Cameroon

Cameroon

• Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive

  Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and ... 

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  Official: Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

  Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, ... 

• Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

  Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens ... 

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  Cameroon's ruling party wins Senate election

  The party of Cameroon's entrenched ruler Paul Biya won 56 of the 70 contested seats in the nation's first-ever senatorial election, the Supreme Court ... 

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  French family of 7 taken hostage in Cameroon freed

  A French family with four young children kidnapped at gunpoint by Islamic extremists in northern Cameroon was freed after two months of captivity in ... 

• FIFA declares Libya safe to host WCup qualifiers

  FIFA authorized Libya to host World Cup qualifying matches, saying Thursday the country is safe enough for its first international home games since ... 

• Police: British hostage taken in Nigeria released

  A British man abducted in Nigeria's largest city has been released by his kidnappers, a police spokeswoman said Thursday, as other foreigners have ... 

• Nigerian police: Expatriate kidnapped is British

  A British businessman was abducted Saturday in Lagos, a rare case of expatriate kidnapping in this West African nation's commercial center, Nigerian ... 

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  C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon

  The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked ... 

• 120 inmates freed in Nigeria attacks, 25 die

  Officials say gunmen attacked a remote town in Nigeria's northeast, killing 25 and freeing 120 inmates. Adamawa State's head of prisons, Andrew Barka, ... 

• Report: Cameroon officials torture gay suspects

  Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and ... 

• French hostages held by Nigerian sect in new video

  A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb. 

• France: Discretion needed to free Nigeria hostages

  France is adopting a "determined and discrete" approach to safeguard the lives of eight French hostages kidnapped by extremist groups in and near ... 

• Video claims Nigeria sect holds 7 French hostages

  A video posted online Monday apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant claiming the radical ... 

• Cameroon president orders urgent rescue of French

  Military helicopters are searching for a vacationing French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon, and security around the region is being increased ... 

• French family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon

  A French family of seven — including four children — was kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon, and officials suggested the involvement of one of ... 

• Cameroon judge frees 2 men jailed for looking gay

  A court has overturned the conviction of two men who were sentenced for five years in prison for "looking gay" and ordering Bailey's Irish Cream. 

• Cameroon upholds 3-year term for gay text message

  An appeals court on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another man ... 

• Chad refugees in Cameroon start returning home

  Nearly 2,000 Chadian refugees who fled a 2008 civil war between rebels and government forces into Cameroon began leaving their camp to return to their ...