NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2022, Russia has decimated Ukraine and left 40 million people without water, food, heat, and a place to sleep. As Ukraine and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This happens as our country grapples with [a president] who makes it clear that he welcomes immigrants from places like Norway, but not...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Before a packed venue of over 2,000, from various African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Tanzania, Liberia, Kenya, Cameroon, Somalia, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s fellows represent the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Among states, Georgia had the largest total number with 256,848 black-owned businesses and accounted for 9.9 percent of the nation’s black-owned businesses, according...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We are desperate to find resolution, as troops led by Cameroon’s Dictator Paul Biya’s government, continue to burn hundreds of villages, rape, detain...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Leaders of the opposition were roundly defeated in this month’s national elections that gave the six term incumbent Cameroon President Paul Biya a...
EDWIN MOKI KINDZEKA, Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Officials in Cameroon’s north on Monday praised a local self-defense group for confronting Boko Haram militants during...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 9,500 people have returned to Nigeria since the Cameroonian government said...
(BBC) – Military police have raided a house in Cameroon and freed around 70 children who were being held captive and were suffering from disease and...
EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 9 people and kidnapped dozens, including children and teenagers,...
(BBC) – Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. The authorities...
Kevin Sieff, THE WASHINGTON POST NAIROBI (The Washington Post) — After years in a Boko Haram camp, the children had forgotten their native language. They...
(All Africa) – Just a day after launching a joint offensive against the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigerian territory, Niger and Chadian forces recaptured...
YAOUNDE (VOA News) – Nigerian Muslims who fled to Cameroon to escape Boko Haram say they are being shunned as suspected sympathizers of the insurgent group....
Edwin Kindzeka Moki, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle...
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Niger, Chad and Cameroon are seeking to pin down Boko Haram within Nigeria’s borders ahead of a ground-and-air offensive by a regional...
DALATOU MAMONE, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Islamic extremists from Nigeria attacked a town inside the neighboring country of Niger...
EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters took revenge Thursday on villagers in Cameroon, shooting...
(BBC) – AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the threat posed by the Islamist group required a “collective, effective and decisive response”. Boko Haram has...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It was an unusual setting in Italy, or at least so I thought. My wife and I sat at...