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17, August 2023
Frozen accounts forced MTN Cameroon to borrow funds for continuity of operations 0
MTN Cameroon borrowed CFAF91.5 billion (at the current South African Rand value) in the first half of 2023, according to data collected by Business in Cameroon. The funds, which represented almost 98% of the company’s operating expenses during the period, were raised in the form of syndicated loans from undisclosed banks. In 2022, it took […]
17, August 2023
French Cameroun: 11-month-old baby dies of hunger with mum in custody 0
Caroline Ngum ‘s 11 -month-old baby has been buried in their family residence in Penja-Moungo division in the Littoral region of Cameroon under the watch of his heart broken mother. Caroline Ngum, who reportedly lost her baby while on detention at the Penja police district disclosed she was denied the opportunity to breastfeed her baby […]
17, August 2023
Former French president Sarkozy calls for ‘compromise’ with Russia 0
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has stirred outrage in Kyiv and Paris by suggesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be ended with new referendums in occupied territories. “The Ukrainians… will want to reconquer what has been unjustly taken from them. But if they can’t manage it completely, the choice will be between a frozen conflict… […]
17, August 2023
Fr Tatah Humphrey’s Christological Problem 0
Fr. Tatah Humphrey should most certainly be commended for his assiduous commitment to African scholarship. It is no small feat to have 25 books and counting under one’s belt. That is a number most scholars would envy. Though I am yet to get a copy of Studying the Faith of Our Ancestors: A New Approach […]
17, August 2023
Inspector of Basic Education in Manyu Calls for help for IDP 0
The inspector of Basic Education for Manyu Division, Arreyngang Harman Taku, has called on Manyu sons and daughters at home and abroad to come to the assistance of young IDPs who will soon be returning to school, unfortunately without the necessary school supplies due to the prevailing economic hardship. Mr. Arreyngang made the call in […]
16, August 2023
Coup crisis is deepening Niger food insecurity, UN says 0
The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border closures to avert catastrophe. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA highlighted that even before Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was toppled in a coup late last month, the […]
16, August 2023
Football: Man City beat Sevilla on penalties to win UEFA Super Cup 0
Manchester City won the UEFA Super Cup for the first time on Wednesday but needed penalties to beat Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens. Youssef En-Nesyri’s towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead. European champions City were far from their slick best, but hit back to force the game to penalties through Cole […]
15, August 2023
Roger Milla weighs in on CAF-Eto’o affair 0
While the Confederation of African Football has announced the opening of an investigation against the President of the Cameroon Football Federation over allegations of inappropriate conduct, Samuel Eto’o is receiving support from a number of Cameroonian soccer players, including Indomitable Lions legend Roger Milla. The CAF vs Eto’o split is likely to occupy the media […]
15, August 2023
Olusegun Obasanjo heading to Yaoundé with Bakassi transfer on his agenda 0
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is expected in Yaoundé for the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon by Nigeria. The arrival is announced in a letter sent on July 31 by Felix Mbayu, Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations, to Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of […]
18, August 2023
Cash-strapped Biya regime suspends work contracts, says foreign workers must leave 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Officials in Cameroon suspended the work contracts of several thousand foreign workers, including Africans, Chinese and Europeans, and ordered them to obtain work permits and pay taxes within a month or leave the country. The Cameroon government said that only about 100 of more than 2,000 foreign workers from China, Nigeria, the Central African Republic […]