YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Thousands of Cameroonians have flocked to hospitals in the country’s two main cities on Sunday in search of corpses and survivors after an overloaded train derailed Friday, killing more than 70 people and injuring 600. Most of the victims are now receiving treatment in hospitals in the capital, Yaounde, and the … Continue reading
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks and hundreds of finished ivory products erupted in a ball of fire Tuesday as Cameroonian authorities conducted what was believed to be one of the largest burnings of poached wildlife goods in African history. Setting the pyre aflame in a sandy square in Cameroon’s capital, … Continue reading
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A suspected Islamic extremist in southeastern Niger detonated his explosives when confronted by a policeman Sunday morning, killing the officer and at least six civilians in a town targeted numerous times by jihadists this year. There was no immediate claim of responsibility though suspicion fell upon Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based extremist … Continue reading
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Officials in northern Cameroon are praising members of a local self-defense group they credit with reducing the number of fatalities during the latest suicide bombing attack by Boko Haram. On Sunday morning, suicide bombers hit the town of Kolofata, killing nine civilians and wounding at least 18. But local self-defense group … Continue reading
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries Niger and Chad, warning the fighters were prepared to carry out suicide bombings in the countries sending troops to help fight the extremists. The warning came as leaders from Niger and other countries in the region gathered in Cameroon’s … Continue reading
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group Boko Haram escalated its attacks in neighboring countries Monday, as a car bomb exploded in one Niger town repeatedly targeted by the militants and residents said other fighters in Cameroon had abducted 20 people aboard a public bus. A huge explosion rang out in the … Continue reading
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened more violence. As many as 2,000 civilians were killed and 3,700 homes and business were destroyed in the Jan. 3 attack on the town near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, said … Continue reading
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Foreign Ministry says a German man believed to have been kidnapped in Cameroon by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been freed. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said the man, whose name was not released, is now in safety in Cameroon’s capital. He refused to specify how the man … Continue reading
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