CAMEROON

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — (AP) — Cameroon rescue workers are searching for survivors after a small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in the central part of the West African country, the ministry of transport said Thursday. The aircraft was chartered by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company which maintains a hydrocarbon pipeline that runs between Cameroon and neighboring Chad. 2 in Dompta in the country’s north carrying 9 passengers and two crew members when it crashed Wednesday, the company said in a statement. It said after contact was lost with the plane air and ground resources were deployed to find the plane. The Ministry of Transport said the crash site is in the forest near Nanga Eboko, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of Yaounde, the country’s capital.

Cameroon’s ministry of transport says rescue workers are searching for survivors after a small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon

DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — The French medical charity Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon. Armed men kidnapped the MSF employees on Feb. 24 from the group’s base in Cameroon’s Far North region in Fotokol, which is near Nigeria and Chad. Those kidnapped and subsequently released include a Senegalese, Chadian and Franco-Ivorian along with their two Cameroon security guards. The organization said the workers were released Wednesday in Nigeria and have been “taken to a safe place.”“We are happy to find our colleagues safe and sound,” said the director general of the organization, Stephen Cornish. Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province are known to carry out attacks in this region.

Egypt missed twice in the shootout, meaning Salah, who was meant to be his team's last penalty taker, could do nothing but watch his club teammate win it. Senegal had lost two finals previously, including against Algeria at the last African Cup in Egypt in 2019, when Mané was left inconsolable. Senegal missed a series of chances in normal time and extra time, including Mané's early penalty, which was saved by Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal. The result was also special for Senegal coach Aliou Cissé, who was the team's captain and missed the decisive penalty in a shootout when Senegal lost the 2002 African Cup final. ___More AP African Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/cameroon___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Cameroon African Cup Soccer Senegal's Sadio Mane, right, controls the ball away from Egypt's Hamdi Fathi during the African Cup of Nations 2022 final soccer match between Senegal and Egypt at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (Themba Hadebe)YAOUNDE, Cameroon — (AP) — Senegal won its first African Cup of Nations title on Sunday by beating Egypt 4-2 in a penalty shootout. Senegal had lost two finals previously, including at the last African Cup in Egypt in 2019, when Mané was left inconsolable. Senegal missed a series of chances, including Mané's early penalty, which was saved by Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal. ___More AP African Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/cameroon___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Senegal has won its first African Cup by beating Egypt 4-2 in a penalty shootout.

The apparent stampede outside of a stadium in Cameroon has renewed the focus on prior warnings that the nation was ill-equipped to host the continent's biggest sporting event.

Another seven people were in serious condition in the hospital after the crush Monday night at the game between host Cameroon and Comoros at the Olembe Stadium in the capital, Yaounde. The African soccer body has moved the next game due to take place at the Olembe on Sunday to another stadium in Yaounde. The last two games at the Olembe, a semifinal and the final of the African soccer championship on Feb. 6, could also be moved. The crush came when soccer fans struggled to get into the stadium to watch the home team play in a highly-anticipated knockout game at Africa's top soccer tournament. FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended the African Cup's opening ceremony at the Olembe Stadium two weeks ago.

"I saw a child less than 10 years old, lifeless," said one witness. "Guys were trying to revive him."

Cameroon Soccer Stampede People assist victims of a stampede outside a stadium hosting an African Cup of Nations soccer game in Yaounde, Cameroon, Monday Jan. 24, 2022. The death toll increased after two more fans were pronounced dead outside the Messassi hospital, police said. A total of 38 people were hurt in the stampede, which happened Monday night at the Olembe Stadium in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde. The crush came when soccer fans struggled to get into the stadium to watch Cameroon's team play Comoros in a highly-anticipated knockout game at Africa's top soccer tournament. The Olembe Stadium, the main stadium for the tournament and the venue for the Feb. 6 final, was one of the arenas that organizers were concerned about.

The death toll has risen to eight following a crush outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon

The death toll has risen to eight following a crush outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon.

Cameroon African Cup Soccer A man standing outside a newly build Olembe stadium in Yaoundé at, Cameroon, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. The African Cup of Nations takes place in Cameroon and starts on Sunday, Jan. 9. The crush happened as crowds struggled to get access to Olembe Stadium in the capital city of Yaounde to watch the host country play Comoros in a last 16 knockout game in the African Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football, which runs the African Cup, said in a statement it was aware of the incident. Cameroon is hosting the African Cup for the first time in 50 years.

Six people are reportedly killed and dozens hurt in a crush outside a stadium in Cameroon.

