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29, December 2021
Eto’o accused of conspiring to evade 3.9 million euros in taxes owed on income playing for FC Barcelona 0
Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto’o owes nearly one million euros in taxes from his time in Spain, local authorities said Monday. The 40-year-old, who earlier this month was elected president of the Cameroon Football Federation, appeared on a list published by the Spanish tax office of people and companies that owe over 600,000 euros ($678,000). […]
29, December 2021
WHO warns Omicron risk remains ‘very high’ 0
The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still “very high,” the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week. Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant, the WHO said in its Covid-19 […]
28, December 2021
Ambazonia Crisis: Doctors Without Borders clarifies incident in transporting wounded patient in Manyu 0
On Saturday, 25 December, the emergency call centre of the humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received a call related to a wounded person in need of urgent assistance in the Tinto health area. One of our ambulances managed to pick the patient up the next morning at Ashum area. Given his […]
28, December 2021
Yaounde: Military Tribunal jails 47 opposition activists for ‘rebellion’ 0
A military tribunal in Cameroon has jailed dozens of opposition supporters for terms of up to seven years for “rebellion”, their party’s deputy secretary-general said Monday. The 47 defendants were arrested in September 2020 as Maurice Kamto’s Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon and several other parties planned protests against the government of Paul Biya, […]
28, December 2021
After 5 years of Southern Cameroons Crisis, Francophone military cannot bear costs of war 0
The Southern Cameroons Secretary of the Economy Hon. Tabeyang Brado has advised all Southern Cameroonians in the diaspora to commit to the confidence measures implemented by Vice President Dabney Yerima and start investing in the Amba bonds and Big Rubbergun Projects. Secretary Brado made the appeal to Southern Cameroonians in Europe and the US late […]
28, December 2021
King of Ndombolo rhumba General Defao dies at 62 0
It was on a bed in the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala that the 62-year-old Lulendo Matumana breathed his last on December 27. The renowned artist known as General Defao succumbed to diabetes that he had been suffering from for several years. Cameroon Concord News understands that General Def Defao had come to Douala last week […]
28, December 2021
Yaounde: Release of students sentenced for 10 years for sharing joke on Boko Haram is a great relief 0
Following the release of three Cameroonian students sentenced in 2016 to 10 years in jail for sharing a sarcastic text message that referenced Boko Haram, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director, said: “The release of Fomusoh Ivo Feh, Afuh Nivelle Nfor, and Azah Levis Gob, three young men who were absurdly punished […]
27, December 2021
AFCON 2021: African players to stay with clubs before Cup of Nations 0
Footballers heading to next month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals will be allowed to play for their clubs until Jan. 3, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Sunday. Many were set to miss matches because of the rule that dictates clubs must release players 14 days before a continental championship or the World […]
27, December 2021
Africa Cup of Nations: Ethiopia is first to arrive in Cameroon 0
Ethiopia’s national football team on Sunday December 26 arrived in Cameroon as it readies for the 2021 African cup of nations. The Ethiopian team is the first of the 24 qualified teams for tournament that has arrived in Cameroon. Head of the Ethiopian delegation Abelé GELAGOY says, it was necessary to take the lead in […]
29, December 2021
French Cameroun: Indomitable Lions in camp ahead of Africa Cup of Nations 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Football players of host nation Cameroon have reported for camp to kick-start preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for next month. The Indomitable Lions on Monday began lodging and camping at the Mundi Complex, some 20 km from Yaounde where they are expected to spend close to two weeks training. Fifteen players […]