Layouts
2, October 2025
Cameroonian man wanted for drug smuggling caught in Bangkok 0
Thai Immigration police arrested a 40-year-old a Cameroonian man wanted by Interpol for international drug trafficking after he evaded authorities for more than a year while living illegally in the capital. Acting on intelligence that a Cameroonian national was overstaying his visa and potentially involved in drug trafficking, Pol. Lt. Gen. Panthana Nuchanart, Deputy Commissioner of […]
2, October 2025
2025 Presidential Elections: Picture set to win 0
Presidential elections in Cameroon are scheduled for 12 October 2025 and 92-year-old President Biya who returned yesterday to the country after a 12-day health tourism in Switzerland remains the leading candidate. Mr. Biya has been in power since 1982 and for 43 years, the country has witnessed an escalation in corruption and poverty. Following the […]
1, October 2025
Yaoundé: Ngute commissions Chinese-built headquarters of public works ministry 0
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Tuesday inaugurated the headquarters building of the Ministry of Public Works, built by Sinohydro Corporation Limited, a Chinese engineering and construction company. At the inauguration ceremony in the capital, Yaoundé, Ngute thanked Sinohydro “for professional and good quality work.” The Cameroonian government is committed to equipping public institutions with […]
30, September 2025
Former Congo-Kinshasa president sentenced to death for war crimes 0
Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and treason. The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked devastation across the country’s eastern region. Kabila was convicted on Friday by a military court of treason, crimes […]
30, September 2025
A Crown of Thorns: The Tragic Irony of Philémon Yang’s Praise for Paul Biya 0
As the nation teeters on the brink of collapse, haunted by its own fractured identity, former Prime Minister Philémon Yang has stepped forward not to call for reform or justice but to once again decorate the presidency with laurels. In a recent public declaration, Yang hailed President Paul Biya as the best candidate to ensure […]
29, September 2025
Biya absent as presidential campaigning picks up 0
Cameroon’s elderly president Paul Biya was absent from the country on Sunday as campaigning kicked into high gear for October 12 polls to decide who will fill his position. The 92-year-old — the world’s oldest head of state, in power since 1982 — is seeking an eighth term in office. But he left Cameroon a […]
29, September 2025
Will violence stop people from voting in Southern Cameroons? 0
The escalating tensions surrounding separatist movements in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon have raised alarming concerns regarding national security and political stability. On 10 September 2025, along Mile 14 Munyenge on Muyuka Road, a rural stretch in the country’s Southwest region, a routine patrol by Cameroonian soldiers turned into a deadly ambush. Six soldiers were […]
29, September 2025
Catholic youth seek to end reign of 92-year-old Biya 0
Ahead of contentious presidential elections set for Oct. 12, many young Catholic voters in Cameroon say they’re seeking “generational change,” widely understood as a call to end the 43-year reign of 92-year-old President Paul Biya. “It defies logic for someone of such advanced age to lead a predominantly young population,” said Omar Yusinyu, a member […]
29, September 2025
Presidential election campaign kicks off in Cameroon 0
Cameroon’s presidential race officially began on Saturday, with 12 candidates, including one woman, vying for the country’s highest office. The campaign will last for two weeks, culminating in the presidential election on Oct. 12. Incumbent President Paul Biya, leader of the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, is seeking to extend his 43-year rule by winning […]
2, October 2025
Bishop Lontse-Keune of Bafoussam says democracies must ‘alternate’ leaders 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, Politics, Religion
Bishop Paul Lontse-Keune did not name President Paul Biya, at 92 the world’s oldest leader and after 43 years the second longest ruling president in Africa, who is seeking an eighth term. Cameroonians must remember that changes in political leadership are essential to healthy democracy, a bishop said ahead of presidential elections on 12 October. […]