Analyst says Cameroonian military is overstretched and decision may also hamper effort to fight piracy in Gulf of Guinea, separatists in English-speaking regions, and Boko Haram terrorists
Separatists, who have warned that they will not allow any school to be opened unless their leader, Ayuk Tabe and nine others given life jail sentences, are freed, have already attacked and wounded at least nine teachers for defying their instructions.
The new violence has dashed hopes that schools would re-open this week, after being closed for three years
The group of 133 refugees from 25 families was bound for Yola in Nigeria's Adamawa state, expressing hope they will find peace in their country
Cameroon's military says at least two people were killed and six wounded in a shoot-out with separatists
Sentences spark concern they will hurt negotiations to end separatist war
The militias are defending areas from which the military has withdrawn
Businesses, media and hospitals in the capital have been brought to a halt because of an unprecedented power failure
Official accuses journalists of being unpatriotic, of supporting separatists, opposition
In Cameroon, large numbers of sacrificial animals, especially sheep, are slaughtered and their meat distributed to the poor as a religious tradition in Islam
Cameroon military accuses neighbor of installing milestones for project in Cameroon territory
More than a thousand people fled following repeated attacks and seizure of their herds by separatist forces in the central African nation
The prisoners were moved after a riot in the Kondengui Central Prison on July 22
Many say they can't afford the cost of traveling to their desired destination
Nearly all contractors and their workers have been chased off by separatist fighters who have vowed to make the regions ungovernable, an official says
Country faces crisis that involves French- and separatist English-speaking regions
Alleged occupation could complicate government plans to restart education in the regions in September
Separatists say on social media two meetings already have taken place
Cameroon Development Corporation unable to pay staff for a year as security threats cut production
Most schools closed since the start of the separatist war because of attacks, abductions
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