A local government official in Cameroon says at least six people have died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa's top soccer tournament.

Cameroon African Cup Soccer Cameroon's captain Vincent Aboubakar celebrates his second goal of the match, during the African Cup of Nations 2022 group A soccer match between Cameroon and Burkina Faso at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. It seemed the wait wouldn't be worth it when Gustavo Sangaré volleyed Burkina Faso into the lead in the 24th minute. But Burkina Faso lost the lead with two reckless pieces of defending in the closing minutes of the first half. VAR is being used in all games at the African Cup for the first time. Yet this African Cup has been the target of more skepticism than most.

Cameroon African Cup Soccer Cameroon's captain Vincent Aboubakar celebrates his second goal of the match, during the African Cup of Nations 2022 group A soccer match between Cameroon and Burkina Faso at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. But Burkina Faso lost the lead with two reckless pieces of defending at the end of the first half. VAR is being used in all games at the African Cup for the first time. It was used from the quarterfinals onwards at the last African Cup. The African Cup officially started with a short opening ceremony a few hours earlier at Olembe Stadium.

Cameroon African Cup Soccer Traditional dancers perform during opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations 2022 group A soccer match between Cameroon and Burkina Faso at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. He said it would be the best African Cup ever. Motsepe will oversee his first African Cup after the South African mining billionaire surprisingly rose to the position of head of African soccer last year because of the backing of Infantino. This African Cup has been the target of more skepticism than most after organizers insisted they would go ahead with a soccer showpiece amid the omicron-driven surge. Cameroon will play Burkina Faso in the first game straight after the opening ceremony.

Host Cameroon came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the African Cup of Nations.

The Senegalese soccer federation named the players on Wednesday as Pape Sarr, Nampalys Mendy and Mame Thiam. They and six members of the management team tested positive on Tuesday, when the squad was scheduled to fly to Cameroon, the federation said. Senegal, with stars like Liverpool forward Sadio Mane and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, is one of the favorites after losing in the final at the last African Cup. Malawi has left three players behind in Saudi Arabia, where the team had a training camp, because they tested positive. Nigeria left striker Victor Osimhen of Italian club Napoli out if its African Cup squad because of his positive virus test.

Senegal’s national soccer team has been forced to delay its flight to the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon after three more players and six members of the backroom staff tested positive for the coronavirus.

Here's the latest for Wednesday January 5th: US setting new COVID-19 daily case records; Chicago schools cancel classes amid COVID outbreak; Texas sues US over military vaccine mandate; NYPD conducts early morning gang raids.

Experts are keeping a wary eye on yet another COVID-19 variant, this one with 46 mutations. It was detected in France and showed up in a traveler who recently arrived from a three-day stay in Cameroon, French researchers said in a pre-print study published on medRxiv, which means it has not yet been peer-reviewed. While researchers were monitoring the strain to ascertain how infectious it is ...

Experts are keeping a wary eye on yet another COVID variant, this one with 46 mutations. It was detected in France and showed up in a traveler recently arrived from a three-day stay in Cameroon, French researchers said in a pre-print study published on medRxiv, which means it has not yet been peer-reviewed. While researchers were monitoring the strain to ascertain how infectious it is or ...

Drone powerhouse Israel is translating the knowhow of air force veterans to the delivery of sushi and ice-cream, as companies tap their expertise to avoid collisions in increasingly crowded skies.

One by one, South Africa’s former president listed African countries where the failure to deal with diversity was a root cause of conflict, from the Biafran war in Nigeria in the late 1960s to the current clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

U.N. experts say Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their influence, boasting gains in supporters and territory and inflicting the greatest casualties

Migration Lithuania Belarus Migrants from Cameroon rest at the refugee camp in the village of Vydeniai, Lithuania, Saturday, July 10, 2021. European Union member Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants from neighboring Belarus in the last few days. “Lithuania’s border is our common external border and Frontex stands ready to help where needed,” Leggeri said in a statement. In June, the number of illegal border crossings from Belarus into Lithuania rose six-fold, increasing the pressure on national border control authorities, Frontex said. On Friday, Lithuania started building a double barbed wire fence on the Belarus border.

Germany’s government acknowledged on Friday that it committed genocide during its colonial occupation of what is now Namibia and promised more than $1 billion in development projects in communities descended from victims.

The two, one of whom is trans celebrity Shakiro, were found guilty of "attempting homosexuality".

“Women are powerful, more than any creature on Earth,” said Agnes Taile, a Cameroonian journalist turned Central Florida-based African fashion designer.

