A lightning bolt killed five children at their school in northwest Cameroon as they were preparing to begin their school day, a local doctor said Wednesday.
Cameroon's state-run television says two train crashes within 24 hours have killed at least 11 people.
Cameroon's long-ruling president, Paul Biya, sacked his prime minister and reshuffled his cabinet, replacing key officials including the defense minister.
Cameroon's government is employing extrajudicial killings and torture to crush political opponents, and such violence may escalate as the global economic crisis deepens, an international rights group said Thursday.
Government officials and witnesses say at least three dozen people are missing and feared dead after a weekend ferryboat accident off the coast of Cameroon.
Seven French and three African oil workers taken hostage from a tugboat off the coast of Cameroon last month were freed Tuesday.
One of the 10 hostages seized by a local militia off Cameroon's coast last week was killed in a failed rescue attempt by Nigerian marines, a leader of the militia said Wednesday.
A Cameroon militia group took 10 mostly foreign oil workers hostage Friday off this West African nation's coast, and threatened to kill the captives if demands for autonomy talks with the government are not met.
Cameroon held Italy to a 0-0 draw Wednesday despite playing the final 58 minutes with 10 men, a result that sent the Africans to the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic football tournament along with the Azzurrini.
Midfielder Stephane Mbia scored in the second half Sunday to lift Cameroon to a 1-0 victory over Honduras in men's soccer at the Beijing Olympics.
Ten insurgents and two Cameroonian soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula, Cameroon's Defense Minister said on state-run TV on Friday.
State radio in Cameroon says prison guards have killed 16 inmates trying to escape from a jail in the country's commercial capital.
Croatia's Foreign Ministry says a Croatian woman was kidnapped last week in Cameroon along with an Italian citizen.
Three men convicted of homosexuality — a crime in Cameroon — were sentenced to six months' hard labor, their lawyer said Wednesday.