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Boko Haram, the fundamentalist Islamist sect based in Nigeria, began kidnapping civilians and attacking villages in northern Cameroon in 2013. The government deployed about 1,000 troops to the border with Nigeria in May 2014 in an attempt to thwart the cross-border incursions by Boko Haram. The deployment further emboldened the militants, and they escalated their attacks. In January 2015, Chad sent 2,000 troops to Cameroon to help in the fight against the group. Boko Haram is opposed to Western education, political philosophy, and society, and seeks to overthrow the government and implement sharia throughout the country. The groups name translates to Western education is sinful.

See also Encyclopedia: Cameroon .

U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Cameroon

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps

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Equatorial guinea

National name: Républica de Guinea Ecuatorial

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Nigeria: Boko Haram Razes 90 Houses, Church, Clinic, Shops in Borno Communities

No fewer than 90 residential houses, a Church, clinic, nine shops and other properties worth millions of naira were razed in Debiro, Tarfa and Dakwaima villages of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, when some insurgents, suspected to be of Boko Haram members, invaded the

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Source: allAfrica.com

COVID-19 could linger for years, African govts must sit up - WHO warns

Major African stats: May 9 as of 7:00

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigerias election commission postponed for six weeks presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 14 after the military said it could not protect voters in the northeast from Boko Haram. Some questioned if the decision was influenced by President Jonathan, whose victory was by no means

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Africans in Germany Lose Their Church Communities

Many in the African diaspora consider their church community a home away from

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: France's Pasteur Institute on Front Lines of Africa's COVID Response

In Africa, where the institute is present in nearly a dozen countries, the Pasteur Institute's Dakar facility plans to roll out potentially game-changing rapid testing kits, and has earned African Union designation as a coronavirus reference

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Source: allAfrica.com

Coronavirus in Africa: 95,482 cases; 3,000 deaths; 38,120 recoveries

There are now more than over 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria: Boko Haram, Nigerian Military Repeatedly Violate Children's Rights - Amnesty International

Nigeria must urgently address its failure to protect and provide education to an entire generation of children in the Northeast, a region devastated by years of Boko Haram atrocities and gross violations by the military, Amnesty International warned today in a chilling new

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Russian Arms Exports to Africa - Moscow's Long-Term Strategy

Russia's state arms seller Rosoboronexport announced in April the first contract to supply assault boats to a country in sub-Saharan

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: COVID-19 - Giants of Africa Festival Moved to Next Year

The inaugural Giants of Africa Festival that was supposed to take place in Kigali this August has been postponed to 2021 over Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Central African Republic

Situated about 500 mi (805 km) north of the equator, the Central African Republic is a landlocked nation bordered by Cameroon, Chad, the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The Ubangi and the Shari are the largest of many

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Smythe-Haith, Mabel Murphy (1918-2006)

The daughter of college graduates, Mabel M. Smythe-Haith is so far the only black American woman who was named a U.S. ambassador after her husband had earlier served in the same capacity. Mabel Murphy was born into a family of four siblings on April 3, 1918 in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 15 she

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1918

Samuel Eto’o , in full Samuel Eto’o Fils (born March 10, 1981, Nkon, Cameroon), Cameroonian professional football (soccer) player who is considered one of the greatest African footballers of all

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Source: Brittanica

Mar

10

1981

Nigeria: NSCDC Arrests Boko Haram Top Logistics Supplier in Borno

Maiduguri — A top Boko Haram logistics supplier has been arrested in Borno State by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nkom, Alice (1945- )

Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also well known among Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists worldwide because of her legal advocacy for gay

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Source: Black Past

Africa: CAF Considering Postponing 2021 Afcon

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) says it will consider postponing the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations competition by a year in the wake of the current challenges occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic even as it hopes to commence the qualification matches in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mongo Beti , also called Eza Boto, pseudonyms of Alexandre Biyidi-Awala (born June 30, 1932, Mbalmayo, Cameroon—died October 8, 2001, Douala), Cameroonian novelist and political

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Source: Brittanica

Oct

8

2001

Cameroon - United States Relations - Bilateral, Health Ties Revisited

External Relations Minister, Mbella Mbella held an audience with United States Ambassador to Cameroon, Peter Henry Barlerin on May

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Source: allAfrica.com

A Brief History of Cameroon, Africa

The earliest inhabitants of Cameroon were probably the Bakas (Pygmies). They still inhabit the forests of the south and east provinces. Bantu speakers originating in the Cameroonian highlands were among the first groups to move out before other invaders. During the late 1770s and early 1800s, the

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1919

Africa Rises in Rage Over George Floyd Death in US

Johanneburg — Officials in Africa have expressed concern over developments in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, the black American man killed in police custody in the city of Minneapolis last

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Source: allAfrica.com

Unions oppose Cameroon’s plan to reopen schools

A group of trade unions in Cameroon's education sector has opposed the government's plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination

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Source: The East African

Six Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist attack on army base

Six Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist attack on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, military sources disclosed on

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

EU gives DRC €19.5m to support coronavirus combat

The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, is set to benefit from European Union funding in its efforts to combat COVID-19

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Dangote leads Nigeria to become one of the biggest cement exporter in the world

To reaffirm its status as the biggest cement producer in Africa, Dangote Cement has set the pace with the exportation of 27,800 metric tonnes of clinker to a neighbouring African

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Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries

There are now more than over 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria – Free Press of Jacksonville

Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Africa's leaders, musicians hardest hit by virus

Kenya’s seat of power, the State House, last week reported that several workers at the principal presidential office and residence had tested positive for

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Source: The East African

Chad chăd, chäd [key], officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Chad is bordered by the Central African Republic on the south, Sudan on the east, Libya on the north, and Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria on the west. Ndjamena

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April 2007 national elections—the country’s first transition from one democratically elected president to another—were marred by widespread allegations of fraud, ballot stuffing, violence, and chaos. Just days before the election, the Supreme Court ruled that the election commission’s decision to

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