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5, November 2022
World Bank Approves $497 Million in Financing to Lower South Africa’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Support a Just Transition 0
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors approved South Africa’s request for a $497 million project to decommission and repurpose the Komati coal-fired power plant using renewables and batteries. The project will also create opportunities for the affected workers and communities. This is in line with the government’s efforts to transition the country toward […]
5, November 2022
UK Energy Company to pay millions over oil bribes in Cameroon, Nigeria 0
Glencore Energy UK has been ordered to pay more than $ 314 million in fines after it bribed officials who worked in several African countries between 2011 and 2016. The company reportedly paid $26 million to the officials from countries like Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, and South Sudan. Prosecutors stated that UK-based Glencore […]
5, November 2022
Indomitable Lions: Onana heading to World Cup one year after drugs ban 0
When Andre Onana plays in goal for Cameroon at the World Cup it will be exactly one year since his return from a drugs ban that he is still struggling to bounce back from. The 26-year-old spent nine months on the sidelines after banned diuretic furosemide was found in his urine. He took his wife’s […]
5, November 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Nine health workers kidnapped in North West 0
Nine health workers have been kidnapped from a government-run hospital in Cameroon’s restive northwest, one of two regions where armed separatists have been fighting government troops to create a breakaway state, the local mayor said on Friday. Acha Kennedy Ngu, mayor of the town of Batibo where the kidnapping took place, said the health workers […]
5, November 2022
Etoudi: Succession is taboo as Biya set for 40 years at helm 0
Cameroon’s 89-year-old president, Paul Biya, on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of his rise to power amid splashy ceremonies where the word on everyone’s mind — succession — will almost certainly be absent. The Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC), which Biya founded in 1985, says it will hold “a big party” up and down the […]
4, November 2022
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Biya Celebrates 40 Years in Power 0
Cameroon’s government and its supporters are holding events this week ahead of celebrations Sunday marking President Paul Biya’s 40 years in power. Meanwhile, opposition parties are holding rallies calling for the 89-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, to change what they say are unfair election laws. On Thursday in Nanga Eboko on the […]
4, November 2022
Amba fighters attack Gendarmerie Post in French Cameroun, 2 officers injured 0
Ambazonia fighters attacked a gendarmerie post in Foumbot, Noun Division in the West region late on Thursday, injuring two officials and triggering a gun battle. “As per initial reports, Anglophone separatists have attacked the Foumbot post. Two special officers are injured” the Gendarmerie Legion Commander said in a security correspondence to the National Gendarmerie Headquarters […]
3, November 2022
Southern Cameroons Refugees Get Medical Support in Nigeria 0
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has delivered an advanced cardiac and trauma life-support ambulance in Cross River State, Nigeria, to support refugees from Cameroon in the state. It also donated one pick-up vehicle to the state government to enhance the security of the host community and refugees in the Ogoja local government […]
3, November 2022
Indomitable Lions: The road to Qatar 0
Cameroon, one of the five teams that will represent Africa at the 2022 Qatar World Cup this month is warming up, aiming at making the continent proud. Cameroon, with its football national team Indomitable Lions is an African country lying at the junction of Western and Central Africa. Its ethnically diverse population is among the […]
5, November 2022
40 years in power: What is Mr. Biya’s legacy? 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Headline News, Politics
Cameroon’s eternal president, Paul Biya, has been in power for 40 years and his supporters will be celebrating a milestone they claim is important in the lives of many Cameroonians. The Cameroon Concord News Group has been monitoring things and has decided to focus on the failings and achievements of a man who many hold […]