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16, April 2025
World Bank increases funding to Cameroon by 21% 0
The World Bank has stepped up its financial support to Cameroon. Since April 2023, the institution has added $826 million, or about CFA475 billion, to its local portfolio. The total now stands at $4.5 billion, or roughly CFA2,700 billion, up from $3.7 billion (CFA2,220 billion). This marks a 21% increase in just two years. Cheick Fantamady Kanté, who […]
15, April 2025
Ukraine: Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack 0
Donald Trump has again blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a major Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The US president said Ukraine’s leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the “millions of people dead” in […]
15, April 2025
Minister Obi Eta Jerome’s death – What do we know? 0
One of Anglophone Cameroon’s most celebrated road construction engineers and former Minister of Public Works Obi Eta Jerome died suddenly in Yaoundé after becoming ill. Minister Victor Mengot who confirmed the sad news to the entire Manyu community at home and in the diaspora said “My dear brothers and sisters, once again Manyu has lost […]
15, April 2025
Pope Francis transfers Cameroonian-born Nigerian Apostolic Nuncio in Sri Lanka to Ethiopia 0
Pope Francis has transferred Cameroonian-born Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, who has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio in Sri Lanka to Ethiopia. The Addis Ababa-based Apostolic Nunciature has been vacant since May 2024, when the Holy Father transferred Archbishop Antoine Camilleri to Cuba. The latest appointment of Archbishop Udaigwe, a Nigerian national who previously served as the […]
15, April 2025
CDC banana exports hit 10,400 tons in Q1 2025 0
The Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) exported 10,400 tons of bananas between January and March 2025, according to data from the Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam). This is the company’s best quarterly performance in seven years. The last time CDC reached this first-quarter level was back in 2018, when it shipped 11,631 tons. Later that year, […]
14, April 2025
Algeria to expel 12 French embassy officials 0
Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France’s foreign minister has said. Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a consular official. They are accused of involvement in the abduction last year of Amir […]
14, April 2025
US: 7 900 Cameroonians face deportation 0
The Trump administration has terminated temporary deportation protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the US, a US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said on Friday, building on Trump’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. An estimated 14 600 Afghans eligible for Temporary Protected Status will now lose it in May. Some 7 900 Cameroonians had access […]
14, April 2025
Burkina Faso: Where vision meets discipline 0
Burkina Faso is in the news and spotlight for all the right reasons. A once desperate nation is pointing many African countries in the right direction. The message from Ouagadougou is clear – No initiative succeeds without discipline and vision. African countries are not poor; they have simply allowed others to design a narrative of […]
12, April 2025
Race for Etoudi: CDU condemns fake CPDM polls 0
The Cameroon Democratic Union (CDU), led by Tomaïno Ndam Njoya, on April 10, 2025, denounced a social media poll it deemed fraudulent and malicious, citing its unfavorable ranking in the survey of Cameroonian voting intentions. In a statement released the same day, the UDC condemned what it called “grotesque pre-electoral fraudulent maneuvers,” accusing political actors […]
16, April 2025
Bishop of Bafoussam calls on voters to ‘make no mistake’ in this year’s election 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
As Cameroon gear up for a presidential election later this year, a Catholic bishop in the central African country has urged citizens to vote their consciences and to avoid errors in their choice of president that they may live to regret. Cameroonians are scheduled to vote in a Presidential election in October, with the country’s […]