Since Mohammed Yusuf’s death in 2009, Boko Haram has launched a violent campaign against the state of Nigeria. They’ve gone as far as kidnapping children, burning down villages, and going on killing sprees. Their motive is to create an islamic state out of Nigeria, but they do not have many… Read more »
In the English speaking region of Cameroon right now the people are protesting their rights, because they believe they are being discriminated upon by the French speaking region. The beginning of this issue started after World War 1 when these two regions gained their independence from Britain and France and then merged into Cameroon in 1961. The English speaking region is also protesting the 35 year rule… Read more »
[embeddoc url=”http://www.france24.com/en/20171001-cameroon-security-anglophone-separatists-proclaim-independence-paul-biya” download=”all”] Security in the streets of Cameroon, specifically in the city of beau, is mostly filled with military personnel and security that patrol the streets. A young man was shot dead by these security forces on saturday the town of Kumba, sparking more violent clashes between security forces and the population. The anglophone minorities, the english speaking population… Read more »
France 24 More than 300 people have been killed in a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, the Red Cross said Monday, as state TV showed footage of relatives digging through mud in search of their loved ones. The death toll from massive flooding in the outskirts of Freetown has climbed to “at least 312”, Patrick Massaquoi, a… Read more »
France 24 Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years. The assault by security forces ended at around 5:00am GMT and the district is secure, Communications Minister Rémi Dandjinou told… Read more »
France 24 A 10-year-old boy was killed and 10 others injured in Togo’s capital as hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated Wednesday, the security minister said. The protesters were rallying against a vote by the West African nation’s parliament on a bill they fear will allow the president to run for more terms. Togo’s security minister Col. Damehame Yark… Read more »
France 24 Cameroon authorities on Friday banned all gatherings of more than four people, ordered bus stations, eateries and shops to shut and forbade movement between divisions of its English-speaking region for three days to prevent planned protests. Anglophone Cameroonians plan to demonstrate on October 1st, the day of their independence from Britain, over what they say is ill treatment… Read more »