Cameroon

Five MSF Workers Kidnapped in Cameroon: Local Official, MSF

Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon's Far North.

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Five Killed in School in Troubled Anglophone Cameroon

Four students and a teacher were killed at a school in a western Cameroon region gripped by conflict, state TV said.

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Rebel Attacks Kill 15 Soldiers in Troubled Cameroon

About 15 soldiers and several civilians have died in two attacks in English-speaking western areas of Cameroon in the grip of a breakaway campaign.

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Boko Haram Cameroon Attack Kills Five Soldiers, Civilian: Govt

Boko Haram Islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north of the country.

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Two Killed in Niger as Troops Foil Jihadist Attack

Two villagers were killed during a raid in Niger's troubled south as troops repulsed an attack by jihadists in another area, security sources said Wednesday.

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Separatist Rebels Kill Three Gendarmes in Cameroon

Anglophone separatist rebels in Cameroon's Northwest region killed three gendarmes, the latest deaths in a bloody four-year conflict.

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram Leader ‘Badly Wounded’: Sources

Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists.

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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor

All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor said Tuesday.

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Cameroon Troops Raped 20 Women, Killed Man: HRW

Cameroonian soldiers raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities, and killed a man in a raid last year in an English-speaking secessionist region, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

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New Abduction at Nigeria School, Hundreds Feared Missing

Suspected armed bandits raided a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria overnight, a teacher and parent said Friday, raising fears of another mass kidnapping in the region.

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