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25, July 2024
CWA Diamond Anniversary in Buea: Archbishop Nkea highlights successes in “great resilience” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Members of the Catholic Women Association (CWA) in Cameroon have, over the last six decades, manifested “great resilience” and hope, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda has said. In his Wednesday, July 24 homily during the celebration of the 60th Anniversary since CWA was established in Cameroon, Archbishop Nkea also […]
25, July 2024
Yaoundé: World Bank Group feeding Biya’s corrupt government 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The World Bank Group announced on July 23 its commitment to a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Cameroon, covering 2025 to 2029. This strategic partnership aims to support Cameroon’s “Vision 2035,” which aspires to transform the nation into “an emerging, democratic, and united country in its diversity.” As part of this effort, the financial […]
25, July 2024
The Butcher of Yaoundé postpones municipal elections 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
91 year-old President Paul Biya on Wednesday evening signed a decree postponing municipal elections scheduled for February next year. The decree extended the mandate for current municipal councilors for a year from its expiry date of Feb. 25, 2025 to May 31, 2026. The decree came barely two weeks after the country’s National Assembly, or […]
25, July 2024
Russia’s Mi-28 Helicopter crashes, all crew members killed 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A Russian military helicopter has crashed in the country’s Kaluga region during a routine flight killing all of its crew members, as confirmed by the country’s Defense Ministry. In a statement early on Thursday, Russia’s defense ministry said that a Mi-28 military helicopter crashed in the Zhizdra district of the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow, […]
24, July 2024
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Biya authorizes CFA616 Billion in borrowing for 2024 budget 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Business, Headline News
President Paul Biya signed a decree authorizing Finance Minister Louis Paul Motazé to secure a total of CFA616 billion in loans for the state. This amount is allocated for “financing development projects included in Cameroon’s 2024 finance law and settling outstanding payments (invoices pending with the Treasury),” according to the presidential decree. Of this total, […]
24, July 2024
Yaoundé: opposition, civil society condemns threats to arrest civilians who criticize Biya 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Condemnation is widespread in Cameroon following government threats to arrest civilians who criticize the country’s president. The threats increased after Cameroon’s political opposition accused President Paul Biya of postponing elections. In a release Tuesday, Human Rights Watch described the threats as censorship of free speech. Cameroon’s opposition says it is not intimidated by threats from […]
24, July 2024
Harris leads Trump 44% to 42% in US presidential race 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
A new poll has revealed that US Vice President Kamala Harris is taking a marginal lead over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election after current president Joe Biden ended his reelection bid. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, showed Harris led Trump 44% to 42% among registered voters […]
23, July 2024
Yaoundé: Biya and Niat taken to Europe in bundles 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
President Paul Biya, was scheduled to leave Yaoundé, the nation’s capital, yesterday in what was dubbed as a private visit to an unknown destination in Europe. Sources at the Unity Palace in Yaoundé have hinted the Cameroon Concord News Group that Mr. Biya, 91, who is going through tough health challenges, was being rushed to […]
23, July 2024
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to speak freely in Cameroon” 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
In a decree issued on July 16, Emmanuel Mariel Djikdent, the head of the Mfoundi division, where the capital Yaoundé is situated, stated that “anyone who dangerously insults the [state] institutions or the person who embodies them,” could be banned from staying in the division. Djikdent issued this decree to “preserve public order.” Two days […]
25, July 2024
Football: Historic French club Bordeaux to become amateur after bankruptcy 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Former French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux on Thursday said they will become an amateur club for the first time in almost 90 years after filing for bankruptcy. They had announced earlier in the week that they would accept their relegation to the third-tier Championnat National by French football’s financial watchdog, the DNCG. Bordeaux, based in […]