Layouts
24, July 2023
Douala: At least 12 killed in building collapse 0
A four-storey building collapsed in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala, killing at least 12 people and injuring others, the regional governor said on Sunday. The building, located in the city’s eastern Ange Raphael neighbourhood, caved in around midnight. “Twelve died and the others are in hospital for medical attention,” the governor of the surrounding Littoral region […]
22, July 2023
Biya’s continued stay in Geneva: A new president is in the making 0
President Biya’s end is very near and his fall will be sudden, swift and bloodless. It is more than a month ever since the 90-year-old travelled to France from where he reportedly fired General Ngambou Esaïe after the soldier man warned Minister Paul Atanga Nji that he was walking on broken bottles. We of the […]
21, July 2023
Camair-Co slated for review as per latest IMF bailout 0
Camair-Co is amongst four state-owned enterprises to be placed under a performance contract by November 2023 in line with Cameroon’s commitment to improve the viability of its public enterprises under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is according to the IMF’s Fourth Review in July 2023 of its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) […]
21, July 2023
Southern Cameroons: 18 per cent of health facilities have been forced to close 0
Cameroon’s North-West and South-West Regions are experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis: more than 630,000 people are internally displaced, and more than 86,000 people have taken refuge in neighbouring Nigeria. The ongoing sociopolitical crisis in both regions led to violence that is affecting the local economy and people’s access to essential social services. Essential services and […]
20, July 2023
Yaoundé gets CFAF40bln EU funding to empower women, develop agriculture 0
Finance Minister Alamine Ousmane Mey signed on Tuesday (July 18) three financing agreements with the head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Cameroon, Philippe Van Damme. The CFAF40 billion support covered by the agreement will support the fight against food insecurity, the construction of certain infrastructure, and the resilience of women in the North-West, […]
20, July 2023
Wheat prices soar after Russia threatens all ships traveling to Ukraine 0
Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets. Moscow pulled out of a deal this week that had guaranteed safe passage for grain shipments through the Black Sea. A White House spokesperson accused Russia of planning to blame Ukraine for […]
19, July 2023
Biya regime heads back to the money market to raise CFAF10bln with 13-week securities 0
Cameroon opened, Monday (July 17), subscriptions to its 13-week treasury bills (T-bill) on the central bank BEAC’s money market. The subscriptions, which will close today (July 19), aim to fetch the country a CFAF10 billion envelope to pay off a CFAF8 billion debt contracted 26 weeks earlier. This new fund-raising follows Cameroon’s first major success […]
19, July 2023
UN official lauds Yaoundé’s strides in HIV/AIDS prevention and control 0
Cameroon has made “remarkable” strides in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, a United Nations official said on Tuesday. Winnie Byanyima, executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), made the remarks after meeting Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute in Yaoundé. “Cameroon has been succeeding in fighting against HIV/AIDS in the last […]
18, July 2023
Bamenda Killings: Archbishop Andrew Nkea expresses ‘pain and sadness’ 0
Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Bamenda Archdiocese in Cameroon has described the Sunday, July 16 murder of civilians in his Metropolitan See as a “very painful moment”. On July 16, unidentified gunmen reportedly killed 10 people and injured another two at Nacho junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled Northwestern region, Reuters reported. […]
24, July 2023
Douala building collapse death toll could rise as 16 confirmed killed 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
At least 16 people have been killed and nearly three dozen injured after a four-storey building collapsed onto a smaller one in Cameroon’s largest city, according to authorities. “The casualty figures may be higher”, said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of Cameroon’s Littoral region, where the city Douala is located. The commercial centre is 210 […]