Source : The National / 20 Sep 2014

Twenty-three young African footballers converted to Islam at the end of a two-month training camp in Dubai.

The men, all in their twenties, are members of a football academy for poor, homeless and orphaned youngsters in Cameroon.

Source : VOA news / 03 Jul 2014

Muslims in Cameroon are observing Ramadan in the face of serious price hikes for food due to border closures meant to protect against incursions from the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. Nigeria supplies up to 80% of food in North Cameroon.

In the border town of Amchide, the normal bustling trade with Nigerian businesses is at a standstill.