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31, December 2016
Statue of former French President Charles de Gaulle destroyed in Douala 0
A statue of former French President, Charles de Gaulle has been destroyed in Douala. The attack on the statue was carried out by Andre Blaise Essama, the Cameroonian activist who recently built a statue of the late Dr. John Ngu Foncha and generated a national controversy. Andre Blaise was recently released from prison after he […]
31, December 2016
A total of 510.000 people have been newly registered on the electoral lists 0
A total of 510.000 people have been newly registered on the electoral lists in Cameroon. The Director General of Elections Cameroon, Abdoulaye Babaye made public this figure in Yaoundé on the 30th of December 2016 during a ceremony to present and handover the voters lists of the 4.000 polling stations of the Centre Region to […]
31, December 2016
CRTV board adopts 27.4 billion FCFA as 2017 budget 0
It was an ordinary session of the board of directors meeting consecrated for the adoption of the budget. But it turned out to be a session to assess the company’s performance some few months after a new management team was installed headed by veteran journalist, Charles Ndongo. The Board of Directors noted with satisfaction the […]
31, December 2016
Donald Trump praises Putin 0
US President-elect Donald Trump has praised “very smart” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision not to retaliate Washington’s recent expansion of sanctions against Moscow. On Thursday, President Barack Obama ordered a series of new sanctions against Russia as well as the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, accusing them of being spies. However, Putin decided not to […]
30, December 2016
US: Obama under pressure to prove Russian hacking 0
The outgoing administration of US President Barack Obama is under extreme pressure to release evidence confirming allegations of cyber attacks by Russia to influence the presidential election before leaving office. The Obama administration has only provided little documentation to support its official assessment in October that Moscow was attempting to interfere in the 2016 presidential […]
30, December 2016
Anglophone Problem: Dr Christopher Fomunyoh says Biya’s government does not listen 1
Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh, Africa Regional Director of the National Democratic Institute, the US-based Think Tank has said that it is difficult under the current Biya pattern of governance to know who to make concrete proposals on how to resolve the Anglophone problem. Christopher Fomunyoh added that the situation is becoming more intractable because hardliners in […]
30, December 2016
Petit Pays cancels Buea End of Year concert 2
Legendary artist, Petit Pays has cancelled a concert that was slated for Buea on the 31st of December by Mayor Ekema Patrick to boost the political image of the 83 year old Cameroonian dictator. The US based manager of the artist; Eyong Eyong Ebot who spoke to Cameroon Concord News by telephone observed that Petit […]
29, December 2016
Prof. GHOGOMU Paul MINGO: Statement by the Judas Iscariot after the failed Bamenda meeting 3
After deliberations, the Francophone surrogate passing for a chairman of the Adhoc Interministerial Committee made public this communique; 1- The Ad hoc Committee wished to work with all members. However, based on claims which have nothing to do with education, trade unions and other associations left the hall. Only representatives of confessional private education and […]
29, December 2016
Boko Haram militants surrender in Niger 0
Dozens of militants with the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group have surrendered to Nigerien authorities, less than a week after Nigeria announced that its troops captured the group’s last key bastion in the country’s northeast. “Thirty one young people from Diffa, who were enrolled a few years ago in Boko Haram, decided to surrender,” Nigerien […]
31, December 2016
Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila agrees to quit power 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, Politics
The government of the Congolese President Joseph Kabila has reportedly reached an agreement with opposition parties to end the current political crisis in the Congo over his refusal to step down following a defeat in recent polls. Under the last-minute accord struck Friday by political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Kabila […]