Cameroon

2020-02-05 Cameroon Urges Women to Vote

Community groups, political parties and the government in Cameroon have been appealing to women to vote in elections on Sunday.…

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2016-01-13 Suicide Attack Kills at Least 10 in Cameroon

Suicide bombers killed at least 10 people Wednesday at a mosque in northern Cameroon. Officials said the bombings took place before sunrise…

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2015-11-05 Group Urges Cameroon Government to Close 1,000 Hospitals

The National Medical Council in Cameroon is calling on government officials to close 1,000 hospitals it says are operating illegally.…

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2015-08-13 Cameroon’s Military Deployed as Boko Haram Threat Rises

The central African nation of Cameroon is taking steps to guard against attacks from Boko Haram militants. The government has…

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2015-04-06 Boko Haram Attacks Cameroon for Supplies

On Cameroon's northern border with Nigeria, reports say Boko Haram fighters have been stealing food and animals from farmers for…

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2015-01-15 Central African Republic Refugees Fleeing to Cameroon

Thousands of people from the Central African Republic continue to flee Cameroon. They are escaping violence that continues even after…

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2014-12-11 Elephants, Hippos Attack Villages in Cameroon

Some of the world's biggest animals are harming villagers in far north Cameroon. The people say hundreds of elephants and…

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2014-12-06 In Cameroon, New Tool for Pregnancy Planning

Cameroon has become the seventh African country to begin using a program called Calculator 28. The program calculates -- helps to predict…

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2014-01-15 Cameroon Turns Against Illegal Hospitals

Hello, again, and welcome back. I'm Jim Tedder in Washington. We invite you to listen carefully so that you can…

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2016-12-01 Lawyers, Teachers in Cameroon Strike for More English

Protests over the English language in Cameroon have grown violent. A strike, called to increase the use of English, has…

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2016-09-07 School Year Begins in Cameroon, But Many Children Not in Class

Schools in Cameroon re-opened this week for the beginning of a new school year. But an estimated 100,000 children in…

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2015-04-11 Cameroon Building Classrooms for Students Fleeing Boko Haram

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Cameroon has launched an $8 million emergency program to help students displaced…

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