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Michel Thierry Atangana
11/05/2013 - France - Cameroon

16th anniversary of Frenchman imprisoned in Cameroon

12 May will mark the 16th anniversary that French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana has been imprisoned in Cameroon, after being accused of embezzling public funds and put on trial without a ...

The F2 terminal at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport
03/05/2013 - France - Cameroon

French airport village pays for Cameroon stowaway's funeral

A French village this week buried an anonymous Cameroonian man who was found dead in the landing gear of an airplane that landed at Paris’s Charles De Gaulle airport.

21/04/2013 - France - Cameroon

French ex-hostages speak out about kidnapping

Members of the family held hostage for two months by a Nigerian Islamist group spoke about their ordeal on French national television over the weekend.

20/04/2013 - France

French press review 20 April 2013

The big story making the front pages is the release of the seven French hostages seized in Cameroon by the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram.

20/04/2013 - France - Cameroon - Nigeria

French hostage family back in France

The French family held hostage by a Nigerian Islamist group arrived in Paris early Saturday morning, after being freed Thursday night.

19/04/2013 - France - Cameroon - Nigeria

French kidnap family freed in Nigeria, Biya

The French family kidnapped in Cameroon in February have been freed in Nigeria, where they had been taken by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced ...

09/04/2013 - France - Cameroon

Stowaway found dead in Cameroon-Paris plane landing gear

The body of a stowaway, possibly a teenager, was discovered on Monday in the landing gear of a plane which landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport from Cameroon

Cameroon gay-rights lawyer speaks
29/03/2013 - African news explained

Cameroon gay-rights lawyer speaks

Two Cameroonian men, who were convicted of being gay and later released, are back in custody. Police detained them after an angry mob attacked them in a Yaoundé marketplace.

27/03/2013

African press review 27 March 2013

In Kenya the size of a snake has been greatly exaggerated. Uganda is under pressure to give more to fighting HIV/Aids. Its police face investigation over an attack on Besigye's car.

18/03/2013 - Nigeria - France - Cameroon

Boko Haram threatens Cameroon attacks in new French hostage video

A second video of a French family held hostage by Nigeria’s Boko Haram has been sent to journalists in the region where they are believed to be held.

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