Excerpt:“Last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told CNN: “China agreed to waive the interest-free inter-governmental debt that Cameroon had not paid back by the end of 2018.”That debt was worth $78.4 million. Cameroon’s total debt is 5.8 trillion Central African CFA francs ($10 billion), about a third of which is owed to China, […]
CAMEROONS: UN Pays Attention to the War in the Failed Union of the Cameroons
“Cameroon today can no longer be a forgotten crisis. It needs to be high on our agenda,” Allegra Baiocchi, UN Development & Humanitarian Coordinator, told a news conference in Geneva. The UN estimates the twin crises afflicting the country have left some 4.3 million people or one in six of the population requiring lifesaving assistance, […]
CAMEROONS: Oct 7 Elections … And AMBAZONIA?
“Cameroon election: Five things to know about the presidential poll Cameroon’s presidential election is scheduled to be held on 7 October. People go to the polls amidst a civil conflict in the country’s Anglophone regions. President Paul Biya is running for a seventh straight term at the age of 85, with a young population seen […]
Schools Will Not Resume in Ambazonia
CAMEROONS: Horrific Video Analysis by Washington Post
CAMEROONS: Analysis Washington Post Video appears to show Cameroonian soldiers executing women and children, Amnesty says Excerpts: Amnesty International released a statement this week saying that its experts have “gathered credible evidence that it was Cameroonian soldiers depicted in a video carrying out the horrific extrajudicial executions of two women and two young children.” The […]