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25, August 2025
US trades military support to African leaders for access to mineral wealth 0
Under President Donald Trump the United States has reset relations with west Africa’s military leaders on a mutual back-scratching basis, bartering help fighting jihadists for the Sahel region’s mining riches, experts say. While Joe Biden was in office the US suspended most of the development and military aid it sent to Burkina Faso, Mali and […]
24, August 2025
Obala: Bishop Sosthène Leopold Bayemi will be cleared of harassment charges 0
His Lordship Bishop Sosthène Leopold Bayemi of the Obala Diocese is reportedly implicated in a sex scandal by a dodgy Francophone so-called whistleblower. An audio recording circulating on social media accuses the Roman Catholic cleric of sexual harassment. Our senior correspondent in Yaoundé the nation’s capital reported late today that the Bishop of Obala will […]
24, August 2025
Battle for Etoudi: Yagoua Catholic Diocese directs daily Angelus Prayer for peace 0
Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon has directed daily Prayer of Angelus and other forms of prayer for peace as the Central African nation approaches October presidential election. In a statement shared with ACI Africa on Thursday, August 21, Bishop Hourgo invites all institutions in his Episcopal See, including […]
24, August 2025
More than 30 jihadists killed in air strikes, Nigerian military says 0
Nigeria’s military has killed 35 jihadists in a series of air strikes near its north-eastern border with Cameroon, it said in a statement. The strikes were carried out in four areas to thwart an attempt by the jihadists to attack ground troops, the military added. Nigeria has been battling jihadist groups for more than a […]
21, August 2025
Buea: Nigeria Consul-General Obasanjo Coker dies 0
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden death of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, Nigeria’s Consul General in Buea, Republic of Cameroon. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Ministry’s Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, Ambassador Coker passed away on Saturday, August 16, following a brief illness. Ebienfa described the late envoy as […]
21, August 2025
Cameroon and France: Telling the necessary truth 0
This was arguably the most glaring “memory gap” in French colonial history. Between 1955 and 1970, France waged war in Cameroon against independence and later opposition movements, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands and helping to install an authoritarian regime loyal to Paris. The silence that surrounded this “dirty war” was both an […]
21, August 2025
Pope Leo XIV ‘seems to be enjoying’ the papacy 0
As Pope Leo XIV passed the 100-day mark in his pontificate, one native Chicagoan – Leo’s own older brother, John Prevost — said the new pontiff is having a good time of it in the job so far. “He seems to be perfectly at ease,” the 71-year-old John Prevost told Chicago local NBC affiliate 5 […]
21, August 2025
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Catholic schools pivot to technical education 0
As Cameroon’s English-speaking regions grapple with a devastating separatist violence and economic collapse, Catholic schools are launching a bold shift toward technical education to transform jobless graduates into community “problem solvers.” The Bishops and Catholic Education Secretaries of the Bamenda Episcopal Province – which covers the Anglophone regions – announced the strategic pivot during their […]
20, August 2025
Old CPDM Tricks: Sonara to audit staff as part of refinery restructuring plan 0
Cameroon’s state-owned oil refinery Sonara has launched an audit of its human resources and career management. The company has opened a CFA80 million tender, according to a call for bids signed by Managing Director Bako Harouna. The goal is to give management “an effective and lasting match between its workforce and its jobs, in terms […]
26, August 2025
Southern Cameroons minerals: Elias Pungong, Colin Mukete at daggers-drawn positions 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Business, Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Nkout (2.7 billion tons) and Ntem (98 million tons) iron ore deposits in southern Cameroon are at the heart of a legal and financial battle. At the center of the dispute is Cameroon Mining Exploration (Caminex), the local subsidiary of the bankrupt British group International Mining and Infrastructure Corporation (IMIC). The control of Caminex […]