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28, January 2025
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS: Cameroon drawn in Group F alongside Côte d’Ivoire 0
The 24 teams qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have learned their fates following the group stage draw held on Monday in Rabat. The tournament is set to take place in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, and promises high-stakes matchups. Cameroon finds itself in a challenging Group F, […]
28, January 2025
Clock ticking on Biya as pressure to quit Unity Palace increases 0
The Etoudi walls appear to be closing in on President Paul Biya in Yaoundé. Barrister Akere Muna, Archbishop Samuel Kleda, Professor Maurice Kamto and Jean-Michel Nintcheu are about as influential as you can get within the Cameroon political structure and all of them have advised Mr Paul Biya that any attempt on his part to […]
27, January 2025
Yaoundé: Etoudi throws in the towel for African Development Bank presidency 0
Biya and his gang have decided not to put forward a candidate for the presidency of the African Development Bank, despite two profiles emerging in recent months, Africa Intelligence reported today. Africa Intelligence also stated that Biya made the dramatic u-turn to avoid finding himself at odds with the Chadian leader. Unity Palace had worked […]
27, January 2025
Belgium: prominent footballer arrested in cocaine trafficking sting 0
Belgian footballer Radja Nainggolan has been arrested as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking. The 36-year-old was one of several suspects apprehended by Belgian police on Monday morning, after a series of raids were carried out across the country. “The investigation concerns alleged facts of importation of cocaine from South America to Europe, via […]
26, January 2025
South Korean thug charged with insurrection over martial law attempt 0
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been charged with insurrection after he attempted to declare martial law in December. His ill-fated attempt to impose military rule plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis and he becomes the first sitting president in South Korean history to be charged with a crime. The indictment […]
26, January 2025
DR Congo rebels close in on key city as 13 peacekeepers killed 0
UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s territory and on the M23 rebel group to stop its advance on the eastern city of Goma amid intense fighting. At a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Sunday, Congo’s foreign minister accused Rwanda of declaring […]
24, January 2025
CEMAC Bank liquidity demand remains high despite BEAC’s reduced offerings 0
The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) injected CFA230 billion into the banking system in the CEMAC region on January 21, responding to a surge in demand from commercial banks. This latest liquidity operation saw requests totaling CFA258 billion, exceeding the offer by 112.5%, highlighting the growing need for central bank refinancing. This renewed interest […]
24, January 2025
A new unrealistic Biya mandate would constitute a mistake 0
Several Cameroonian bishops have taken sides against the possibility of a new candidacy by Paul Biya in the presidential election to be held in October 2025. After 42 years of unchallenged rule, part of the Church in Cameroon wants to turn the page in a country that appears fragmented. At 91 years old, the “sphinx” […]
24, January 2025
US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s order to change birthright citizenship 0
A US judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s order to change birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the constitution The judge says the order, which was slated to take effect in February, was “blatantly unconstitutional” Meanwhile, Trump has declassifed files related to the deaths of John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr The […]
28, January 2025
Southern Cameroons: Special Status Charade and Masquerade in Royal Regalia 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
The Republic of Cameroon organised a perfidy in 2019 which it pompously named Major National Dialogue. The Major National Dialogue mid-wived an amorphous construct, a charade, it has been proved, called Special Status ostensibly to recognise the specific identity of the annexed territory of the Southern Cameroons which it nicknamed North West and South West […]