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18, March 2025
Yaoundé secures $400mln from World Bank in new funding deals 0
Biya regime secured $400 million (about CFA239.6 billion at the current exchange rate) from the World Bank to improve public finance management and promote sustainable, inclusive growth. According to a statement from the World Bank, the funds will be provided through two new financing deals. The first will offer budget support to help Cameroon boost […]
18, March 2025
Death toll soars past 400 as Israel launches massive airstrikes across Gaza 0
The Israeli military has killed at least 412 Palestinians, mostly children and women, throughout the Gaza Strip’s entire expanse during a large-scale violation of Tel Aviv’s ceasefire agreement with the Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas. Reports said those killed in included at least 77 people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and at least 20 people […]
18, March 2025
Indomitable Lions fly out to South Africa 0
The Indomitable Lions will fly out of Yaoundé on Tuesday (today) on a chartered flight to South Africa, following Wednesday night’s FIFA World Cup qualifying tie against the Eswatini. Marc Brys’s side are making the trip after the Belgian opted to sideline his Cameroonian assistant Joachim Mununga, marking a significant shift from a Cameroon football […]
18, March 2025
VOA discarded by President Trump like a dirty rag 0
Chinese state media has welcomed Donald Trump’s move to cut public funding for news outlets Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, which have long reported on authoritarian regimes. The decison affects thousands of employees – some 1,300 staff have been put on paid leave at Voice Of America (VOA) alone since Friday’s executive order. […]
18, March 2025
FECAFOOT unveils new Indomitable Lions kits 0
The Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) revealed the national team’s new jerseys on its Facebook page Monday, March 17, 2025, ahead of World Cup qualifying matches. Designed in partnership with new Swiss equipment supplier Fourteen, the kits include white models for the Indomitable Lions’ official training sessions, and navy blue jerseys for technical staff training. Both […]
17, March 2025
UK: King Charles meets new Canadian PM in symbolic support 0
King Charles gave a warm welcome to the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Buckingham Palace. It was another symbolic gesture of support for Canada from a King, wearing a red tie, who has to send coded signals rather than spell things out in words, as Canada faces threats from US President […]
16, March 2025
Football: Newcastle wins Carabao Cup 0
Newcastle United secured their first domestic trophy for 70 years – and ended a wait for a major prize stretching back to 1969 – with a deserved Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool at Wembley. The Toon Army were sent into ecstasy as goals either side of half-time by Dan Burn and Alexander Isak put […]
16, March 2025
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks to fire internal security agency chief 0
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he was seeking to dismiss the head of Israel’s internal security agency, who swiftly called the move political and said the premier expected “personal loyalty”. Netanyahu and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar have been engaged in a public spat in recent weeks over reforms to the agency, which […]
16, March 2025
Pope Francis seen in photo for first time since admitted to hospital 0
The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalisation over a month ago, showing the pontiff celebrating mass earlier in the day from the chapel in his hospital suite. The release of the photo was significant, as the Argentine pope has not been seen in public since being admitted to […]
18, March 2025
Nigerian Senate to probe Cameroon’s encroachment on Akwa Ibom oil wells 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News, Nigeria
The Nigerian Senate has constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged annexation of maritime territories, mangrove islands villages of Effiat clan in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The resolution is sequel to adoption of a motion, sponsored by Senator Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Akwa Ibom) and co-sponsored by six other senators at plenary on Tuesday. […]