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3, April 2025
Race for the Unity Palace: Kamto’s strategy sparks clash ahead of election 0
A public spat has erupted within Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC), with former party executive Armand Noutack accusing activist Wilfried Ekanga of labeling party founders “careerists.” Noutack’s comments followed Ekanga’s social media post criticizing those who sought legislative or municipal office, a move Ekanga attributed to “careerism.” Noutack, expelled from the MRC in July 2023 by […]
3, April 2025
CEMAC introduces new coins, including a CFA200 piece 0
The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has officially launched a new series of coins across the six countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). The coins will start circulating on April 5 and will be used alongside the existing ones. The introduction of the new coins follows a March 24 meeting […]
2, April 2025
Football: Real Madrid manager Ancelotti testifies in court over tax charges 0
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he “never thought about committing fraud” as he testified in court in Spain over tax evasion charges. The former Chelsea and Everton boss is accused of failing to pay 1m euros (£830,000) in tax on his Real salary during his first spell in charge from 2013 to 2015. Ancelotti […]
2, April 2025
Manyu Division: Ma Nchong Stella is the new Ekandim Nkanda of Ntenako 0
History was made in Ntenako, a village some few kilometers from Mamfe the chief town in Manyu recently as the indigenes united in one accord and crowned Ma Nchong Stella daughter of late Eyambe Besong Meshack Enow as their new Ekandim Nkanda. The event was reportedly a unity day for the people of Ntenako village […]
2, April 2025
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Biya’s acolytes expected to fill bureau vacancies 0
Recent appointments to the Central Committee of ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) have fueled speculation about potential expansions to the party’s influential Political Bureau, party members and political analysts say. The Political Bureau, considered the CPDM’s core decision-making body, has not been renewed since the 2011 congress and has seen its membership dwindle from […]
2, April 2025
Yaoundé spent CFA311bn on interest payments for central government debt in 2024 0
In 2024, Cameroon’s public treasury spent a total of CFA1.38 trillion repaying central government debt. According to the national sinking fund (CAA), the agency managing the country’s public debt, CFA311.4 billion of this amount was used to cover interest payments, including CFA58.8 billion for domestic debt. Although the CAA highlights that Cameroon benefits from “favorable […]
2, April 2025
President Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years 0
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia’s highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military. The spring call-up for a year’s military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million […]
1, April 2025
Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Boko Haram force 0
Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west Africa’s Lake Chad area, cementing an acrimonious split from former allies in the region. The decision to exit the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was announced in a bulletin on state television over the weekend. The move “reflects a stated intent […]
1, April 2025
Former Nigerian head of state Obasanjo to invest $700mln in Kribi 0
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president turned businessman, is set to visit the Kribi deep-sea port in Cameroon this April to launch his company, Obasanjo Agro-Allied Business Ltd (OABL). His venture aims to strengthen cross-border trade between Cameroon and Nigeria. According to Agha Albert Ngwana, CEO of Aftel Cameroon Limited, a partner of Obasanjo’s group, OABL […]
4, April 2025
Prosecution of journalists in Cameroon: European Parliament says enough red flags have been ignored 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Cameroon. Prosecution of journalists in Cameroon, including the cases of Amadou Vamoulké, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, and Tsi Conrad The EU Parliament condemns the systematic violations of journalists’ human rights by the Cameroonian authorities and calls on them to ensure press […]