Cameroon: Persecution and Boko Haram News Update

The links below are to articles reporting on persecution and Boko Haram news from Cameroon (the most recent are at the top).

For more visit:
– https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/baptist/18330-european-baptist-missionaries-evacuated-from-cameroon-after-bombings
– http://mg.co.za/article/2015-09-22-cameroon-must-act-to-halt-boko-haram-extremism-creeping-in
– http://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-kill-400-cameroon-since-last-amnesty-181823228.html
– http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2a27f2a167df406daf0925f3e15dd153/cameroon-officials-hail-self-defense-response-boko-haram
– http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/13/us-nigeria-violence-cameroon-idUSKCN0RD0FH20150913

Cameroon: Persecution and Boko Haram News Update

The links below are to articles reporting on persecution and Boko Haram news from Cameroon.

For more visit:
– http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/africa/central-africa/cameroon/229-cameroon-the-threat-of-religious-radicalism.aspx
– http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34143736

Cameroon: Persecution News Update

The links below are to articles reporting on persecution and Boko Haram news from Cameroon.

For more visit:
– http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/04/us-nigeria-violence-cameroon-idUSKCN0Q91HS20150804
– https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2015/08/3956474/
– http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boko-haram-islamists-burn-students-villagers-alive-cameroon-attack-1511771

Cameroon: Persecution News Update

The link below is to an article reporting on persecution news from Cameroon.

For more visit:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/boko-haram-using-1000-children-in-cameroon-as-human-shields-un-condemns-jihadists-as-inhuman-139993/

Nigeria: Persecution News Update

The links below are to articles reporting on persecution news from Nigeria and Cameroon (most recent articles are at the top).

For more visit:
– http://www.christianpost.com/news/boko-haram-mimics-isis-in-brutality-creating-caliphate-with-20000-square-mile-belgium-sized-territory-warns-open-doors-head-133663/
– http://www.bosnewslife.com/34667-breaking-news-100-killed-churches-torched-in-cameroon

Boko Haram Attacks Town Inside Niger Expanding Attacks Beyond Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kidnap Around 80 in Cameroon

TIME

Suspected fighters from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped around 80 people Sunday, over half of whom were children, during a cross-border attack in neighboring Cameroon, officials said.

The kidnappings were the largest in Cameroon since the terrorist group began expanding its operations to adjacent countries, including Chad, Reuters reports. Three people were also killed during the attacks.

“According to our initial information, around 30 adults, most of them herders, and 50 young girls and boys aged between 10 and 15 years were abducted,” an army officer in Cameroon told Reuters.

Cameroon government spokesperson Issa Tchiroma has confirmed the attacks, though he said the exact number of people kidnapped during the attacks is not known.

Boko Haram has made advances in recent weeks with an assault on the multinational military base of Baga in northeast Nigeria, as the group seeks to disrupt the upcoming Presidential elections. The Nigerian…

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Cameroon, Tanzania and Syria: Persecution News Update

The link below is to an article reporting on persecution news from Cameroon, Tanzania and Syria.

For more visit:
http://blog.opendoorsusa.org/newsflashes-persecuted-church-cameroon-syria-tanzania/

China, Nigeria and Cameroon: Persecution News Update

The link below is to an article that reports on persecution news from China, Nigeria and Cameroon.

For more visit:
http://blog.opendoorsusa.org/newsflashes-persecuted-church-september-24th/

Cameroon: Government Acts on Pentecostal Churches

This article is an interesting one – is it persecution or not? What do you think? Share in the comments.

For more visit:
http://christiannews.net/2013/08/16/cameroon-government-shuts-down-over-50-pentecostal-churches-plans-to-shutter-100-total/