Cameroonian separatists’ jailing sparks shutdown protest in anglophone region
The conflict has killed some 2,000 people and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes
12 people arrested in Côte d’Ivoire over DJ Arafat’s tomb desecration
The incident took place Saturday following an overnight funeral concert at Abidjan's main stadium
17 foreign seamen abducted off Cameroon coast
The Gulf of Guinea, whose coastline stretches in a huge arc from Liberia to Gabon, is notorious for piracy.
Jailed leader of Cameroon’s separatist group begins hunger strike
Ayuk Tabe said the hunger strike was in protest at the disappearance of his comrades from two prison facilties
Government official says Ebola patient in Goma has died
The case has sparked deep concern in neighbouring Rwanda
Cameroon’s government keeps postponing local elections for ‘no reason’
On July 11, 2018, the elections were postponed a first time using the same method.
US issues travel ban to top Cameroonian military official
Colonel Jean Claude Ango Ango and his wife, Engono Akomo are banned from ever entering the United States
Dozens of post-election protesters arrested in Malawi
Nearly 70 people have been arrested, a day after Mutharika accused protesters of plotting to oust his government.
Foreign investors are flocking to Nigeria’s film industry
US giant Netflix, France's Canal+ and China's StarTimes are among those making moves
Attacks in Mogadishu leave several dead
Gunmen shot and killed the director of the Somali port of Bossasso while an explosion at the busy Hamarweyne district left 9 dead and several injured.