Kidnappers Demand Nearly $50,000 for Cameroon Priest’s Freedom

Kidnappers demand nearly $50,000 for Cameroon priest’s freedom

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Unidentified gunmen are demanding $42,750 in ransom payment as a condition for releasing Father Valentin Mbaïbarem from captivity. The parish priest of St. John the Baptist Madingring Parish of Garoua Archdiocese in Cameroon’s Far North region was kidnapped on May 7, along with five other people. He was taken on the road between Guidjiba and Tcholliré in Cameroon’s northern region. According to the Diocesan Chancellor, Father…

Brit missionary, 83, and assistant ‘brutally abducted by armed men’ in Cameroon

A British missionary and his assistant have been attacked and kidnapped by a group of armed men in Cameroon. Huub Welters, 83, along with Henry Kang, were captured on Tuesday in Bambui, a town located in the English speaking northwest of the country which has been blighted by a separatist conflict, said his church group. It is understood that they were “brutally” attacked and abducted by unknown armed men, with their current whereabouts unknown.…

“Great relief”: Leadership of Cameroon’s Garoua Archdiocese after Release of Abducted Catholic Priest

Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua has expressed “great relief” following the safe release of Fr. Valentin Mbaïbarem, who had been kidnapped on May 7, with abductors reportedly demanding a ransom in order to free him. In a statement issued Friday, May 16, on behalf of the Local Ordinary of the Cameroonian Metropolitan See, the Chancellor expresses gratitude for solidarity during the ordeal. In the stat…

The information of the Archbishop of Garoua, Bishop Faustin Ambassador Ndjodo, is contained in a press release dated 16 May 2025. Ended the days of captivity for Abbé Valentin Mbaibarem abducted on 07 May 2025 on the road between the crossroads Guidjiba-Tcholliré. From now on, the parish priest Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Mandingring is free. The Archbishop of Garoua who announces the good news with relief to the people God thanks all those who have …