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26, September 2025
Biya: absent candidate in election 0
As campaigning starts on Saturday for Cameroon’s presidential election, the nation is puzzling over the whereabouts of the lead candidate: its 92-year-old leader, Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state. In power since 1982 and seeking an eighth term in office in the October 12 polls, Biya left the central African country on Sunday […]
26, September 2025
From Elysée Palace to prison: The stunning downfall of President Nicolas Sarkozy 1
Nicolas Sarkozy, once a dynamic and controversial leader who promised to transform France, has been sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy tied to illegal campaign funding from Libya. This marks a stunning fall for Sarkozy, who has faced numerous legal battles since leaving office in 2012 and now becomes the first French […]
25, September 2025
Martinez Zogo Murder: Prosecutor lists 47 witnesses 0
The military tribunal in Yaoundé has been calling numerous witnesses to the stand in the high-profile murder trial of journalist Martinez Zogo, who was killed in January 2023 by an alleged hit squad from the state’s counter-espionage service, the Directorate General of External Research (DGRE). The Government Commissioner, Lieutenant Colonel Cerlin Belinga, presented a list […]
25, September 2025
Cameroon, Chad sign defense cooperation deal 0
Cameroon and Chad have signed a military cooperation agreement to strengthen security along their shared border, Cameroon’s Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday. Cameroonian Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo and his Chadian counterpart Issaka Maloua Djamous signed the deal on Tuesday in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. The ministry said in a statement that the […]
25, September 2025
Malawi’s ex-president wins election in comeback at age 85 0
Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old. Official results show that he won 57% of the vote, compared to the 33% of President Lazarus Chakwera, 70. Chakwera, a pastor before entering politics, conceded defeat ahead of the final result being declared, […]
24, September 2025
17 countries commit to concrete plans to scale up electricity access as mission 300 expands 0
Seventeen African governments today committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300—an ambitious partnership led by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, national Energy Compacts—practical blueprints that guide public spending, […]
24, September 2025
Manyu Solidarity Group UK: Leader meets with Nfon Ekoko Mukete 0
The leader of the Manyu Solidarity Group Prince Julian Ebai recently met with the Paramount ruler of the Bafaw Kingdom Nfon Ekoko Mukete in London and there was quite a lot to talk about. Cameroonian royals often meet up with each other, sometimes at big cultural festivals back home and abroad or formal meetings like […]
23, September 2025
Southern Cameroons Crisis: CDC secures CFA4.6 bln loan to modernize processing plants 0
The Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) is set to receive fresh financial support just days after reaching an agreement to clear part of its wage arrears. The Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development has been authorized to sign a €7.1 million ($7.6 million) commercial loan with Standard Chartered Bank in London, equal to about CFA4.6 billion. […]
23, September 2025
Yaoundé: Divided opposition seeks to stop the world’s oldest leader after 43 years in power 0
With weeks to go until an election that could extend the world’s oldest president’s 43 years in power, Cameroon‘s opposition is struggling. Its most popular figure has been barred from running, and the 11 candidates remaining are likely to divide the vote. At 92, Paul Biya has spent nearly half his years on earth as […]
27, September 2025
Race for Etoudi: Maurice Kamto’s neutrality, statesmanship or self interest 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
As Cameroonians brace for the high stakes presidential election on October 12, 2025, the political terrain is as fractured as ever. Calls for a united opposition have intensified, especially among the growing number of citizens desperate for political change after decades of entrenched incumbency. At one time, all eyes turned to Professor Maurice Kamto, the […]