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Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members of Cameroon's 100-member senate are women, a number advocates want to see doubled. But patriarchal beliefs and a lack of political support are preventing more women from contesting the March election. Female activists…

Fighting between Cameroonian separatists and Nigerian herders left at least 12 people dead

But patriarchal beliefs and a lack of political support are preventing more women from contesting the March election

Maroua, Cameroon - Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members

    The family of Owombo Segun John, a Customs officer who exposed how refined petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are being trafficked to some other African nations has accused the customs authorities of maltreatment. Speaking to SaharaReporters, a member of the family said the detained officer has been forced to undergo psychiatric tests in detention.

This week, Americans are heading into Thanksgiving, a holiday where most of us eat way too much and celebrate the gifts we have in life, our families and friends, and the things we appreciate. It’s an important moment to remember that millions of people around the world are struggling to meet the very basics—including having enough food to eat at all. One of the things I am thankful for every year is the fact that CARE is able to do as much as we do to change that situation, and help the peo...

Cameroon has blamed arms smuggling from its neighbors for fueling Boko Haram terrorism, anglophone separatists, and crime. The military says it has recovered only a small fraction of illegal small arms out of what is thought to be more 100,000, most of them smuggled from neighboring Chad and Nigeria. Cameroon’s military pointed the finger at…

Country’s military says it has recovered fewer than 5,000 illegal small arms out of an estimated 130,000, most of them smuggled from both of its neighbors

Yaounde, Cameroon - Cameroon has blamed arms smuggling from its neighbors for fueling Boko Haram terrorism, anglophone separatists, and crime. The milit

Nigerian Customs Service Detains Officer For Exposing “Booming Petrol Smuggling Business” To Niger Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Others Multiple sources on Friday told SaharaReporters that the officer attached to the Federal Operations Unit Zone D in Adamawa State had been arrested and detained. Owombo Segun John, an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) who raised…