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2, September 2025
UN raises fears over Cameroon election 0
The United Nations on Tuesday said growing restrictions in Cameroon raised fears about whether voters can freely choose their candidate in upcoming presidential elections. Cameroon’s veteran President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state at 92, is seeking a new seven-year term to extend his nearly 43 years in power in elections on October […]
1, September 2025
Yaoundé: US State Department says 14,300 Cameroonians held in pre-trial detention for minor offenses 0
A recent U.S. State Department report on human rights, released August 25, 2024, indicates that approximately 14,300 individuals in Cameroon are currently held in pre-trial detention for minor offenses. The report, citing the Cameroonian Bar Association, estimates that nearly 75% of those awaiting trial are incarcerated for offenses considered minor under local law. The document […]
1, September 2025
Douala Port is now the most congested on the West African Coast 0
The Douala port is now the most congested port on the West African coast, according to shipping-intelligence platform Gocomet. Vessel delays at the facility reach as long as nine days—two days longer than at Conakry in Guinea, Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, or Lekki in Nigeria, where waiting times stand at about seven days. The bottleneck […]
28, August 2025
Letters: Dear brothers, not this race, unfortunately 0
I am not oblivious of our Anglophone concerns (the concerns of we whose parents were Southern Cameroonians) nor am I willingly letting up on our craving to be the next president. We still think the next president should be an Anglophone, both as our fair chance if we must have a sense of belonging and […]
28, August 2025
Bafoussam: Bishop Lontsié-Keuné puts government on red alert ahead of election 0
Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné, who has been a lightning rod for pro-democratic forces in Cameroon, has once again put the government on red alert, saying that he is ready to die for the truth. The bishop of Bafoussam, known for his acerbic critique of the Biya government, blasted the authorities for continued intimidation of citizens as […]
28, August 2025
Far North Region: 5 children kidnapped by Boko Haram militants 0
Gunmen suspected to be militants of the terror group Boko Haram have abducted five children in Cameroon’s Far North region, security sources said on Thursday. The children, aged between 7 and 19, were kidnapped on Tuesday while they were returning from farming on the slopes of Mount Kassa in Mora locality of the region, the […]
26, August 2025
The Griot at the Gate: A Rebuttal to Ashu Nyenty on Akere Muna’s Petition 0
Quite predictably, the Constitutional Council missed another manifest rendezvous with history after it rejected the petition by Barrister Akere Muna, seeking the disqualification of the 93-year-old Paul Biya from contesting the upcoming presidential election. Akere Muna, anti-graft crusader, eminent jurist, former Bar Council and Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) president; and presidential candidate in the October […]
26, August 2025
Manyu Cultural Jamboree UK: Cameroon Concord unveils Birmingham team 0
Cameroon Concord News Group has unveiled a reporting team for the Manyu Cultural Jamboree this weekend in Birmingham City. Chi Prudence Asong will continue to cover all events in the Midlands including Wales and Northern Ireland, while also reporting from London under the direct supervision of our London Bureau Chief Asu Isong. Camcord’s senior international […]
26, August 2025
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Archbishop Nkea says priests ‘ready to die for the Gospel’ 0
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda in Cameroon’s North West region says priests serving in the war-ravaged English-speaking regions of Cameroon “are ready to die for the Gospel.” Nkea was speaking to Crux on the sidelines of the 78th Ordinary Meeting of Bishops of the Bamenda Episcopal Conference that took place in Bamenda from Aug. […]
2, September 2025
North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter and possible heir 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing along with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, images appear to show. Kim is in China to attend a “Victory Day” parade on Wednesday, which will see him rub shoulders with China’s President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other world leaders – […]