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3, January 2025
Yaoundé: Justice Richard Wanki dies of cancer 0
Cameroon Supreme Court Justice Richard Wanki, an iconic champion of common law, has died of cancer in Yaoundé. Wanki died on Thursday surrounded by his family. Earlier this year, family sources close to Justice Wanki, head of the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court said he was fighting a recurrence of cancer. Wanki was […]
2, January 2025
Football: The 36 Anglophones in the history of the Indomitable Lions 0
What gives them joy in Yaoundé is not only the slaughtering of innocent English speaking Cameroonians by the Francophone dominated military but also the important role played by Anglophones in the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. Renowned academic Dr Claude Kana has sounded a note of caution to the regime in Yaoundé and he recently reminded […]
2, January 2025
Multiple people involved in New Orleans attack inspired by IS group 0
US authorities say they believe multiple people were involved in an attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and wounded dozens on New Year’s Day The driver of a pick-up truck that sped into large crowds in the city’s French Quarter has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, who was […]
2, January 2025
South Korea’s Yoon vows to ‘fight until end’ despite facing arrest 0
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol has written a letter urging his supporters to stand by him, declaring that he will “fight until the end”, as authorities seek to arrest him over his brief martial law imposed last month. Back on December 3, heavily armed troops stormed the National Assembly building after Yoon ordered […]
2, January 2025
Biya hints at another bid for presidency 0
President Paul Biya gave his end of year address to the nation, and a not so subtle hint that he still has interest in keeping the presidency. Biya warned that 2025 – the year Cameroon is meant to hold presidential elections is ‘full of challenges’, which was interpreted by some observers as a suggestion that […]
30, December 2024
Will Biya resign and allow Dion Ngute to be president? 0
There is no proof that Unity Palace and the Star Building have considered doing this, but according to our Cameroon Intelligence Report chief correspondent in Yaoundé, Biya is contemplating to resign the presidency after New Year celebrations to make Prime Minister Dion Ngute the president of the Republic. Rita Akana explained this move and cited […]
29, December 2024
Manyu Development: The Diaspora can help 0
Manyu is gradually emerging from the damage of the socio-political crisis which has been running for almost eight years, but the tell-tale signs of the adverse impacts of the conflict are still on the faces of our people. Many of our people are slowly returning to their native Manyu but starting all over is a […]
29, December 2024
Chad votes in triple elections after three years of military rule 0
Chad voted Sunday in a general election the government says is a key step towards ending military rule, with turnout expected to be low after the opposition called for a boycott. Midday figures suggested a turnout of just 38 percent to choose a new parliament, provincial assemblies and local councils, according to the elections management […]
29, December 2024
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100 0
James Earl Carter, Jr. was the first US president to be popularly elected after Watergate forced the resignation of former president Richard Nixon. As the 1976 election season got under way, a US electorate wearied by political scandal and the ceaseless grind of the Vietnam War decided to take a chance on a virtually unknown peanut farmer from Georgia running as […]
3, January 2025
New Year Day Homilies: Roman Catholic Bishops call on Biya to step down 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, Politics, Religion
President Paul Biya 91 must resign from power, three Roman Catholic Bishops reportedly said during their New Year Day homilies. Archbishop Samuel Kleda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala, Bishop Emmanuel Abbo of the diocese of Ngaoundéré and Bishop Yaouda Hourgo, Bishop of Yagoua all said that Mr Biya has ruined a wonderful country, turning a bread-basket […]