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24 Jan
Cameroon has launched a large-scale malaria vaccination campaign that's expected to reach 250,000 children this year and next. Experts say it will save lives, even if the vaccine isn't perfect.
23 Jan
Cameroon's laws, including the 1990 press freedom law, are routinely circumvented in order to harass and persecute journalists. There is no sign of press offences being decriminalised and neither access to information nor the confidentiality of journalists' sources are guaranteed in practice.
20 Jan
Senegal claimed a comfortable 3-1 victory over Cameroon to qualify for the last 16. The reigning champions scored through Ismaila Sarr, Habib Dialo and Sadio Mané while Jean-Charles Castelletto responded for the Indomitable Lions. Elsewhere, Guinea claimed a 1-0 win over The Gambia while Cape Verde powered past Mozambique with three stunning goals.
16 Jan
Cameroon's indomitable lions are not quite tamed but certainly don't mark their opener in the Africa Cup of Nations as determinedly as expected. The 5 times Champions settled for a 1-1 draw against Guinea. Earlier defending champions Senegal beat Gambia 3-0 in a pretty procedural win. And Algeria are held 1-1 by Angola in the final game of the day.
13 Nov
Dozens of people in western Cameroon were killed after gunmen stormed a village in the town of Mamfe, in the English-speaking region of the country, where rebels seeking to create a breakaway state and government forces are battling for control.
10 Oct
At least 30 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé, the emergency services have said. A local radio station put the death toll at 40, saying that many people are still missing.
21 Jul 2023
Hubard Stephny, a 29-year-old petroleum engineer, has turned into a pioneer of green energy and organic fertilizer in Cameroon. He is bringing his green ideas to communities and is training them.
9 Jul 2023
French international soccer star Kylian Mbappe touched down in Cameroon on Thursday (July 6), marking his first visit to his father's homeland.
5 Jul 2023
Amnesty International has reported that security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen – from both side of the country's linguistic divide – have committed "atrocities" in the English-speaking regions of western Cameroon, including executions, torture and rape.
2 Jul 2023
Cameroonian journalist and whistleblower Paul Chouta was abducted and left for dead by unknown attackers in March 2022. His colleague Martinez Zogo was killed under similar circumstances in 2023. Today, Chouta is determined to seek justice for both himself and his friend.
30 Jun 2023
With an increasing number of journalists imprisoned, harassed or even killed in recent years, Cameroon has come under fire for the state of its media freedom. DW speaks with young journalists, government officials and media representatives to find out why working in the media industry has become so dangerous.
15 Jun 2023
John Fru Ndi, who formed Cameroon's first opposition party and battled President Paul Biya at the ballot box for decades, has died aged 81 his party has said.

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