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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid war on Iran

26, September 2026

Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid war on Iran 0

The United States Department of War has quietly added dozens to the tally of troops wounded amid the unprovoked war on Iran, the database shows.

A web portal for the War Department this week increased the total number of personnel wounded since the start of the illegal US-Israeli military aggression against Iran to 861.

Data published on the Defense Casualty Analysis System, also known as the DCAS database, publicly shows that 29 US sailors and eight Marines had been added to the list of wounded military personnel this week.

According to a review of the Pentagon’s public database of personnel killed and wounded during US conflicts and other offensives overseas, the first three members of the US military were killed, and five more were wounded on March 1 in the war against Iran.

Hundreds more have been added to the database since then, with the Pentagon increasing the tally by 37 this week without offering any explanations from military officials.

Earlier this month, The Washington Post, in a report citing six Department of War insiders, revealed that more American forces have died across the West Asia region during the US-Israeli war on Iran than are reflected in the US Department of War’s publicly available “casualty records.”

The insiders, who were described as being familiar with the department’s internal casualty accounting data, told the newspaper that at least 22 US military personnel had died, four more than the 18 fatalities listed by the department’s “Defense Casualty Analysis System.”

Iran has experienced two major rounds of unprovoked US-Israeli military aggression over the past Iranian year (March 2025-March 2026).

The first was a 12-day war in June 2025, during which more than 1,000 people were killed in Iran, including women and children, according to Iranian official figures.

The second round began on February 28, when joint US-Israeli strikes targeted locations across Iran.

The war continued for around 40 days before a ceasefire was reached in April. Iranian health authorities reported that more than 3,500 people were killed during the aggression, including hundreds of women and children.

The two rounds of attacks also resulted in the martyrdom of dozens of senior Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists, as well as the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Civilian and economic infrastructure was also damaged in several parts of the country.

During both wars, Iranian armed forces responded with forceful retaliatory strikes against the attacking forces, while maintaining military pressure that contributed to the eventual ceasefire.

Manyu Division: ‘NguidEjagham’ App Launched

24, September 2026

Manyu Division: ‘NguidEjagham’ App Launched 0

In a historic milestone for the preservation of cultural heritage, the Nguid Ejagham Development Initiative in a dynamic cooperation with Ekume Ejagham NRW Germany has officially launched “Nguid Ejagham (Ejagham Academy),” a groundbreaking web-based application designed to revitalize and sustain the Ejagham language. Accessible globally at https://ejagham.org, this digital platform serves as a modern bridge connecting the indigenous Ejagham people of Manyu Division, Cameroon, to their linguistic roots, no matter where they reside in the world.

The primary objective of the initiative is to enhance the daily use and learning of the Ejagham language, focusing specifically on the dialect spoken in Central Ejagham within Eyumojock Sub-division. In an increasingly globalized world where indigenous languages face the threat of erosion, “Nguid Ejagham (Ejagham Academy)” offers an innovative solution by transforming smartphones and computers into interactive classrooms.

The mastermind behind this technological feat is Tambendiparrah Tanyi, a German-trained engineer and professional Senior IT Consultant. Driven by a passion for his roots and a vision for digital cultural preservation, Mr. Tanyi spearheaded the technical development of the platform. To ensure the application met world-class standards, he built a collaboratively dedicated and talented technical team, including Mr. OjongTabot, a Senior Software test Lead, and Mr. Roland Eta, a pharma technical support engineer.

The resulting platform is an all-in-one educational ecosystem. The app features a comprehensive digital dictionary, grammar guides, and structured practice exercises to guide beginners and intermediate speakers alike. For advanced utility, it incorporates an AI-powered translator and an interactive AI Tutor. Users can also immerse themselves in Ejagham culture through curated stories, proverbs, idioms, daily phrases, and a dedicated culture map.

With the application now fully functional and publicly available, a global call to action is being extended to every Ejagham indigene across the diaspora—from Limbe, Buea, Kumba, Douala, Yaoundé to Europe, the Americas, and beyond. Community leaders emphasize that the success of this initiative relies entirely on community ownership.

Parents are highly encouraged to use the application to teach their children the language of their ancestors, ensuring that the next generation does not lose its identity. Likewise, adults wishing to improve their fluency or reconnect with their heritage are urged to integrate the app into their daily routines.

