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29, September 2023
Old CPDM Tricks: Eto’o investigated by police over match-fixing allegations 0
Police in Cameroon have opened an investigation into claims that Samuel Eto’o was part of a match-fixing scandal. The former Barcelona striker, who has been president of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) since December 2021, was accused of helping to fix matches in Cameroon’s second tier in July after a recording of him speaking to […]
29, September 2023
Gabon charges ousted president’s wife with ‘money laundering’ 0
The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with “money laundering” and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, who is Franco-Gabonese, and one of the couple’s sons have been accused by the coup leader of having pulled the […]
29, September 2023
Yaoundé: The Biya regime situation report 0
Greetings from Yaoundé which is in a much panicked mood! Minister René Emmanuel Sadi is now saying that any Cameroonian predicting a coup risked being arrested and prosecuted. In a statement on Monday, Sadi moonlighting as Minister of Communication and government spokesperson stated that “The government therefore urges those concerned to be careful not to […]
28, September 2023
Spanish Football Crises: Police raid football referee HQ over Barca graft probe 0
Police on Thursday raided Spain’s football refereeing headquarters as part of a probe into claims FC Barcelona paid for favourable decisions in a fresh blow for Spain’s scandal-hit football association. The search was ordered by the judge investigating the so-called Negreira case involving payments allegedly made to a firm owned by a former top refereeing […]
28, September 2023
French Cameroun: Douala Customs reopens public auctions after a year off 0
Customs-led public auctions relaunch Tuesday, September 26 in Douala, after a year of break. The sales will end on September 28, according to the official timetable. Goods to be sold are those that have been stored for more than nine months without being cleared from customs warehouses. They include various items such as electronics, household […]
28, September 2023
Food prices keep inflation high in Cameroon 0
Household final consumption prices in Cameroon went up 0.5% MoM in August 2023, following a 0.4% rise the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reports in a recent note. “The price hike is mainly due to a 1.3% MoM increase in food prices and a 1.1% MoM rise in education costs.” This overall […]
27, September 2023
Back-To-School: Catholic priest, 3 teachers shot in Kembong 0
A Catholic priest identified by our Mamfe correspondent as Rev. Father Elvis Mbangsi and three Roman Catholic Mission teachers have reportedly sustained gunshot wounds in an attack on CS Kembong in Eyumojock Sub Division in Manyu. Unconfirmed reports say the wounded are currently receiving treatment in Mamfe. Cameroon Concord News understands one of the teachers […]
27, September 2023
France’s ambassador to Niger back in Paris after expulsion 0
France’s ambassador to Niger landed in Paris Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, after weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion. It comes two months after a coup in Niger ousted its pro-Paris president and prompted a souring in relations between France and its former […]
27, September 2023
Mike Tyson helping Francis Ngannou plot Fury ambush 0
In a black-walled gym tucked away in a quiet corner of Las Vegas, Mike Tyson looks on approvingly as the unmistakable sound of violent, powerful punches fills the air. Thirty-seven years after rewriting boxing’s record books by becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20, Tyson is plotting another ambush. The […]
1, October 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Gendarmerie commander killed in Awing 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A Francophone commander of Cameroon’s National Gendarmerie has been killed in the Northern Zone, a source in the governor’s office told Cameroon Concord News. Commander Betene Manga was in charge of anti Ambazonia operations at the gendarmerie post in Awing. He was killed when Southern Cameroons restoration forces raided the Awing gendarmerie post on Thursday. […]