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19, January 2023
For Nigerian priest burned to death, it wasn’t his first brush with terror 0
For a Nigerian priest who was shot and burned to death Jan. 15 by Islamic terrorists inside his own rectory, it was hardly his first brush with violent anti-Christian persecution in Africa’s most populous nation. Father Isaac Achi, who was murdered at 3:00 a.m. at Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Niger State, had previously […]
19, January 2023
Archbishop Nkea says Anglophones are weary of war 0
After more than six years of war pitting his country’s English-speaking minority against its French-speaking majority, Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda in Cameroon says the Anglophones are weary of the conflict. “Our people are tired of the war, and our people need peace,” Nkea said January 14. “In the northwest and southwest regions of our […]
19, January 2023
Peace Corps Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Service in Cameroon 0
On Friday, January 13, Peace Corps celebrated 60 years of service in Cameroon in a ceremony at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé with the U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon Christopher J. Lamora, and the Peace Corps Country Director Kristina Nicole Séne. As part of the 60th anniversary commemoration, the Ministers of Public Service and Administrative […]
19, January 2023
Yaoundé: Biya Govt plans major road investments in 2023 0
The Cameroonian government plans to spend CFA2 billion on 57 technical studies for roads, freeways, expressways, and engineering works throughout FY2023. The information was reported in a recent statement by the Ministry of Public Works. In detail, 11 studies concern the control of works and the remaining 46 are construction and rehabilitation studies. The Ministry […]
19, January 2023
The West, debt and other takeaways from Chinese Foreign Minister’s Africa trip 0
China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang wrapped up his first international tour to Africa this week, during which he visited five diverse countries — Ethiopia, Gabon, Benin, Angola and Egypt — and stressed that China does not see the continent as an arena for a power struggle between the West and Beijing. “Africa should be […]
17, January 2023
Agbor Clarisse Death: Studying in Ghana can be deadly 0
When Agbor Clarisse Enoetie left her University hostel in Kumasi to Accra to attend a music concert, her mates knew it was business as usual. She reportedly disappeared on her way back to Kumasi. Her family in Cameroon placed their faith in the Ghanaian police to find her. An investigation was opened and later it […]
17, January 2023
Zangaléwa: Founder and lead singer, dies at 71 0
Jean Paul Zé Bella from the Zangalewa group passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023. According to reports, Zangalewa’s group’s founder and leader, who is well known for the hit song “Zamina Mina Mina,” passed away from lung cancer. He was 71 years old. Zé Bella died in the military hospital in Yaoundé, the nation’s […]
17, January 2023
Biya regime cuts diamond and gold export duties by 50% to control illegal exits 0
The Cameroonian government, in its 2023 Finance Act, announced it is cutting diamond and gold export duties by 50%. The fees will now be 5% of the FOB value of the ore to be shipped, instead of 10%. “We have noted that since this exit tax was raised to 10%, spontaneous export declarations have virtually […]
17, January 2023
Quebec police say killing of health-care worker from Cameroon was a homicide 0
Quebec provincial police say they are investigating the death last week of a health-care worker from Cameroon as a homicide. The body of Nadine Flora Alinanyinyi, 34, was found Thursday in her apartment in Mont-St-Hilaire, Que., about 40 kilometres east of Montreal. A two-month-old baby was found unharmed inside the apartment. Alinanyinyi had been recruited […]
20, January 2023
Menchum Division: Yaoundé deploys troops after Amba fighters, herders clash 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Cameroon’s government deployed at least 100 troops Wednesday to Gayama, a village on the border with Nigeria, after clashes between Cameroonian separatists and Nigerian herders left at least 12 people dead. Cameroonian officials say the fighting broke out six days ago, after herders who crossed the border in search of food for their cattle refused […]