The Nguid Ejagham Development Initiative calls upon all sons and daughters of Manyu to not only actively use the platform but to support its growth through continuous engagement and advocacy. By embracing this digital tool, the Ejagham community can ensure that their beautiful language remains vibrant, spoken, and celebrated for generations to come.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai in Mulheim, Germany

Enugu Air launches first international route with 2 weekly Enugu-Douala flights

24, September 2026

Enugu Air launches first international route with 2 weekly Enugu-Douala flights 0

Nigerian carrier Enugu Air launched its first international service on September 23, 2026, with a direct route between Enugu and Douala that gives Cameroon a new air connection to southeast Nigeria.

The airline, which is owned by Enugu State, will operate two flights a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, with a 76-seat Embraer E170. Douala becomes its first international destination.

The inaugural aircraft departed Akanu Ibiam International Airport and landed at Douala International Airport, where officials held a welcoming ceremony, before it returned to Enugu. The flight confirmed the start of a route announced a few days earlier.

Flights from Enugu are scheduled to depart at 12:45 p.m. and arrive in Douala at 1:45 p.m. Return flights will leave Douala at 2:30 p.m. and reach Enugu at 3:30 p.m.

Ugonna Agubuokwu, director of operations, said the schedule was designed in part to provide connections with Lagos and Abuja. Enugu Air already serves Port Harcourt, Kano, Owerri, Asaba, Benin City and Warri within Nigeria.

“Today, we take our first major step beyond Nigeria. Enugu to Douala. Nigeria to Cameroon. The Southeast to Central Africa. And this is only the beginning,” Enugu Air Managing Director Tolu Ita said at the launch.

A New Gateway to Southeast Nigeria

Enugu Air is not the first airline to offer direct flights between Nigeria and Cameroon. Air Peace already operates the Lagos-Douala route and still showed availability for subsequent weeks in September 2026.

The difference is the location of the new connection. Enugu Air links Douala directly with southeast Nigeria, which means air travelers no longer necessarily have to pass through Lagos to reach Enugu. The airline also offers connections to Douala through Enugu for passengers from Lagos and Abuja. The flight complements an existing land corridor centered on Enugu. The city forms the Nigerian end of the roughly 438-kilometer Yaoundé-Bamenda-Enugu corridor. On the Cameroon side, another 35 kilometers of the Babadjou-Bamenda section opened in September 2025.

The Ekok-Mfum bridge over the Cross River also forms part of the Bamenda-Mamfe-Abakaliki-Enugu route. The new service therefore adds an air connection to cross-border links that have largely relied on roads.

Trade Estimated at CFA414.12 Billion

The route also connects two countries with significant merchandise trade, much of which takes place outside formal customs channels. According to Cameroon’s National Institute of Statistics (INS), the country officially imported CFA149.83 billion worth of Nigerian goods in 2024 and exported CFA22.85 billion worth of goods to Nigeria.

The INS also estimated unrecorded imports from Nigeria at CFA176.58 billion and Cameroon’s exports outside formal channels at CFA64.86 billion. Combined, merchandise trade between the two countries would therefore have reached CFA414.12 billion in 2024. On the import side, informal trade accounted for 54.1% of the estimated CFA326.41 billion in goods that entered Cameroon from Nigeria.

The Enugu State government has highlighted these commercial ties as part of the case for the route. Sam Ogbu-Nwobodo, commissioner for Trade, Investment and Industry, said traders and manufacturers in southeast Nigeria previously had to use more complex routes to reach Central African markets. He said the Douala connection should shorten those journeys.

Two Weekly Flights, but No Traffic Forecast Yet

The key question is how much demand Enugu Air will find on the route. Neither the airline nor the Enugu State government has disclosed an annual passenger forecast, the inaugural flight’s load factor or a commercial target for the service.

Before the launch, the booking system reviewed by ch-aviation showed two weekly flights through October 28, 2026. That date reflected the booking horizon available at the time and does not mean the service will end after October.

Bookings beyond October, whether Enugu Air maintains its twice-weekly schedule and any future increase in frequency will provide the first indications of whether the route can establish itself over the longer term.

Source: Business in Cameroon

President Biya is back in Europe

23, September 2026

President Biya is back in Europe 0

Cameroon’s 94-year-old president, Paul Biya is back in Switzerland following a serious malaise.

The man whose supporters hold that is in good shape collapsed last week and could not sit on a medicalised ambulance which waited at the Nsimalen Airport for two days.

Biya recently returned from Europe after more than two months abroad due to a serious health condition.

