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2, August 2024
Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province: Archbishop Nkea highlights six levels of Communion 0
Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda has outlined six levels of communion, which he said Catholic Priests share in their Priestly ministry. In his Wednesday, July 31 homily during the opening Mass of the General Assembly of Priests of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province (BAPEC), Archbishop Nkea highlighted Communion with the Trinity, Communion […]
2, August 2024
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Yaoundé raises 550 million USD from international bond sale 0
Cameroon has raised 550 million U.S. dollars from its international bond sale, Finance Minister Louis Paul Motaze has said. The bonds were issued “on favorable terms” during a three-day operation that ended Wednesday in London, the minister said. “The funds thus mobilized will make it possible to significantly continue the clearance of domestic debt in […]
2, August 2024
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Detained TikToker released 0
Cameroonian authorities have released a young activist detained last week after posting a video on TikTok advocating democratic change in the country ahead of next year’s presidential election, his lawyers said. Barrister Akere Muna, lead lawyer for Junior Ngombe, 23, told the media in Yaoundé on Wednesday that the activist had been granted bail and […]
1, August 2024
Trump questions Harris’ racial identity: ‘Is she black or Indian?’ 0
Donald Trump has questioned Kamala Harris’ racial identity during a heated exchange at a convention for black journalists. Trump falsely claimed the vice-president and presumptive Democratic nominee had only emphasised her Asian-American heritage until recently when, he claimed, “she became a black person”. “I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago […]
1, August 2024
Rome: New report suggests long-term worries for Vatican finances 0
A new analysis of the Vatican’s financial situation by an Italian news outlet contains both good and bad news for papal finances, pointing to relative success in efforts to contain ballooning deficits but also seemingly irreversible long-term declines. According to an overview of the most recent financial data published July 26 by La Repubblica, Italy’s […]
1, August 2024
HIV/AIDS: Yaoundé launches nationwide survey to determine prevalence 0
The Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie on Wednesday unveiled a nationwide survey to ascertain the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the impact of preventive measures in the country. The survey, dubbed Cameroon Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (CAMPHIA), will run from August to February 2025. “It aims to comprehensively explore the situation of HIV infection within […]
30, July 2024
Obasanjo says Africa is on the edge of chaos 0
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that the African continent was on the edge of chaos. “All over Africa, we are… sitting on a keg of gunpowder,” he said in a recent interview with CNN affiliate Citizen TV. “There’s virtually no exception (country) in Africa where the youth are not angry. They are unemployed… […]
30, July 2024
Douala: Hairdresser arrested over anti President Biya social media post 0
Calling for political change can land you in jail in Cameroon, a country ruled by the same president for 42 years. On July 24, three men in plain clothes claiming to work for the intelligence services arrested Junior Ngombe, 23, a hairdresser and social media activist, outside his shop in Douala, a city in Cameroon’s Littoral […]
30, July 2024
Iran: Pezeshkian takes oath of office before Parliament as 9th president 0
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian takes the oath of office before Parliament , with dignitaries from more than 80 countries attending the inauguration ceremony. Before the Holy Quran, Pezeshkian swore to safeguard the official religion of the country, Islam, and the Islamic Republic and the Constitution. “As president, in the presence of the Holy Quran and […]
2, August 2024
Cameroon Bribery Scandal: UK billionaire charged with corruption over role 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Business, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Alex Beard, the billionaire former head of oil at Glencore Plc, was charged with corruption by the UK’s top fraud agency, alongside four other ex-employees from the commodities trader. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office accused Beard of conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit Glencore’s oil operations in West Africa. The agency alleges he conspired […]