Friday, February fourteenth, the   UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.

Cameroon journalist released from jail




The Equinoxe Television journalist Mimi Mefo who was jailed on November 7, 2018, without trial at the Douala central prison has been released.


 She was freed on Saturday, November 10, 2018, as groups of journalists strongly condemned her detention and called for her immediate release. She was accompanied by her lawyer and colleagues.

The Cameroon military spokesman Col, Didier Badject said the Head of State ordered the journalist’s release and a halt to the prosecution “in a gesture of magnanimity”

“This does not mean that this journalist is innocent, far from it,"  he added.

The journalist is due to appear at the military tribunal on Monday.



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