According to a source close to the president, “Biya is in a very bad shape. His ancestors are calling and sooner rather later, he will answer the call,” the source said.

“Nobody, no matter how powerful, can resist the passage of time. Mr. Biya is no exception and the sooner his entourage acknowledges that it is time for him to be out of the spotlight the better for him and his family,” the source added.

“By stealing the head of state out of the country, the government is tacitly telling Cameroonians that the situation is serious and that anything can happen. No man is stronger than nature,” the source stressed.

This is a developing story and more will be yours as the information flows in.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

Southern Cameroons Crisis: Dion Ngute pushes for safer school return

22, September 2026

Southern Cameroons Crisis: Dion Ngute pushes for safer school return 0

Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute has called for stronger security around schools in Cameroon’s North-West and South-West regions, where several incidents have marked the start of the academic year and 223,749 children remain completely out of school.

Dion Ngute chaired a meeting on September 17, 2026, to assess security conditions and the resumption of classes in the two Anglophone regions.

In the North-West, Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique said the security situation was generally under control, with security forces deployed around schools, according to a report on the meeting published by Cameroon Tribune. Several incidents have nevertheless occurred since classes resumed.

In Wum, a police commissioner was killed on September 8 during an attack on the Government Teachers’ Training College. Five teaching staff members were abducted and later freed following an operation by security forces. Other incidents were reported in Bamenda, Bui and Benakuma.

About 53,000 primary school pupils and 26,000 secondary school students had been registered in the North-West. Donga-Mantung and Mezam recorded attendance rates above 60%. The governor also cited teacher shortages and the circulation of vehicles without traceable license plates among the challenges authorities face.

About 300 of 400 Schools Operating in the South-West

In the South-West, Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai said about 68,000 students had returned to public and private schools by September 15. Around 300 of the region’s 400 schools were operational. Dion Ngute instructed administrative authorities to continue efforts to bring children back to school and ensure that teachers and other public employees report to their posts.

He also called for traditional leaders, local elected officials, religious leaders and civil society organizations to take part in the effort.

More Than 2,400 Schools Remain Closed

The figures on students who have returned to class only tell part of the story. The Anglophone crisis continues to keep a large number of schools closed and hundreds of thousands of children out of the education system.

In an article published on September 11, 2026, UNICEF, citing regional basic education authorities, reported that 2,463 schools remained non-operational across the North-West and South-West.

The North-West accounted for 2,005 of those schools, while 458 were in the South-West. UNICEF also reported that 223,749 children were completely out of school across the two regions.

Source: Sbbc

Yaoundé: UN official calls for collective efforts to promote peace

22, September 2026

Yaoundé: UN official calls for collective efforts to promote peace 0

United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Cameroon Issa Sanogo on Monday called for joint efforts to protect peace and stability and promote peaceful development in the Central African country.

Sanogo made the call at a ceremony held at Cameroon’s National Assembly to mark the International Day of Peace celebrated annually on Sept. 21.

He said this year’s commemoration was particularly significant as both Houses of Parliament came together for the first time in this format to promote the peace agenda.

“Peace takes lasting root only when it becomes everyone’s business — championed by institutions, lived out by citizens, and built collectively at the heart of the republic,” Sanogo said.

Sanogo noted that for more than a decade, Cameroon’s Far North region has faced insecurity linked to Boko Haram, while an armed separatist conflict has continued in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions.

He also commended Cameroon for maintaining its tradition of solidarity by hosting refugees fleeing conflicts in the sub-region.

“Today, we honor the memory of the victims and salute the resilience of affected communities, as well as the commitment of all those who work daily for peace, dialogue, social cohesion, and harmonious coexistence,” he said.

The International Day of Peace was established by the UN General Assembly in 1981 and designated in 2001 as a period of non-violence and ceasefire.

Source: Xinhuanet

A new phase for the Southern Cameroons struggle?

22, September 2026

A new phase for the Southern Cameroons struggle? 0

Reports that the Ambazonia Interim Government is preparing to reorganize itself as the Ambazonia People’s Liberation Authority (APLA) would represent a significant structural change for the Southern Cameroons separatist movement, if formally confirmed.

The reported transition appears intended to move the organization away from an interim-government framework toward a broader liberation-authority model as the conflict in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions enters another phase. Such a restructuring could have implications not only for the movement’s internal organization but also for how it presents its political objectives to governments, international institutions and other Southern Cameroons stakeholders.

