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Mount Cameroon race of hope 2019 Today we are talking about one of Africa’s iconic and oldest international athletic competition that is the Mount Cameroon race of hope. Since 1973 athletes from around the world have been honoring the annual invitation  to the city of Buea in the south west region of the country. A test race for this 24th edition was done on February 02 in Buea with about 150 athletes going up and down the over 4000 meters high landmark. The race takes place on Saturday February 23, in Buea amidst social and security tensions in the host region. David Eyengue is a sports reporter who has been covering the race for the past decade, we speak with him on phone. 2019 Mount Cameroon Race of Hope: Athletes who are ready to risk it all to challenge the gods Over 500 athletes across Cameroon and beyond this week end prepares to challenge the chariots of the gods The annual Mount Cameroon race of Hope which usually brings the City of Exc...

Bloody Monday In Kumbo, Bamenda: In Search Of Amba Fighters, Soldiers Kill, Burn And Loot By NFOR Hanson NCHANJI with field reports More than 10 persons have been killed in Kumbo and at least 3 in Bamenda, North West region, as soldiers go on a killing spree, in less than 24 hours. They also burned houses and intimidated Doctors and Nurses at the Shisong hospital. The military used Sunday, February 17, 2019 as an invasion day in Kumbo, headquarter of Bui division. The soldiers carried out arson attacks on houses of civilians around the Tsennkar quarter and around a popular place called Squares. The men in uniform shot indiscriminately at civilians killing one man called Vernyuy John Paul, a resident has said. The soldiers later went to Shisong where they set several houses around the hospital on fire. Reports have it that they killed at least 2 persons. After exchanges with Separatist fighters, the military suspected they could be treated in the hospital, they stormed t...

Amnesty says Cameroon soldiers executed women, young girl and a baby Cameroon's President Paul Biya plans to stand for election on October 7 amid spiraling violence and alleged human rights abuses in the country. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Cameroon's 85-year-old president has announced plans to stand for re-election in the country's elections on October 7, amid spiraling violence and alleged human rights abuses in the country. Paul Biya, who has led the country since 1982, posted a statement about his plans on his Twitter account Friday. However, the octogenarian leader, one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, is  accused by rights groups of presiding over a brutal regime , characterized by human rights abuses, particularly towards residents of Cameroon's English speaking provinces. Rights groups call for probe into protesters' deaths during 2016 demonstrations in Cameroon.  01:20 Horrific videos and images of abuse, murder, and tortu...

CNN: US to cut aid to Cameroon due to alleged human rights violations US to cut aid to Cameroon due to alleged human rights violations 9 (CNN) The US government has decided to cut millions in security and military aid to Cameroon amid growing concerns over the Cameroonian government's human rights record, US officials tell CNN. The officials said the US intends to "terminate" over $17 million in security aid, including funds for radars, four defender-class patrol boats, nine armored vehicles, training programs for C-130 airplanes and helicopters and the withdrawal of an offer for Cameroon to be a candidate for the  State Partnership Program . A planned US funded upgrade to a Cessna aircraft belonging to Cameroon's elite Rapid Intervention Battalion has also been terminated. The battalion, which has been previously advised by US troops, has been accused of engaging in human rights abuses. Some of the security assistance money had...

Gunshots, Arson, Beatings Hit Limbe as Suspected Separatists Invade Neighbourhoods Limbe (National Times)- At least a car has been set ablaze amid gunshots and beatings meted on commercial bikers and passengers in some neighbourhoods of Limbe, Fako Division, South West Region of Cameroon owing to incursions from gunmen suspected to be separatists agents. Reports hold that a car has been set ablaze in mile 2. Meantime, inhabitants of the Isokolo neighbourhood say they have heard multiple gunshots. Around the Isokolo market, unknown gunmen are known to have arrested bikers at gunpoint. Bikers and passengers alike have been subjected to snake beatings. Chaos is also known to have stroke a primary school in the same city. There is a tense atmosphere across the entire city with many inhabitants trapped across different vicinities. As at the time of processing this piece a Limbe denizen indicated that “just now three loaded and armed military trucks just passed in front ...

National Youth Day Activities Pick Steam In Yaoundé As War Intensifies In Anglophone Regions Cameroon(National Times)- Activities marking the 53 rd  National Youth Day celebration in Cameroon have gathered steam in many parts of French Cameroun, while the entire Anglophone Cameroon is plunged into a lockdown necessitating a war. School children at visiting the National Museum Since the activities marking the Youth Day were launched in Babadjou, Bamboutos Division of the West Region on Friday, February 1 by Youth Affairs Minister, Mounouna Foutsou, under the theme “Youths, greater opportunities and participation in the construction of one peaceful, stable and emergent Cameroon,” many other activities are being organised in the eight other Regions especially the nation’s capital, which is the main focus. As part of the activities leading to the grand celebration next Monday, a Youth Trade Fair is being organised at the Yaoundé National Museum with the aim of laun...

Cameroon: after the US aid cut, Israel wants to withdraw support for BIR Cameroon: after the US aid cut, Israel wants to withdraw support for BIR A group of worried Israelis are calling for immediate measures to ban the sale of arms to Cameroon after photos of weapons used by Israel as part of the government's brutal war against the population of southern English-speaking Cameroon. The 85-year-old Cameroonian dictator Paul Biya is the longest serving despot in the world. He has led the country with an iron fist since 1982. This is the letter yesterday sent by Israeli lawyer Eitay Mack to Racheli Chen, head of the Israel Defense Export Control Agency at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, entitled "Subject: Urgent Application for Article 9 of the Defense Export Control Act in the case of the Bir unit (Bridade d'intervention rapide, editor's note) in Cameroon ". It is a precise summary, although revolting, of the horrible conduct of the Cameroonian army:...