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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Friday that Cameroon would be granted Temporary Protected Status for 18 months.

The U.S. designates Temporary Protected Status to Cameroon for 18 months

Apr 16, 2022
The designation comes amid extreme violence between Cameroon's forces and separatists as well as a significant rise in attacks from Boko Haram, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Goats and Soda
Rosine Mbakam (left) and her mother on the set of 'The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman,' which represents their intergenerational differences.

Whatever Happened To ... The Filmmaker Focusing On A New Face For African Women?

Sep 08, 2020
Rosine Mbakam was headed from Belgium to Cameroon, her homeland, to make a documentary. Then lockdown struck. So did inspiration for a new topic: How coronavirus is linked to the "virus" of racism.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Recently adopted Chadian twins Claira (left) and Ariella play peekaboo to pass the time in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with their new parents, David and Michaela Parker, as they await their adoption visas. The 23-month-old girls cannot currently travel to Americ

'We'd Have To Abandon Our Daughters': Pandemic Delays International Adoptions

Apr 14, 2020
Americans overseas trying to complete international adoptions have urged the government to expedite their children's visas so they can return as a family.
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Goats and Soda
Rosine Mbakam, left, says she chose to shoot all images and sound herself to maintain an equal relationship with the subjects of her films.

Meet The Filmmaker Reinventing How African Women Are Portrayed In Movies

Nov 10, 2019
Two deeply personal films from Cameroonian Rosine Mbakam won critical acclaim in the U.S. by grappling with how families maintain traditions in a time of global migration and generational change.
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Africa
Schoolchildren who were kidnapped by armed men were released and helped into a truck by police in Bamenda, Cameroon, on Wednesday.

Students Kidnapped In Cameroon Are Freed, But Questions Remain

Nov 07, 2018
The students were released at another school 12 miles away. A principal and teacher reportedly remain captive. Tensions in Cameroon have heightened as an Anglophone separatist movement has taken root.
NPR
Africa
A food market in Bamenda, Cameroon, in November 2017. Authorities say nearly 80 children were abducted by armed men from a school near the city on Sunday night.

Nearly 80 Children Abducted From A School In Cameroon

Nov 05, 2018
The children were taken from a Presbyterian school near the northwestern city of Bamenda, which has been the center of a Anglophone separatist movement marked by violence since late 2016.
NPR
The Two-Way

At Least 12 People Killed In Cameroon Suicide Bombing

Jul 13, 2017
More than 40 others were injured in the attack, which targeted a small town on the border with Nigeria. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the bombing bears hallmarks of Boko Haram.
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Goats and Soda
German and Cameroonian kids were part of an experiment based on the classic "marshmallow test": Put a single treat before a child but tell the child if he or she waits, say, 10 minutes, a second treat will be given.

Want To Teach Your Kids Self-Control? Ask A Cameroonian Farmer

Jul 03, 2017
The "marshmallow test" is a famous experiment for studying kids' self-control. For the first time, a psychologist gave the test to kids outside Western culture. And they crushed it.
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The Two-Way
Passengers escape the site of a train derailment in Eseka, Cameroon, Friday. The death toll in the crash rose to more than 70 people Saturday, Cameroon's president says.

At Least 70 Die In Train Derailment In Cameroon; Hundreds Injured

Oct 22, 2016
Travelers had crowded onto the train because a section of the main road between Cameroon's two largest cities had collapsed.
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Goats and Soda
Anthony Hamilton (right) is inspired by a goat.

It's Been A Good Week For Goats

Aug 25, 2016
They're helping needy families in Cameroon as part of a Red Cross giveaway. And in Indiana, a kid got a soul serenade from Grammy winner Anthony Hamilton.
NPR
The Two-Way
Cameroonian soldiers stand guard at a lookout post on Feb. 25 as they take part in operations against the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria.

Cameroon's Military Says It Has Freed 900 Hostages From Boko Haram

Dec 02, 2015
Soldiers killed more than 100 members of the militant Islamist group and freed hundreds of hostages, a Cameroon army spokesman says. The claims are difficult to independently verify.
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Goats and Soda
These are photos of some of the kidnapped girls, courtesy of their families. Top row (left to right): Yana Pogu, Rhoda Peters, Saratu Ayuba, Comfort, Bullus, Dorcas Yakubu. Bottom row (left to right): Hauwa Mutah, Hajara Isa, Rivkatu Ngalang.

The Kids Brainwashed By Boko Haram Were Silent For Good Reason

Apr 02, 2015
That's how children cope with a fearful situation. We learn more about the 84 boys rescued from a school reportedly influenced by the terrorist group, which is notorious for kidnapping youngsters.
NPR
The Two-Way

143 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In Clashes With Cameroon's Military

Jan 13, 2015
The militants, who are waging a deadly war in Nigeria, had attacked a Cameroonian military camp, a government official said. Nigeria's neighbors are being drawn into the battle with the group.
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