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9, January 2024
Yaoundé: Kamto calls for single candidate to face Biya in next election 0
Leaders of Cameroon’s main opposition party say they are negotiating with more than 30 opposition leaders to present a single candidate in the next election, should 91-year-old President Paul Biya be incapacitated by ill health. The opposition reacted after Biya, who has ruled for more than four decades, made no mention of running for re-election […]
8, January 2024
Football: Thierry Henry reveals battle with depression throughout his career 0
Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry has revealed he suffered with depression during his stellar playing career. The 46-year-old, who won the World Cup with France and is Arsenal’s all-time top goalscorer, told the Diary of a CEO podcast that the coronavirus pandemic made him appreciate his mental health struggles as he cried “almost every […]
8, January 2024
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78 0
Franz Beckenbauer, one of German soccer’s greatest players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, German news agency DPA reported on Monday. Beckenbauer was a classy, dominant presence on the pitch for West Germany and Bayern […]
8, January 2024
TB Joshua raped and tortured worshippers 0
Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s late TB Joshua. The allegations of abuse in a secretive […]
6, January 2024
Joseph Owona, former Biya acolyte dies aged 78 0
Professor Joseph Owona, a cabinet minister under President Biya and a successful academic, has died aged 78. A Cameroon government embassy official in Paris, France confirmed the death of the peer, who became Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and was later appointed Secretary General at the Presidency. Owona served as right-hand man to […]
6, January 2024
Boxing: Ngannou-Joshua match booked for 2024 0
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will return to the ring to take on former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua’s promoter made the announcement on Friday (Jan. 05). 37-year-old Cameroonian Ngannou has boxed only once professionally. Joshua is a 34-year-old Briton who has been world champion twice after winning gold at the 2012 […]
5, January 2024
Vatican and the deep divide: Pope Francis under increasing pressure 0
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, is facing increasingly strong opposition inside the Vatican. The conservative clan of the Roman Curia – the powerful governing body of the Holy See – accuses him of a laxist vision of Catholic doctrine, particularly regarding the status of homosexual couples and divorced people in the Church. […]
5, January 2024
Africa Cup of Nations: Klopp not wishing Salah too much luck 0
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked Friday that he is not wishing Mohamed Salah too much luck at the Africa Cup of Nations as he prepares for a crucial spell of games without his top scorer. Salah is away with Egypt for the tournament in Ivory Coast while Japan captain Wataru Endo will be involved at […]
4, January 2024
Biya’s 41-years rule: Medical doctors are now saying that HIV is like malaria 0
The Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime in Yaoundé is in its 41-year plus in power amid a sea of broken political, economic and social promises. Biya was ushered in with grandiose promises of economic prosperity and stability for the United Republic of Cameroon. However, after 41 years, it has become painfully evident that the so-called […]
9, January 2024
Yaoundé to introduce malaria vaccine 0
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
Cameroon will introduce the malaria vaccine on Jan. 22, according to Manaouda Malachie, the country’s minister of public health. The move is part of concerted efforts to enhance the fight against malaria and reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the disease, the minister said in a statement released Monday night. “The selected vaccine, Mosquirix RTS, […]