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21, May 2018
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa 0
British authorities have not issued a new visa to the Russian oligarch and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and it is not clear whether one will be granted, according to Russian media reports and people who know the businessman. Abramovich, who is the 13th richest man in Britain with a net worth of £9.3bn, according […]
21, May 2018
Indomitable Lions: Alexandre Belinga begins to shape new-look Cameroon 0
Alexandre Belinga may only be holding the reins of the Cameroon national side on an interim basis, but this wise old head of the national game appears keen to reshape the squad as the 2019 African Cup of Nations approaches. The Central African nation are hosting the event and will also enter as holders after […]
21, May 2018
20th May hit by violence in Southern Cameroons 0
Cameroon’s national day Sunday was marked by violence in its troubled English-speaking region, with two policemen killed, soldiers wounded and a mayor kidnapped by suspected armed separatists. In the capital, Yaounde, in central Cameroon, President Paul Biya, who has ruled since 1982, presided over a public show of the country’s military might. But in the […]
21, May 2018
Killings, Kidnappings Mar Cameroon National Day Celebrations 0
As President Paul Biya led National Day celebrations in Yaounde on Sunday, several policemen were killed, soldiers wounded and mayors kidnapped in Cameroon by suspected armed separatists who had warned against celebrating the central African state’s national day in English-speaking regions. A Nigerian military contingent — part of the Cameroon effort to fight a Boko […]
21, May 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: National day amidst tension 0
Cameroon on Sunday marked 46th National Day amidst growing tension in English speaking Northwest and Southwest regions. The day commemorates the 1972 national referendum when Cameroonians voted for a unitary as opposed to the existing federal state. The government chose May 20 to celebrate former President Ahmadou Ahidjo’s abolishment of the federal system of government. […]
20, May 2018
DR Congo to begin Ebola vaccination on Monday 0
Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said on Sunday. Jessica Ilunga said that 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to the city of Mbandaka, which last week registered its […]
20, May 2018
Azerbaijani president congratulates Biya 0
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated President of the Republic of Cameroon Paul Biya. “On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I congratulate you and the whole people of your country on the occasion of the national holiday of the Republic of Cameroon,” President Aliyev said. “On this remarkable day, […]
20, May 2018
Tensions Rise in Cameroon 0
Cameroon has again imposed a curfew on its English-speaking regions, where armed separatists vow the country’s national day will not be celebrated May 20. Hundreds of troops deployed from Cameroon’s capital Yaounde carried out parade rehearsals in the southwestern town of Buea, as armed separatists chased out some public officials and closed some schools. People […]
20, May 2018
US and Biya regime at loggerheads over Southern Cameroons 0
Yaoundé the capital of Cameroon on Saturday denounced the “infantilisation” of the Cameroonian nation following a statement by the United States suggesting to President Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982, to “reflect on his legacy” and his place in the history book before the presidential elections scheduled at the end of the […]
21, May 2018
Camtel and SatADSL team up to connect Cameroon 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
SatADSL, a provider of VSAT services via satellite, and Cameroonian operator Camtel, have announced a partnership to provide satellite connectivity nationwide. The formal agreement follows a pilot of SatADSL’s services at various public and private enterprises and communities in Cameroon, including schools, post offices, hospitals and banks. SatADSL plans to integrate and deploy its VSAT […]