Another reported development is the expected departure of Vice President Dabney Yerima and the prospect of stakeholders selecting an envoy. A diplomatic representative could become particularly important if the movement seeks greater engagement with foreign governments, international organizations and civil-society actors.

The wider crisis in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions has already generated substantial humanitarian and political consequences. Any new organizational arrangement therefore faces the challenge of translating political claims into credible diplomatic engagement while addressing concerns about civilian protection, humanitarian access and a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

International diplomacy remains an important avenue for bringing greater attention to the crisis. Governments and international institutions can contribute through sustained engagement, humanitarian assistance, support for dialogue, documentation of alleged abuses and efforts aimed at reducing violence. For the Southern Cameroons movement, greater diplomatic engagement would also require clearly articulated political objectives, credible representatives and sustained attention to international diplomatic norms.

The reported transition to APLA, if confirmed, should consequently be understood not simply as a change of name or institutional structure, but as a potentially consequential moment for the movement’s political and diplomatic strategy. Its significance will ultimately depend on how the new structure is constituted, whom it represents, how it engages other stakeholders and what practical contribution it makes toward resolving the long-running conflict.

For the international community, the central issue remains the same: the crisis in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions requires sustained diplomatic attention and a political process capable of addressing the grievances of affected communities while protecting civilians and working toward a durable resolution.

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

World leaders gather at UN amid wars, AI fears and global divisions

22, September 2026

World leaders gather at UN amid wars, AI fears and global divisions 0

Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already making life much tougher for hundreds of millions of people.

The annual high-level gathering at the U.N. General Assembly will also be consumed with major wars in Iran , Gaza , Ukraine, Sudan , Congo and Myanmar and a persisting question: Can the leaders do anything to end them?

And what can they do about the relentless rise of global warming threatening the future of the planet, the growing inequalities within and among nations, and shocks to the global economy as blocked shipping routes and supply chains increase the cost of living and slow growth?

The future of the United Nations will also definitely be on the agenda. At 81, its powers are still the victorious nations from World War II, not the 21st century’s major global players. The U.N.’s 193 member nations have agreed to a wide-ranging reform package that includes updating key institutions such as the powerful U.N. Security Council, where the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France hold inordinate sway because of their veto power. Reform, however, is easier said than implemented.

Behind the scenes, there will be speculation about who will lead the United Nations next. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ second five-year term ends Dec. 31 and no clear successor has emerged.

This meeting is still pivotal

There is still no question that the U.N. remains THE gathering place for its 193 member nations and their leaders. Some 130 heads of state and government are expected to speak at the General Assembly starting Tuesday along with dozens of ministers.

Among the headliners will be U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emanuel Macron. Both will speak Tuesday after Guterres’ opening “state of the world” address. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian speak Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — whom New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani wanted arrested for his treatment of Palestinians in Gaza until he learned he has no such authority — will address the assembly on Thursday. For a second year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won’t be coming to the U.N. because the U.S. has refused to give him a visa. He will nonetheless address the assembly by video the same day.

The United States, under its agreement with the U.N. to host the organization, is required to allow diplomats from all member nations to attend meetings.

Equally telling is who else isn’t coming. China’s President Xi Jinping is meeting Trump in Washington on Wednesday, yet he is skipping — some diplomats say snubbing — the U.N. gathering and sending a vice president instead. Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t coming either, and Indian President Narendra Modi has backed out.

France’s U.N. ambassador, Jerome Bonnafont, said it is “extremely critical” for world leaders this week to support the U.N. as the place where the world’s nations meet — especially at a time of such polarization.

“We believe in multilateralism,” he said, “and we believe that the high-level week is the occasion for countries in the world to reaffirm that they prefer cooperation and dialogue to confrontation.”

United Nations has not had a great year

There is no doubt it’s been a tough year for the world body. It has been pushed to the sidelines when it comes to its key responsibility of ensuring international peace and security and trying to end major conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine. The U.S. failure to pay billions of dollars in outstanding arrears has left the organization’s finances in rocky shape.

But veteran U.N. watcher Richard Gowan, the International Crisis Group’s global issues and institutions program director, says 2025 was even worse.

A year ago, he said, people were contemplating that Trump would use his U.N. speech to announce that the United States would leave the world organization. Trump didn’t announce a pullout last September and the U.N. muddled through the past 12 months with financial troubles that forced cutbacks to its peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid.

