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18, August 2023
FECAFOOT Poverty Culture: 25 clubs go to war against Eto’o, threatens to boycott 2023-2024 season 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
A storm is currently shaking the foundations of Cameroon Football Federation. With the ship taking on water everywhere, almost 25 of the 35 professional clubs are threatening to boycott the next season unless major changes are made within the Cameroon Football Federation (Fécafoot). The source of this controversy lies in the presidency of Fécafoot, a […]
18, August 2023
Far North Region: Francophone dominated army kills 4 Boko Haram militants 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
At least four militants of Boko Haram were killed when they launched a coordinated attack on a military outpost in Cameroon’s Far North region, military sources said on Friday. Some of the weapons used by the terror group were also seized during the attack that took place overnight into Friday in Hile Alifa, a locality […]
18, August 2023
Cash-strapped Biya regime suspends work contracts, says foreign workers must leave 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Officials in Cameroon suspended the work contracts of several thousand foreign workers, including Africans, Chinese and Europeans, and ordered them to obtain work permits and pay taxes within a month or leave the country. The Cameroon government said that only about 100 of more than 2,000 foreign workers from China, Nigeria, the Central African Republic […]
17, August 2023
Frozen accounts forced MTN Cameroon to borrow funds for continuity of operations 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
MTN Cameroon borrowed CFAF91.5 billion (at the current South African Rand value) in the first half of 2023, according to data collected by Business in Cameroon. The funds, which represented almost 98% of the company’s operating expenses during the period, were raised in the form of syndicated loans from undisclosed banks. In 2022, it took […]
17, August 2023
French Cameroun: 11-month-old baby dies of hunger with mum in custody 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Caroline Ngum ‘s 11 -month-old baby has been buried in their family residence in Penja-Moungo division in the Littoral region of Cameroon under the watch of his heart broken mother. Caroline Ngum, who reportedly lost her baby while on detention at the Penja police district disclosed she was denied the opportunity to breastfeed her baby […]
17, August 2023
Former French president Sarkozy calls for ‘compromise’ with Russia 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has stirred outrage in Kyiv and Paris by suggesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be ended with new referendums in occupied territories. “The Ukrainians… will want to reconquer what has been unjustly taken from them. But if they can’t manage it completely, the choice will be between a frozen conflict… […]
17, August 2023
Fr Tatah Humphrey’s Christological Problem 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Fr. Tatah Humphrey should most certainly be commended for his assiduous commitment to African scholarship. It is no small feat to have 25 books and counting under one’s belt. That is a number most scholars would envy. Though I am yet to get a copy of Studying the Faith of Our Ancestors: A New Approach […]
17, August 2023
Inspector of Basic Education in Manyu Calls for help for IDP 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
The inspector of Basic Education for Manyu Division, Arreyngang Harman Taku, has called on Manyu sons and daughters at home and abroad to come to the assistance of young IDPs who will soon be returning to school, unfortunately without the necessary school supplies due to the prevailing economic hardship. Mr. Arreyngang made the call in […]
16, August 2023
Coup crisis is deepening Niger food insecurity, UN says 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border closures to avert catastrophe. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA highlighted that even before Niger’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was toppled in a coup late last month, the […]
20, August 2023
Football: Eto’o appoints head coach of women’s team 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) president Samuel Eto’o Fils appointed Jean Baptiste Bisseck as the new head coach of the women’s national football team on Friday. Bisseck replaces Gabriel Zabo, who had served since 2021. Bisseck, who previously coached men’s top division sides Canon Sportif and Coton Sport, is expected to take the women’s team to […]