Author: Chris Anu

[UPDATED 15.09.2026] On 18 August, The NewsGuild-CWA, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), filed a lawsuit, alongside with other organisations, challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end a long-standing visa framework affecting foreign journalists, international students and scholars working in the United States. The IFJ fully backs this legal action…

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BAMENDA/BUEA —Cameroon opened the 2026–2027 academic year on Monday, September 7, but in the conflict-ridden Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia, the ringing of school bells was largely drowned out by another demonstration of the uncomfortable reality confronting Yaoundé: a decade into the Ambazonia conflict, the regime still cannot declare the Ambazonia fighters’ challenge defeated. An armed lockdown coinciding with the official reopening of schools emptied streets, closed offices, businesses, and disrupted classrooms across significant parts of the two regions. Reporting from Bamenda described deserted streets, closed shops, and severely restricted movement, while other accounts indicated a more mixed picture outside the major urban…

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