In recent days, the U.S. paid $725 million of its dues to the U.N.’s regular operating budget for this year, enough to keep the Trump administration from losing its vote in the General Assembly. The payment was a strong indication Trump will keep the U.S. in the United Nations.

The U.N. is no longer “in freefall,” Gowan said, but it “is stuck in an open-ended or permanent crisis.” Put more graphically, he said, “The U.N. may not be in emergency care like it was last year, but it does seem to be trapped in a trauma center for the foreseeable future.”

Former U.N. deputy secretary-general Mark Malloch-Brown, a United Nations Foundation board member, said, “While the world still trusts the U.N., the global public is eager for change.”

AI is pushing toward the center of the agenda

The future of artificial intelligence has pushed to the forefront of global concerns, with its speeding advances and the dawning recognition that there are no industry controls, let alone any global guardrails for a technology that has many advantages but also many disadvantages and unknowns.

Days before the global gathering, leaders of three major AI companies warned about the technology getting out of human control and called for a pause, but Trump dismissed their concerns as “a hoax,” and urged continued advances to keep the U.S. ahead of China.

The U.N. Security Council added a high-level meeting on AI to its agenda on Wednesday afternoon, a sign of the growing apprehension and need to address the issue. It was already slated to hold a high-level meeting on Ukraine with Zelenskyy on Wednesday morning.

For the U.N. chief, this will be his last assembly meeting with global leaders. He previewed his speech last week, telling U.N. reporters that power is shifting in “an era of deep uncertainty.”

“At a time when the world faces three existential threats,” he said, “international cooperation is more necessary than ever.”

Others will be vying for the spotlight on issues from rising sea levels and funding education to the fight for gender equality. Hundreds of private meetings will also convene in U.N. cubicles, hotels, diplomatic missions and restaurants.

Esther Brimmer, a senior fellow in global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations and former U.S. assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in the Obama administration, said in-person meetings can help countries hash out ideas that get implemented months later.

She called the situation in 2026 “much more serious and complex than in decades past.”

“With that said, I’m also not without hope as well,” Brimmer said. “Over the past decades we’ve learned a lot about international cooperation.”

Source: AP

Guinness Cameroon posts CFA1.3 billion loss ahead of SABC merger

22, September 2026

Guinness Cameroon posts CFA1.3 billion loss ahead of SABC merger 0

Guinness Cameroon posted a net loss of CFA1.26 billion (€1.927 million) in 2025, its final full-year results ahead of a planned merger into SABC that will combine the two major Cameroon subsidiaries controlled by Brasseries et Glacières Internationales (BGI), the parent company of the Castel Group.

The brewer generated CFA90.7 billion (€138.202 million) in revenue during the year, according to subsidiary data attached to BGI’s 2025 annual financial statements. The loss was equivalent to about 1.4% of revenue.

The BGI document does not provide Guinness Cameroon’s detailed income statement, however, so it does not establish which expenses or events caused the company to fall into the red. Among the African subsidiaries listed in the table, Guinness Cameroon was one of only two companies to report a loss in 2025. Société des Brasseries de l’Ouest Africain (Soboa) in Senegal recorded a CFA1.5 billion (€2.326 million) loss.

Guinness Cameroon’s performance contrasts sharply with SABC, BGI’s other major subsidiary in Cameroon. Société Anonyme des Boissons du Cameroun reported CFA50.6 billion (€77.072 million) in net profit on CFA483.2 billion (€736.664 million) in revenue in 2025. BGI’s accounts also show Guinness Cameroon with CFA20.5 billion (€31.237 million) in share capital and CFA13.6 billion (€20.787 million) in shareholders’ equity. Equity was therefore about CFA6.9 billion below share capital. The figures disclosed by BGI do not, on their own, establish the reason for the difference.

BGI owns 100% of Guinness Cameroon. Its stake is carried in BGI’s accounts at a gross book value of CFA301.4 billion (€459.494 million). After accounting impairments, the net book value stands at nearly CFA270.1 billion (€411.696 million).

Those figures represent the accounting value of BGI’s stake in Guinness Cameroon, not financial investments owned by Guinness Cameroon itself.

CFA271.8 Billion in Net Assets to Transfer to SABC

The results come as Guinness Cameroon proceeds with a merger into SABC. Under the proposed transaction, all of Guinness Cameroon’s assets, rights, receivables and liabilities will transfer to SABC, and Guinness Cameroon will cease to exist as a separate legal entity once the deal is completed.

