Tag: Cameroon
West African pirates kidnap French crew
West African pirates have attacked an oil ship off the coast of Cameroon, kidnapping at least 10 crew members. [MORE]
Pope to make first visit to Africa
Pope Benedict XVI is to make his first visit to Africa as pontiff next March, attending ceremonies in Cameroon and Angola.[MORE]
Study finds AIDS pandemic has earlier origins
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United States researchers have found the deadly AIDS virus first began spreading among humans at the turn of the 20th Century in sub-Saharan Africa, just as modern cities were emerging in the region.[MORE]
Smith on lobbying blitz for UN Security Council seat
Australia is stepping up its lobbying campaign to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council.[MORE]
Mbango defends women's triple jump title
Francoise Mbango of Cameroon has defended her triple jump gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.[MORE]
Eto'o considering move to Uzbekistan
Unsettled Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o is considering a move to join Uzbek club Kuruvchi, the Cameroon international said.[MORE]
Hong Kong plays host to star studded warm-ups
Chelsea's Salomon Kalou, Real Madrid's Royston Drenthe and Liverpool's Ryan Babel will be among the stars representing their countries at a pre-Olympic football tournament in Hong Kong.[MORE]
Cameroon finds mutilated bodies after pirate raid
Cameroonian authorities searching for six people abducted by armed pirates near the Nigerian border found five mutilated and bullet-riddled bodies, Cameroon's military headquarters said overnight.[MORE]
Barca's Eto'o apologises for headbutting journalist
Barcelona's Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o has apologised for headbutting a journalist over a press boycott of the national side.[MORE]
Global supply of yellow fever vaccine depleted: WHO
A senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official says the world's supply of vaccine against yellow fever is under extreme pressure. [MORE]
Police kill man as Cameroon protests spread: radio
Police in Cameroon have shot dead a 23-year-old man as violent anti-government protests spread to the central African nation's third city, state radio reported.[MORE]
Egypt win record sixth title
A goal 13 minutes from time by Mohamed Aboutrika lifted defending champions Egypt to a 1-0 win over Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations final in Ghana this morning (Australian time).[MORE]
Egypt to meet Cameroon in Nations Cup final
Defending champions Egypt took aim at a sixth African Nations Cup title this morning (Australian time) when they defeated Ivory Coast 4-1 in Kumasi in the semi-finals to set-up a final showdown against Cameroon.[MORE]
Refugees flee Chad for Cameroon
Aid officials say they are struggling to help tens of thousands of refugees from the fighting in Chad who have crossed into Cameroon.[MORE]
West Africa aims for mid-2009 EU trade deal
West African countries have agreed on an 18-month timetable to negotiate and sign a regional economic partnership agreement with Europe by June 2009, top officials said.[MORE]
Smuggled gorillas return home after five years
Four rare African gorillas are on the last leg of an extraordinary journey home to central Africa after they were smuggled to south-east Asia five years ago.[MORE]
Up to 21 Cameroon troops killed in Bakassi
Suspected Nigerian gunmen have killed up to 21 Cameroonian soldiers in Bakassi, a border region that was handed back to Cameroon by Nigeria last year, Nigerian and Cameroonian sources said.[MORE]
Rescuers recover bodies, black box from Kenya Airways wreckage
Rescue workers in the west African nation of Cameroon have pulled remains of victims from a fetid swamp overnight, two days after a Kenya Airways plane crashed, killing all 114 people on board.[MORE]
No word on survivors in Cameroon plane crash
There is still no information on survivors from the wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane which was found in dense mangrove forest two days after it disappeared in southern Cameroon.[MORE]
Kenya Airways wreckage found in mangrove swamp
Kenya Airways has confirmed that the wreckage of one of its planes has been found in swampland in south-west Cameroon more than 36 hours after it went missing with 114 people on board.[MORE]
Weather, terrain make search for Kenya Airways plane difficult
There is still no sign of a Kenya Airways plane that is presumed to have crashed in Cameroon.[MORE]
Bad weather hampers search for Kenyan plane
Authorities in Cameroon have suspended their search until daybreak for a missing Kenya Airways passenger plane with 114 people on board, which is feared to have crashed in dense forest. [MORE]
Rescuers begin search for 'crashed' Kenya Airways flight
Search and rescue teams are on their way to a site in Cameroon where a plane carrying 114 people is believed to have crashed.[MORE]
Kenya Airways flight crashed: report
A Kenyan airliner with 115 people on board is reported to have crashed in the west African state of Cameroon.[MORE]
Cameroon may lose all doctors by 2009
Cameroon could lose all of its 3,000 practising doctors within three years if the Government does not act quickly to stem a brain drain in the health sector, the national doctors' association says. [MORE]
