French billionaire Pierre Castel’s agri-food unit Somdia is close to completing the sale of its stake in Société Sucrière du Cameroun, or Sosucam, the Central African country’s main sugar producer, after months of family infighting and talks with the government in Yaounde. Somdia has nearly cleared the final obstacles to the deal, Africa Intelligence reported […]
Iran’s top security official warns that any US military bases involved in a renewed war against the Islamic Republic, including those located in Europe, would be legitimate targets for Iranian retaliatory strikes. In a post on X on Thursday, Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, wrote, “If the US launches another war […]
President Paul Biya has lost a longtime political ally in the country’s northern regions less than three months before the parliamentary and municipal elections scheduled for February 7, 2027. Hamadou Moustapha, a minister attached to the presidency and leader of the National Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ANDP), died on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at […]
Cameroon faces a risk of more severe power outages starting in 2027 unless the government acts quickly to increase electricity generation capacity. National Assembly Speaker Théodore Datouo issued the warning on November 10 in Yaoundé, at the opening of Parliament’s third ordinary session, which will focus primarily on the 2027 national budget. “Our country may […]
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi after a final count on Wednesday, becoming the state’s first Black US senator since Reconstruction. His narrow victory adds to the Democrats’ midterm gains as President Donald Trump’s party suffers a series of defeats. Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in […]
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