Cameroon: Bar explosion kills one in the English-speaking Northwest region

At least one person was killed late Saturday when a makeshift bomb exploded in a crowded bar in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local and security sources. An army official told Xinhua that the improvised explosive device Read More …

Cameroon: One killed in bombing in the Northwest Region

A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone separatists. The blast came two hours after a parade of school children celebrating Read More …

Cameroon: Blast rocks market in Northwest Region on Christmas Day, with no casualties

An improvised explosive device exploded on Christmas Day morning in Bamenda, the chief town of Cameroon’s Anglophone region of Northwest that has been ravaged by years of armed separatist conflict, several local and security sources said. The blast struck a Read More …

Cameroon: Rapid Intervention Battalion Lieutenant killed by improvised explosive device in Mbengwi

Lieutenant Fabrice Mboutou, a dedicated officer of the Cameroonian army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion, died as a result of fatal injuries sustained in the detonation of a homemade bomb. This incident adds to the horrific death toll of military troops in Read More …

Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives

Separatist rebels have killed 15 Cameroonian soldiers and several civilians in two bomb attacks this month, the government said on Monday, marking a new phase of a conflict that has dragged on for nearly five years and cost more than Read More …