News: Cameroon

We have started to collect the most important news related to Cameroon in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Cameroon – overview

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• 'Hostage killed' in Cameroon raid – Attack on Cameroon border region
• Bakassi handover ruled 'illegal' – Cameroon air crash site located
• Cameroon defends Biya hotel bills – Cameroon rebels release hostages
• Cameroon shipwreck 'kills dozens' – Deadly Cameroon tanker explosion
• Deadly train crash hits Cameroon – Football: Cameroon win through
• French aid boost for Cameroon – Malaria forum opens in Cameroon
• Man City pull plug on Eto'o move – Payout for Cameroon asylum seeker
• Pope rejects Africa condom use – Singer faces Cameroon riots trial
• Six die in Cameroon plane crash – Thousands of refugees flee Chad

Cameroon: news

Pope rejects Africa condom use

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 21:50
related countries: Angola

Pope Benedict rejects condoms as the answer in the fight against HIV/Aids on his first papal visit to Africa.
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Pope's first giant Mass in Africa

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 17:47

Some 60,000 people attend Pope Benedict XVI's first open-air Mass in Africa, at a stadium in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde.
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Pope's first giant Mass in Africa

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 13:14
related places: Yaounde

Some 60,000 people pack a stadium in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, to hear Pope Benedict XVI celebrate his first open-air Mass in Africa.
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Protection boost for rare gorilla

Friday, November 28th 2008, 13:57

Cameroon creates a new national park for the Cross River gorilla, the world's rarest, ahead of a key conservation meeting.
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Protests against Cameroon's Biya

Monday, April 21st 2008, 10:21

Cameroon opposition stages a "day of mourning" over moves to allow President Paul Biya seek re-election.
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Row over Cameroon 'gay' witchhunt

Monday, February 6th 2006, 11:43

Cameroon's elite is rocked by a campaign by tabloid newspapers to "out" top personalities they say are homosexual.
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Scientists find new strain of HIV

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 1:20

Gorillas are identified for the first time as a source of HIV after tests in Paris on an infected woman from Cameroon.
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Scientists find new strain of HIV

Sunday, August 2nd 2009, 20:07

A 62-year-old woman in Cameroon is found to have a previously unknown strain of the virus that causes Aids.
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Search for Kenyan plane resumes

Sunday, May 6th 2007, 9:16
related countries: Kenya

Rescuers in Cameroon resume searching for a Kenyan airliner thought to have crashed with 114 people aboard.
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Singer faces Cameroon riots trial

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 11:47

A popular Cameroon singer goes on trial, accused of organising anti-government riots.
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'Hostage killed' in Cameroon raid – Attack on Cameroon border regionBakassi handover ruled 'illegal' – Cameroon air crash site locatedCameroon defends Biya hotel bills – Cameroon rebels release hostagesCameroon shipwreck 'kills dozens' – Deadly Cameroon tanker explosionDeadly train crash hits Cameroon – Football: Cameroon win throughFrench aid boost for Cameroon – Malaria forum opens in CameroonMan City pull plug on Eto'o move – Payout for Cameroon asylum seekerPope rejects Africa condom use – Singer faces Cameroon riots trialSix die in Cameroon plane crash – Thousands of refugees flee Chad