WorldView: Deadly bus crash in Cameroon; Pakistan to release man convicted of killing U.S. journalist At least 53 people are dead after a bus crash in the west African nation of Cameroon. In Pakistan, a court ordered the release of a man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Poland enacts one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. And he EU and AstraZeneca feud over vaccine shipments. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "CBSN AM" with today's global headlines.

WorldView: Deadly bus crash in Cameroon; Pakistan to release man convicted of killing U.S. journalist At least 53 people are dead after a bus crash in the west African nation of Cameroon. In Pakistan, a court ordered the release of a man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Poland enacts one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. And he EU and AstraZeneca feud over vaccine shipments. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "CBSN AM" with today's global headlines.

People gather at the scene of a bus crash in Santchou village in western Cameroon Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. At least 53 people have died and 21 others were injured in Cameroon when the bus collided with a truck early Wednesday in a village in the western part of the country, officials said. “A speeding truck illegally transporting fuel ran into the 70-seat bus transporting passengers from the coastal commercial city of Douala to Bafoussam, the capital of Cameroon’s West region,” he said. "A collision between the truck and the bus sparked uncontrollable fire which ravaged the truck, the bus and its occupants.”The truck driver, however, escaped after the crash and Augustine has called for his arrest. In December, 37 people died and 18 others were seriously injured in an accident in the western village of Makenene.

MIAMI – Customs officers have recovered ancient stone carvings from Cameroon at a South Florida airport, authorities said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday that officers at Miami International Airport intercepted an air cargo shipment containing “Ikom Monoliths.” The stone sculptures had been exported to the U.S. using fraudulent documents, investigators said. “CBP has a critical role in protecting cultural property and preventing illicit trafficking,” said Robert Del Toro, the agency's acting port director at MIA. These laws include export controls and national ownership of cultural property. Click here to subscribe to ClickOrlando.com’s Strange Florida newsletter, delivered every Friday.

The owner of UNKY bags has found his in his business. UNKY donates supplies to kids in CameroonThere are a hundred and forty million orphans worldwide. While it was very important to get an institutional education, whats more important to Simo is giving back. His company sells handmade bags which are made in Cameroon, Africa and its foundation provides a backpack, filled with school supplies to orphans in the country. UNKY gives back 10% of all revenue made to help give supplies and even food to less fortunate children in the country.

This photo taken by a camera trap shows a group of Cross River gorillas in the Mbe Mountains of Nigeria on Monday, June 22, 2020. Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in the Mbe mountains of Nigeria, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts. But Cross River gorillas are notoriously difficult to capture together on camera and no images had captured multiple infants. Cross River gorillas have been threatened for decades primarily by hunting but also by loss of habitat as residents cut down forests to make way for agriculture. About 100 Cross River gorillas have since been recorded in Nigeria's Cross River State and about 200 in Cameroon in a transborder region of about 12,000 square kilometers (4,633 square miles).

Google Maps via Lakana(CNN) - A 12-year-old girl was among those pulled out alive from the wreckage of a landslide that has so far killed 42 people in western Cameroon. His 18-year-old daughter, however, died at the hospital, Victor said. Rescue workers also recovered the bodies of 26 children and four pregnant women from scene of the disaster, a medical official said. The landslide was triggered by days of heavy rains and happened on Monday night while residents were asleep. Regional governor Awa Fonka Augustine said it's been difficult for rescue workers to access the site of the disaster because of the slopes in the area.

New research shows that Goliath frogs -- the world's largest frog species, found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea -- build ponds for their eggs and tadpoles, moving rocks more than half of their body weight in the process. The heavy labor that the frogs do could explain their size, scientists believe. As well as being strong, the frogs have also proved themselves to be anxious parents, nurturing their young in ponds away from torrent rivers and potential predators. "This shows how little we know about the biology, even of some of the most spectacular creatures of our planet." Scientists hope the research will help conservation efforts dedicated to the rare frogs, which are considered endangered.

The policy represents the most forceful attempt to date by President Donald Trump to slash the number of people seeking asylum in America. Under the rules, migrants who pass through another country on their way to the U.S. will be ineligible for asylum. Most of the immigrants arriving at the border this year pass through Mexico including Central Americans, Africans, Cubans and Haitians. Asylum seekers must also pass an initial screening called a "credible fear" interview, a hurdle that a vast majority clear. Despite the policies, record numbers of immigrant families have been crossing the border this year, overwhelming border facilities and authorities.

Boko Haram hostages now free Roughly 24 of 80 hostages have reportedly escaped or been freed from capture by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta joins "CBSN" with the latest details.