The organization also urged the AU to “maintain targeted travel sanctions and asset freezes against the authorities until they meet specific human rights and good governance benchmarks”
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Presenting the items on Saturday to the refugees, Dr. Mercy Akpama, Managing Director, Cross River Food Bank Commission, said that the gesture was part of the activities to mark Governor Ben Ayade’s 50th birthday
The commissioner said this in a paper he presented at the just concluded regional workshop on experience sharing on the management of disengaged people from Boko Haram in Chad Basin
Its Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, who stated this at the end of her visit to Chad, called for urgent support for the countries, especially Chad.
On Monday, combined troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and the Cameroonian Defence Forces in a clearance operation took the battle to the terrorists in their enclaves at Kusha-Kucha, Surdewala, Alkanerik, Magdewerne and Mayen villages, all situated along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
The UN deputy relief chief stated said this on her arrival in Chad for a two-day visit to see first-hand the humanitarian situation in the country.
After a 2-2 draw at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin a fortnight ago, the Cameroonians forced the Flamingoes to a 1-1 draw at the Ahmadu Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundee.
Both teams ended the first leg, played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City penultimate weekend, 2-2 and the tie is delicately balanced considering Nigeria’s pedigree in women football in the continent
Buhari was quoted as making the pledge in a communiqué issued at the end of 6th session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Trans-Border Security Committee held in Abuja.
The upper chamber also urged the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to urgently liaise with his Cameroonian counterpart to secure the release of the Nigerians.
US Department of State, in a statement by Heather Nauert, the Department Spokesperson, also urged the two countries to refrain from embarking on forceful repatriation of asylum-seekers
In the open letter today Falana said: “We write this protest letter on behalf of our clients whose names and status are set out in the List of Deportees attached to this letter”.
After deliberating for some 13 hours, a jury late Friday afternoon convicted 59-year-old Osa Alohaneke in the slaying of Evelyne Ebane Epiepang, 52.
William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, decried the precarious situation of women and children, which made up about 80 per cent of the approximately 10,000 registered refugees in Nigeria’s Cross River.
Dan-Ali made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen after the Juma’at service at the National Mosque, Abuja, to mark the 2018 Armed Forces Day.
The 2014 African Nations Championship bronze medallists were out of sorts as the several chances the CHAN Eagles had were fluffed with Gabriel Okechukwu the chief culprit.
Foka Fotsi, who was trafficked twice, told Reuters that those in charge of one of the places where he was held included Ghanaians and Nigerians
Cameroon’s semi-arid far North region has been a target of Boko Haram suicide bombings and raids for eight years as the Islamist insurgency spilled over the border from Nigeria, killing 20,000 and uprooting nearly three million in the Lake Chad region.
Song, 41, suffered a brain aneurysm 12 months ago, but escaped near death and is recovering well.
The human rights watchdog said in a statement that the detainees were arrested when protesting in dozens of towns in Cameroon’s Anglophone North-West and South-West regions on October 1.