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30, June 2023
Pope Francis says Ukraine war seems to have ‘no end’ 0
Pope Francis said on Friday there was no apparent end in sight to the war in Ukraine as his peace envoy wrapped up three days of talks in Moscow. “The tragic reality of this war that seems to have no end demands of everyone a common creative effort to imagine and forge paths of peace,” […]
30, June 2023
FIFA reveals social justice armbands for women’s World Cup 0
FIFA revealed eight different armbands highlighting social causes that sides will be able to wear at the women’s World Cup as world football’s governing body seeks to avoid a row that erupted at last year’s men’s World Cup. Captains from a number of European countries, including England and Germany, planned to wear a “OneLove” armband […]
29, June 2023
Scandal: New Limo and new residence for Ayang Luc creates tension in Yaoundé 0
The so-called fifth personality of the state, Ayang Luc wants to increase his fleet of cars by purchasing a 120 million FCFA limo for his ceremonial outings. To satisfy this need, described by many political commentators in the nation’s capital as”folie des grandeurs“, the Minister of State, Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, […]
29, June 2023
Madonna in hospital due to ‘serious bacterial infection’, tour postponed 0
Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a “serious bacterial infection” that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days, her manager Guy Oseary said in a statement Wednesday. “Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care,” he said. “A full recovery is expected.” Oseary said the 64-year-old pop icon’s […]
29, June 2023
CNPS joins Africa Finance Corporation as shareholder 0
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has two new shareholders, including Cameroon’s public pension fund, the CNPS. The Pan-African Corporation announced the news on June 20, 2023. “We warmly welcome CNPS and SBM Capital Market Securities as investors in AFC. This step is evidence of AFC’s role as a preferred partner for infrastructure investment on the […]
29, June 2023
Yaoundé: Treasury earns CFA51 billion in tax revenues from Guinness deal 0
The Cameroonian public treasury earned 51 billion FCFA from taxes during the acquisition of Guinness Cameroon by the French group Castel. This comprises 36 billion FCFA from capital gains tax and 15 billion FCFA from registration fees, according to Cameroon’s Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana. The official revealed this to the parliament on […]
28, June 2023
French Cameroun agents, Anglophone traitors can never feel safe anywhere in Ambazonia 0
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government has warned that all French Cameroun agents and Anglophone traitors will never feel safe anywhere in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia because restoration forces will not tolerate any schemes to undermine the independence of British Southern Cameroons. Vice President Dabney Yerima made the remarks in a town […]
28, June 2023
US President says Putin ‘clearly losing’ Ukraine war 0
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “pariah” Vladimir Putin is “losing” the war in Ukraine, but it is too early to tell whether the Russian president has been weakened by the mercenary Wagner group’s aborted rebellion. Asked by reporters at the White House whether Putin is now weaker, Biden said: “It’s hard to tell, […]
28, June 2023
France braces for protests as Macron slams ‘unforgivable’ police shooting of teen driver 0
France braced for more angry protests Wednesday after the killing of a teenager by police during a traffic stop that President Emmanuel Macron called “unforgivable”. The government said it would deploy 2,000 riot police to deal with any unrest, a day after a 17-year-old was shot in the chest by a police officer who then […]
30, June 2023
Yaoundé: Minister accused of corruption wants Biya to stand for re-election 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Health minister Manaouda Malachie currently under investigation by the Special Criminal Court over alleged involvement in a huge Covid-19 corruption scandal has organized a meeting calling on the 90-year-old President Paul Biya to stand for re-election, two years before the next polls are due. The move interpreted by many political commentators as a cunning manoeuvre […]