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At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon: UN

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 04:20 AM

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon on Friday, a U.N. security report said. Read more »

Cameroonian-Canadian man shot dead in Pasay City

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 07:17 AM

The 47-year-old victim identified as Divine Njua Komfum was found shot in the head at the walkway in Arnaiz Avenue (also known as Libertad) near the corner of Roxas Boulevard in Barangay 32 just before midnight.  Read more »

ICTSI bags contract to operate port in Cameroon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:08 PM

The Philippines’ biggest port operator said Tuesday it signed a contract to develop, operate and maintain a port in the Central African nation of Cameroon.  Read more »

Mbala can't wait to play in 'second home' in 2023 World Cup

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 03:33 PM

Former De La Salle star Ben Mbala is determined to help Cameroon qualify to the 2023 FIBA World Cup, especially as it is taking place in his "second home" -- the Philippines. Read more »

Cameroon frees 1,300 prisoners to stop coronavirus spread

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 04:21 AM

Cameroon has freed more than 1,300 prisoners in its two main cities in a bid to ease overcrowding and contain the spread of the new coronavirus, officials said.   Read more »

'No need to panic': Serbia, Cameroon announce first coronavirus case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:29 PM

The virus, which now affects around 90 countries and territories, has infected more than 98,000 people worldwide and left nearly 3,400 people dead. Read more »

DFA to ensure safety of 2 Filipino seamen kidnapped off Cameroon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 01:30 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said it is monitoring the reported kidnapping of a group of seafarers, including 2 Filipinos in Cameroon.   Read more »

Conjoined twins successfully separated in France

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:38 AM

LYON, France—One-year-old Cameroonian conjoined twins were successfully separated in a 5-hour operation in France on Wednesday, the hospital said. Read more »

Filipino, not Chinese, sailors kidnapped off Cameroon: document

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 10:52 PM

Most of the sailors kidnapped off the Cameroon coast last week were Filipinos, not Chinese as first reported, according to an official document seen by AFP Sunday. Read more »

PH gave me everything, says UP’s Cameroonian PhD grad

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 01:51 PM

Almost everybody knows Christel Arnaud Ngadima at the University of the Philippines’ National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG). Read more »

Swiss police arrest Cameroon president's security staff over journalist attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 01:34 AM

Swiss police said Wednesday they had arrested 6 members of the Cameroonian president's security staff over an attack on a journalist in Geneva that sparked a diplomatic incident. Read more »

Football: France through at women's World Cup; England advance

Andy Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 24 11:37 AM

France won through to the quarter-finals of the women's World Cup on Sunday as Amandine Henry's extra-time strike secured a tense victory over Brazil. Read more »

From robots to girl power, getting Cameroon's women into work

Inna Lazareva, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 30 08:48 AM

In a country where 1 in 4 girls do not even learn to read, Cameroonians studying at the NextGen center in Yaounde are picking up the basics of artificial intelligence. Read more »

Cameroon minister ambushed in restive region, 'assailants killed'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 13 08:06 PM

A convoy transporting Cameroonian Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo was ambushed in the country's restive anglophone region, leaving several attackers dead, state radio said Friday. Read more »

Ben Mbala signs with Korea's Samsung Thunders

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 03:28 PM

Former UAAP Most Valuable Player Ben Mbala is taking his talents to South Korea. Read more »