Leaders from 25 Muslim-majority countries in Africa meet in Cameroon, call to end women’s exclusion from political, social, economic, religious issues
Ministers from eight of Africa's Sahel region countries are meeting in Cameroon to try to end conflicts between farmers and nomadic herders
Farmers block release of beans in rally against ban on exports to neighboring Nigeria
Outbreak of measles and rubella has killed 18 children and sickened thousands this year
The central African country in 2012 banned the production, sale, and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, but huge quantities are smuggled in from neighboring Nigeria
Cameroon says temporary ban needed to crack down on smuggling, but farmers say enforcement along 2,000-kilometer border with Nigeria will be a challenge
The widows say they have been left vulnerable to violence and abuse in the conflict, which has claimed more than 6,000 lives, and they are struggling to support their families
The country houses nearly half a million refugees but UNHCR says it has received only 30% of the funds needed for their upkeep and support
Country says homosexual scenes that violate Cameroonian laws and customs are increasingly aired in cartoons mostly watched by children
The document is needed to attend school
Some Cameroonians believe that if they give blood, the recipient will receive any good luck and success they’ve had in life; others say God will punish them if they donate blood to an evil person
Nigeria is one of Africa’s leading oil producers and subsidized petroleum products are routinely smuggled into Cameroon and sold by the roadside
Government says it is attempting to control hate speech, offensive content
Government officials say Cameroon’s military rescued Fon Kevin Shumitang in battles with separatist fighters, but the fighters insist that they set the traditional ruler free
Officials say several hundred heavily armed Islamist extremists have infiltrated volatile Lake Chad region attacking, looting and causing panic
Former patients, aid groups tell families fistula can be successfully treated
The government says more than 20,000 people are infected, but figures may be higher as majority of country's 26 million people don’t go to hospitals for treatment
Peace caravans led by activists, clerics and traditional rulers are calling for an end to hate speech and separatist conflict
Authorities say the English-speaking rebels, including two self-proclaimed generals, were hiding across the border in neighboring Nigeria
Separatist spokesman acknowledges their forces shot the newspaper reporter Sunday night but says they mistook him for a military officer
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