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 ...

Cameroon, in West Africa, has two official languages, French and English, and identity is based on which language you speak. For nearly a decade, there’s been a fight for control of the country’s two ...

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 ...

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, ...

People seen at the St. Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit in Bamenda, Cameroon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ – As Pope Leo arrives ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...