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6, February 2020
Biya still uses the machinery of the state to guarantee a single-party type of political domination 0
On 9 February over six million Cameroonians will be called to vote in twin legislative and municipal elections. Initially planned for 2018, the polls were postponed twice for organisational and financial reasons. Voting later this week will still take place under tenuous security and political conditions. Since 2013, Boko Haram has recurrently attacked in the […]
6, February 2020
Israel looking after President Biya’s security with elite forces 0
From communication interception technology to physical security, Cameroon’s state security market is entirely in the hands of Israelis. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call it “Little Tel Aviv.” The Israelis practically feel at home in the neighbourhood of Bastos in Yaoundé. Four-wheel drive SUVs with tinted windows abound and the air is rife with […]
6, February 2020
Southern Cameroon Crisis: Minister Rose Mbah Acha convoy attacked in Momo 0
The CPDM convoy of the Minister of Supreme State Control (CONSUPE) was attacked by Ambazonia Restoration Forces as she braved the bad roads from Bamenda to Mbengwi to campaign for the so-called twin poll in the Momo County in Southern Cameroons. Cameroon Concord News correspondent in Mbengwi reported that despite being accompanied by a heavily […]
5, February 2020
China: African students stranded in coronavirus heartland plead with embassies 0
Thousands of African students in Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, face dwindling food supplies, limited information and lockdowns restricting them to their campuses or hostels. Two weeks after restrictions on movement were imposed, residents are running short of basic necessities, say students in the central Chinese city.Quick guide What is the coronavirus and […]
5, February 2020
Low-energy Prime Minister to visit Littoral and Southern Cameroons? 0
According to a release signed by the chief of cabinet at the prime minister’s office, the head of government, Dion Ngute, is scheduled to visit football infrastructure that will host the African football Championship (CHAN) and African Cup of Nations AFCON. Some analysts hold the low-energy prime minister might be going to the Southwest to […]
5, February 2020
Tower Resources Begins Cameroon Survey Ahead of Drilling 0
London-listed Tower Resources has started the site survey at its Thali license offshore Cameroon, ahead of the planned drilling operation at the NJOM-3 well. Tower Resources said Tuesday that the Geoquip Marine geotechnical drillship vessel MV Investigator was at the proposed site for the NJOM-3 well, and was conducting the site survey. The MV Investigator […]
5, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: ‘Only a new president will solve the problem’ 0
A senior government official has told the Cameroon Concord News Group Yaounde correspondent that “only a new president will solve the problem that is splitting our country and ruining our economy.” The senior official, who elected anonymity, said things had deteriorated to a point where regime insiders are scared. “They themselves are scared that something […]
5, February 2020
Biya among world’s longest ruling leaders? 0
Some world leaders serve a set term and others go on to rule for decades. Here is a list of current world leaders who have held onto power the longest. The list excludes monarchs. Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 77, has been president of the central African nation for some 40 years after toppling his uncle in […]
5, February 2020
Ultra-secure phones of Africa’s presidents: Biya can almost never be reached on his mobile phones 0
Well aware of the surveillance capabilities of major companies in the sector, Africa’s heads of state try to make their phones as secure as Fort Knox. Every leader is geared up and takes extra precautions to prevent the ever-looming risk of being tapped. We take a look at the phones used by Africa’s presidents and […]
6, February 2020
Boko Haram Cameroun: Two killed, 20 homes torched in attack 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists attacked a village in northern Cameroon early on Tuesday, torching homes and killing two civilians just days before legislative and municipal elections, security sources said. “Boko Haram made an incursion a little before 02:00 in Mozogo village,” in the Extreme-Nord province “killing two people,” a police officer told AFP. They torched […]