Bakassi is a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea. It lies between the Cross River estuary, near the city of Calabar in the west of the Bight of Biafra, and the Rio del Ray estuary on the east. It is governed by Cameroon, following the transfer of sovereignty from neighbouring Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice. On 22 November 2007, the Nigerian Senate rejected the transfer, since the Greentree Agreement ceding the area to Cameroon was contrary to Section 12(1) of the 1999 Constitution. Regardless, the territory was completely ceded to Cameroon on 14 August 2008, exactly two years after the first part of it was transferred.
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African, due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa. Its nearly 25 million people speak 250 native languages.
Ambazonia, officially the Federal Republic of Ambazonia and commonly referred to as Amba Land, is a self-declared state, internationally considered an autonomous anglophone federal state of the UN-created Cameroon federation through resolution 1608(xv) in 1961. The federation combined the then independent French Cameroun republic with the newly independent former British Southern Cameroons. In May 1972, the majority French-speaking political leadership of Cameroon controversially abolished the federation to constitute a unitary state. The latter was further extinguished in January 1984 by decree. Since that time, the component federal state of French-speaking Cameroon has attempted to re-emerge with English-speaking Ambazonia tagged onto herself as mere regions in an admitted assimilation project amidst fierce resistance. Ambazonia is the successor state to the former British Mandate Territory of Southern Cameroons. Situated in the Gulf of Guinea, Ambazonia is bordered by the Cameroon Republic to the east, Nigeria to the north and west, and the Bight of Bonny of the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Its territory and population constitute an area of 42,710 square kilometres populated by roughly 6 - 8 million people.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons, that they may heal, learn, and determine their own future. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 in Vatican City as a foundation. The impetus to found JRS came from the then superior general of the Jesuits, Pedro Arrupe, who was inspired to action by the plight of Vietnamese boat people. JRS has programmes in over 50 countries. The areas of work are in the field of education, emergency assistance, health care, livelihoods, reconciliation, and psychosocial support. JRS is also involved in advocacy and human rights work. This involves ensuring that refugees are afforded their full rights as guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and working to strengthen the protection afforded to Internally displaced persons (IDPs). JRS's international headquarters is located in Rome at the Society's General Curia. The International Director is Rev. Thomas H. Smolich SJ.
Chris Oyakhilome is the founder and president of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The mass media in Cameroon includes independent outlets. The nation has only one national newspaper, which is state owned.
The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, when the jihadist group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents' ultimate aim is to establish an Islamic state in the region.
Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné is a footballer who currently plays for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Championship and the Cameroon national team. She previously played for Rossiyanka.
André Onana Onana is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Ajax and the Cameroon national team. In February 2021, he received a 12-month suspension for doping violations. His suspension was later reduced to nine months.
Anne Stella Fomumbod is a Cameroonian women's rights activist. She is the founder and CEO of the Interfaith Vision Foundation of Cameroon (IVFCam), and the driving force behind the Metta Charter on Widowhood, which has enabled significant progress in the human right of widows in her country.
The Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, or the Cameroonian Civil War, is a conflict in the Southern Cameroons region of Cameroon, part of the long-standing Anglophone problem. Following the suppression of 2016–17 Cameroonian protests, Ambazonian separatists in the Anglophone territories of Northwest Region and Southwest Region launched a guerilla campaign against Cameroonian security forces, and later unilaterally proclaimed the restoration of independence. By the end of November 2017, the government of Cameroon declared war on the separatists and sent its army into the Anglophone regions.
From 2018, the Anglophone Crisis drew increasing international attention, and became a challenge to Cameroon's foreign relations. Triggered by a violent crackdown on the 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests, the conflict escalated from a low-scale insurgency to a civil war-like situation. While Cameroon enjoys support from African countries, no country has openly supported the Ambazonian independence movements. However, many countries have put pressure on Cameroon to talk to the separatists. In addition, the separatists enjoy support from officers in the Nigerian Army, who have helped arrange arms deals for them.
Aissa Doumara Ngatansou is a Cameroonian activist. In 2019, she won the Simone Veil prize.
The Ambazonia Governing Council (AGovC) is the main Liberation movement within the Ambazonia Liberation cause. The Ambazonia Governing Council commonly referred to as AGovC is the vanguard organisation that has been fighting for the total liberation of Ambazonia since 2013 when it was founded.
The Bakassi conflict is an ongoing insurgency which started in 2006, in the Bakassi Peninsula of Cameroon waged by local separatists against Cameroonian government forces. After the independence of both Cameroon and Nigeria the border between them was not settled and there were other disputes. The Nigerian government claimed the border was that prior to the British–German agreements in 1913. On the other hand, Cameroon claimed the border laid down by the British–German agreements. The border dispute worsened in the 1980s and 1990s after some border incidents occurred, which almost caused a war between the two countries.
The Muzikol Music Awards is a music awards program developed by a technology company in Cameroon called ABEBOH and run by its Music product called Muzikol. The Main objective of Muzikol Music awards is to reward and celebrate outstanding performances in the African and Cameroonian Music Industries. Muzikol Music Awards is aimed at celebrating the African music Industry through the music, the musicians and all the music professionals who make up the music industry.
Ernestine Gwet-Bell is a gynaecologist from Cameroon, who supervised the first successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment in Cameroon.
Esther Belibi Dang is a Cameroonian economist. She resigned as the Director of the Cameroon National Investment company and stood as a Presidential candidate.
The Jamaica Star is a newspaper often cited as a resource for happenings in Jamaica.