Figures disclosed for the merger show that the assets to be transferred total about CFA329 billion, while liabilities amount to nearly CFA57 billion. The resulting net assets contributed to SABC are valued at CFA271.762 billion.

In exchange, SABC plans to issue 1,811,106 new shares with a nominal value of CFA10,000 each. Its share capital would increase by CFA18.111 billion, from CFA57.363 billion to CFA75.475 billion. The total number of SABC shares would rise from 5,736,363 to 7,547,469. The new shares issued for the merger would therefore represent about 24% of SABC’s post-merger capital.

The CFA18.1 billion capital increase does not represent the full value of the net assets transferred. The roughly CFA253.65 billion difference between the CFA271.762 billion net asset contribution and the nominal value of the new shares is to be recorded as a merger premium.

The transaction will bring operations currently conducted separately by SABC and Guinness Cameroon under a single company. It remains subject to the required legal procedures and approvals before completion.

Acquisition Announced at £389 Million

The merger represents one of the final stages of the restructuring that followed Castel Group’s acquisition of Guinness Cameroon. On July 14, 2022, British drinks group Diageo announced the sale of its Cameroon subsidiary to Castel for £389 million, equivalent to nearly CFA300 billion at the exchange rate at the time.

The agreement also provided for Castel to continue producing and marketing Guinness in Cameroon under a licensing agreement with Diageo. Competition authorities approved the acquisition on March 28, 2023, subject to commitments that must be fulfilled over five years. These cover areas including industrial investment, local production, distribution and employment.

Around that time, the group announced a CFA200 billion five-year investment program in Cameroon. The plan included new production lines at its Yaoundé, Garoua and Bafoussam facilities and an expansion of Socaver, its glass-bottle manufacturing subsidiary.

Three years after the acquisition was approved, competition authorities continue to monitor those commitments. A third annual assessment was conducted on July 21, 2026, including visits to the Ndokoti industrial site in Douala and Socaver facilities.

Following the assessment, Léopold Noël Boumsong, president of the National Competition Commission, said the group was “ahead of its entire roadmap, even exceeding the initial requirements.”

That assessment was not accompanied by a detailed quantitative report. The statement released after the review did not disclose cumulative investment since the acquisition, the number of jobs created or maintained, or the additional production capacity commissioned relative to the original targets. The merger will also change how Guinness Cameroon’s former operations are tracked. Once completed, its assets, liabilities and operations will become part of SABC.

Castel’s commitments made when it acquired Guinness Cameroon will, however, remain subject to oversight by the regional competition authorities until the end of the agreed monitoring period.

Source: Business in Cameroon

US: lawmaker admits Americans footing bill for failed aggression against Iran

22, September 2026

US: lawmaker admits Americans footing bill for failed aggression against Iran 0

Republican Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa has criticized the unprovoked US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, declaring that ordinary Americans should no longer pay the price for a war that has spectacularly backfired on its architects.

Hinson, who is running for a US Senate seat, posted on the social media platform X that “Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran.”

She called for immediate measures to ease soaring fuel and living costs, including suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, expanding E-15 ethanol use, reinstating the $1-per-gallon biodiesel tax credit, and creating a diesel relief program for farmers and truckers.

“These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end,” Hinson wrote, while insisting the highway trust fund must still be replenished to avoid further infrastructure decay.

The remarks come as the Trump administration’s illegal war has failed to achieve any of its stated objectives. Iranian forces have responded with successive waves of precision missile and drone strikes under Operation True Promise, dismantling US bases across the region, destroying significant radar capabilities, and imposing staggering military and economic losses on the aggressors.

US war goals remain unmet more than six months into the war, with Iranian retaliation turning the tables through asymmetric capabilities that have become the “enemy’s worst nightmare.” The aggression has driven up global energy prices, directly hitting American consumers at the pump and grocery stores, while Iran has emerged stronger, having successfully defended its sovereignty and supported regional resistance forces.

Hinson’s call for an “immediate end” underscores the growing domestic backlash within the United States against a quagmire engineered by Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Economic analysts have warned of tens of billions in direct military costs to American taxpayers, compounded by broader damage from disrupted oil flows and regional instability.

Iranian officials have repeatedly stressed that the Islamic Republic seeks neither war nor escalation but will deliver crushing, proportionate responses to any aggression.

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