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24, February 2024
Buea Mount Cameroon Race: Kenya’s Charles Kipsang dies of Heart Attack 0
36 year-old Kenyan athlete by name Charles Kipsang, participant at the 29th edition of the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, collapsed and dies of heart attack. Information gathered holds that, Kipsang was transported to the Buea Regional Hospital where he gave up the ghost. Despite numerous efforts to reanimate him at the Molyko Omnisport stadium […]
24, February 2024
Buea: mountain race kicks off amid tight security 0
The 29th edition of Mount Cameroon Race, Africa’s oldest international athletic competition, kicked off early Saturday in Southwest, one of the two English-speaking regions of the country torn by a separatist armed conflict. Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, who presided at the opening ceremony, said tight security measures have been […]
24, February 2024
Buea: Additional troops deployed ahead of Mountain Race of Hope 0
Cameroon has deployed additional troops to the country’s war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest to ensure security of Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, Africa’s oldest international athletic competition, an official said on Friday. “The local people are proud of this event and they want it to be successful. The forces of law and order have been […]
23, February 2024
George Elokobi believes FA Cup run has brought Maidstone into global focus 0
George Elokobi believes Maidstone’s FA Cup adventure has catapulted them onto the global stage. The Stones are the first team outside of the top five divisions to reach the fifth round since Blyth Spartans in 1978. Their run, including the memorable 2-1 win at Ipswich last month, has captured the imagination from Kent to Cameroon […]
23, February 2024
China remained Cameroon’s leading supplier in 2022 0
The National Institute of Statistics recently issued a statement, providing data on Cameroon’s trade exchanges in 2022. According to the document, Cameroon imported goods worth CFA775.8 billion FCFA from China over the period, representing 15.8% of its total imports. Even though China maintained its leading position, it did lose a bit of its market share, […]
22, February 2024
Biya increases family allowances and public sector salaries 0
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya signed two decrees yesterday approving the increase in both family allowances and the salaries of public sector employees. The fist decree concerns family allowances provided by the National Social Insurance Fund and the Ministry of Finance, which the President raised to CFA4500 monthly per dependent child. This adjustment represents a more […]
22, February 2024
Former Indomitable Lions coach Artur Jorge dies 0
Former Cameroon, Portugal and European Cup-winning Porto coach Artur Jorge has died aged 78, his family announced on Thursday. Jorge led Porto to their maiden continental trophy with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the 1987 European Cup final in Vienna. He also won seven Portuguese league titles, four as a player with […]
22, February 2024
Kremlin lashes out after Joe Biden aims sweary barb at Vladimir Putin 0
The Kremlin has accused Joe Biden of attempting to appear like a “Hollywood cowboy” after the US president called Vladimir Putin “a crazy SOB”. Mr Biden made the comments at a public fundraising event on Wednesday in California, warning about the threat of nuclear conflict. In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it a poor […]
20, February 2024
Biya sacks his new Spy Chief Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo 0
91-year-old President Biya has sacked the Director General of External Research, Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo barely two months after he took over from Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. The reason for sacking Ghoumo remains unclear but the external intelligence agency has struggled to steady itself following the arrest of former director Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. Cameroon Intelligence […]
26, February 2024
ECOWAS Lifts sanctions on Niger and calls for unity within the economic bloc 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
After months of wrangling following coups d’etat in Mali Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger, the West African regional bloc has lifted most sanctions imposed on Niger over last year’s coup, in a new push for dialogue following a series of political crises that have rocked the region in recent months. A no-fly zone and border […]