, Israel and the United State

VOA News • 05 Feb 20

International

Cameroon Urges Women to Vote Next Week Despite Threats

Government vows to protect everyone during local and parliamentary elections even as abductions increase

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Feb 20

International

China Opens New Hospital as Other Nations Impose Travel Bans to Stem Virus

Number of cases in China tops 17,200

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Feb 20

International

Iran Bans Travelers from China, Crippling Plan to Boost Chinese Tourism

Iran's health minister announced a ban on air travelers from China on Friday to prevent the China coronavirus outbreak from spreading to the country

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 01 Feb 20