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22, January 2024
Five killed in Boko Haram raids in Far North 0
At least five people were killed after the terror group, Boko Haram, raided two civilian communities in the Far North region, local and security sources said on Sunday. The militants raided Ldubam Bah village of the region at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, killing four civilians, a security source in the region said. At about […]
22, January 2024
Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau to seal AFCON last-16 spot 0
A first-half Opa Sangante own goal gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau on Monday as the Super Eagles clinched their place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations. Sangante emphatically turned a Moses Simon cross into his own net in the 36th minute, after feeling compelled to intervene with Victor Osimhen […]
22, January 2024
Liberia’s new president Boakai sworn in with pledge to ‘rescue’ Africa’s oldest republic 0
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 is the country’s oldest sitting head of state, promised to unite and rescue Africa’s oldest republic from its economic woes. “Partisanship must give way to nationalism,” Boakai told citizens and foreign delegation […]
22, January 2024
Biya regime launches world’s first nationwide malaria vaccination programme 0
The world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children’s lives across Africa. The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near Yaoundé on Monday. Every year 600,000 people die of malaria in Africa, according to […]
21, January 2024
Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco held by DR Congo 0
Morocco will have to wait to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations after being held to a 1-1 draw by the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, with Silas Katompa Mvumpa earning the Leopards a deserved draw. Achraf Hakimi had given heavily-fancied Morocco an early lead in San-Pedro, […]
21, January 2024
Biya, Chadian president’s special envoy discuss ties, regional development 0
President Paul Biya and visiting Chadian Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation Mahamat Assouyouti Abakar on Friday discussed bilateral relations and regional development. A statement released Friday evening by the Cameroonian presidency said that Abakar was a special envoy of Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. “The reinforcement of the longstanding and excellent cooperation […]
20, January 2024
Mathias Kimbeng: Influential History teacher dies in Limbe 0
Renowned Cameroon Anglophone history teacher Mathias Kimbeng has died in Limbe the chief city in Fako Division. A post on social media, which has hundreds of his former students said: Mathias Kimbeng sociable, philanthropic, sympathetic, enterprising, brilliant and God fearing. Boooh Kims RIP Reports said he died today shortly after conducting his normal daily routines, […]
19, January 2024
Douala: Castel Group honors 455 employees 0
On January 12, 2024, Cameroon’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, Grégoire Owona, presided over a ceremony in Douala, to honor 455 employees from subsidiaries of the Castel Group. The recipients, from Société anonyme des boissons du Cameroun (SABC), Société des eaux minérales du Cameroun (Semc), and Société camerounaise de verrerie (Socaver), were awarded medals […]
19, January 2024
The Anglophone Crisis: Anti-Terror Laws Undermine Genuine Conflict Resolution in Cameroon 0
Since 2016, the Anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon has become characterised by political violence. Armed separatists have imposed boycotts on education, burned down schools and infrastructure, and abducted or killed civilians accused of collaborating with francophone authorities. In October 2016, lawyer and teacher unions held a series of protests in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest […]
23, January 2024
Late drama as Indomitable Lions advance to last 16 and Black Stars go out 0
by soter • Africa, Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Cameroon scored twice with time ticking away on Tuesday to snatch a dramatic 3-2 win over Gambia, secure an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 place, and eliminate Ghana from the tournament. In an amazing finish in Bouake, Ebrima Colley scored on 85 minutes to put Gambia 2-1 up only for Joseph Gomez to concede an […]