US President Barack Obama will deploy up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations against militant Boko Haram insurgents.
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of a senior Cameroonian minister and a traditional leader in attacks in the far north of the country that left at least six dead.
A military court in Cameroon has handed down prison sentences of up to 20 years to 14 Boko Haram members, the country's state broadcaster Crtv reported.
Former middleweight WBO champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (29-1, 18 KOs) wants to challenge Gennady GGG Golovkin who is the WBA and IBO middleweight champion.
Cameroonian strongman Issa Hayatou will be re-elected unopposed in Morocco on Sunday for a final four-year term as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president.
A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said Thursday, as Nigerian security forces combed restive border areas to find them.
The winner of Astana Arlans and D&G Milano Thunder confrontation was determined in the last fight between Ruslan Myrsatayev and Romaric Tangum Ngula from Cameroon.