In central Africa, a violent conflict has been unfolding for nearly eight years. What began in 2016 as peaceful protests by lawyers and teachers against the increasing “francophonisation” of the legal ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Jane Ndamei’s dream of becoming a medical doctor almost cost her life five years ago. The 20-year-old student from Cameroon’s restive southwestern region was taking her Grade ...

BAMENDA, Cameroon (AP) — Caro Bih says she was once kidnapped, chained and held for ransom by the separatist fighters who have clashed for years with government soldiers in parts of Cameroon. Several ...

Armed conflicts in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions and Far North have forced the closure of more than 4,000 schools, disrupting education for about 250,000 children. Aid groups warn girls are ...

Archbishop Emeritus Cornelius Fontem Esua of Cameroon is a living witness to the Church’s evolution in Africa.

Pope Francis repeatedly insisted that “every war is a defeat.” For Francis, war is “a senseless and inconclusive venture” because “no one emerges a winner.” This distressing statement sounds so true ...

Bishop John Berinyuy Tatah, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.) Listen BAMENDA, ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Jane Ndamei’s dream of becoming a medical doctor almost cost her life five years ago. The 20-year-old student from Cameroon’s restive southwestern region was taking her Grade 12 ...