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18, February 2023
Biya regime bans corporal punishment in schools following teacher’s flogging incident 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Secondary Education, Prof Pauline Nalova Lyonga, has announced a ban on corporal punishment in schools following a recent incident where a teacher was caught on video flogging students. Despite being illegal, corporal punishment is still widespread in some schools, with more than 50% of children from state schools reporting that they have […]
18, February 2023
Football: Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake 0
Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. The Ghana international, 31, had spells with Premier League sides Everton, Chelsea and Newcastle. Atsu had been missing since the 6 February quake that caused the collapse of his apartment in […]
17, February 2023
MTN, Orange and Camtel pledge CFA156bn expansion investment 0
Three mobile operators in Cameroon, namely MTN, Orange and Camtel have committed to invest CFA156 billion this year to improve the quality of their service and broaden their network coverage. The information was announced in a statement issued last February 13 by Philemon Zoo Zame, the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ART). This […]
17, February 2023
Francophone Justice System: More information needed on Martinez Zogo assassination 0
Brought before the military court in Yaoundé on 14 February, Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga was not formally charged and prosecuted, with the court requesting an additional investigation into the matter of journalist Martinez Zogo’s kidnapping and assassination. Is Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga going to be officially charged by the Yaoundé military court? The answer, long-awaited by those […]
17, February 2023
Cameroon’s Justice System: Amougou Belinga’s fate hangs in the balance 0
Interest in the Martinez Zogo murder case will not be dying down anytime soon despite some delays due to lack of evidence against the country’s justice minister, Laurent Esso, linking him to the murder. After hearing the defendants and examining the reports of the commission of inquiry, the government commissioner this week felt that there […]
16, February 2023
COVID-19’s Impact on Young People Risks a Lost Generation 0
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive collapse in human capital at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing development for millions of children and young people in low- and middle-income countries, according to the first analysis of global data on young people who were under the age of 25 at the onset of the pandemic. […]
16, February 2023
Incurable Ebola-like virus spreads to Cameroon after killing several people in Equatorial Guinea 0
New cases of a deadly hemorrhagic fever have been detected in Cameroon, after a deadly outbreak was declared in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea. Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease in Olamze, a border commune, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on Tuesday. Equatorial Guinea officially declared its first […]
16, February 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Ngarbuh Victims Await Trial Three Years After Massacre 0
Three years ago, we uncovered a gruesome massacre in Cameroon’s northwest region. Government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Ngarbuh village, including 13 children and one pregnant woman. One survivor, who witnessed the killing of his entire family, including seven children, told us: “I saw the military shooting my family […]
16, February 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Motazé prepares end of IMF-led program 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motazé, is pushing for a plan to anticipate the impact of the end of the IMF-led program. On February 10, 2023, as the new managers of the Autonomous Amortization Fund (CAA) and the National Deposit and Consignment Fund (CDEC) were being installed, the official invited them to find solutions […]
18, February 2023
Football: Cristiano Ronaldo tried to stop ‘angry’ Vincent Aboubakar from leaving Al-Nassr 0
by soter • Sports, World
Vincent Aboubakar has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo tried to stop him from leaving Al-Nassr after his lucrative transfer to the Saudi Arabian club. The Portuguese forward joined Al-Nassr at the end of December after mutually terminating his contract with Manchester United. Ronaldo reportedly became the world’s highest-paid player after signing for the Saudi club, however, […]