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3, June 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Probe after student’s alleged torture and death 0
An investigation has been launched into the death of a student who died in military custody in Buea, in the south-west region of Cameroon, and the ongoing detention of his roommate. Galax Yves Landry Etoga, the minister in charge of the national gendarmerie, has ordered the probe following the death of Ngule Linus Fontec, a […]
3, June 2023
Cameroon: Cholera death toll rises to over 420 0
A further 26 people have died in Cameroon’s ongoing cholera outbreak in the past two weeks, taking the overall death toll to 426, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The outbreak was declared in October 2021 and has seen a strong increase in cases since late March of this year after a period of […]
1, June 2023
US: President Joe Biden trips and falls at Colorado event 0
US President Joe Biden tripped and fell while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday. Mr Biden, who is the nation’s oldest serving president at 80, was seen being helped up by Air Force officials and walking back to his seat unassisted. The president had […]
1, June 2023
Football: PSG manager confirms Messi’s last match for club this weekend 0
Lionel Messi arrived two years ago wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with ”Ici C’est Paris” (This Is Paris) — a favorite cry among Paris Saint-Germain fans — and to chants of “Messi! Messi! Messi!” The soccer superstar will leave the team on Saturday not quite so revered. The cheers have been replaced by jeers and boos […]
1, June 2023
French Cameroun: France helps strengthen fire department 0
The Cameroonian government has obtained a €50 million (about CFA32.8 billion) loan from France to strengthen its fire department. Per the related deal signed yesterday, the terms of which remain undisclosed, the beneficiary will receive 227 new fire and rescue vehicles over the next few years. Alamine Ousmane Mey, the Cameroonian Minister of the Economy, […]
1, June 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Explosion kills 1 Francophone soldier in Mbengwi 0
A soldier of the Francophone dominated elite force, Rapid Intervention Battalion; BIR was killed in an explosion in Mbengwi on Wednesday. Cameroon Concord News gathered that the BIR serviceman identified as Lieutenant Fabrice Boutou was killed when his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) during an operation in Momo division. The IED, which […]
1, June 2023
Cameroon Marine Services seeks $6.5bn expansion fund from IFC 0
The Cameroonian marine services company APM SA is seeking a loan of €10 million (about CFA6.5 billion) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to finance its expansion strategy. The request will be reviewed by the IFC’s board of directors on June 20, according to a recent information note from the institution. If approved, the resources […]
31, May 2023
Boko Haram: Far North Governor Asks for More Border Troops after New Attacks 0
Officials in northern Cameroon have in a crisis meeting on Wednesday requested more troops from Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad to be deployed to their common border after fresh Boko Haran attacks killed at least 12 people including six soldiers on Tuesday. The officials say several hundred heavily armed Islamist extremists have infiltrated the volatile Lake […]
31, May 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Report the Ambazonia conflict and perish 0
In Cameroon’s capital city Yaoundé lives a baker like no other. He did not want to be a baker, but circumstances forced him to become one to remain alive. Lambert Kehven did not dream of becoming a baker, but a journalist. He started working as a journalist in Kumbo in the Bui division in the […]
3, June 2023
French Cameroun: Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on security post in Mora 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Islamic state on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a security post in northern Cameroon, the group said in a statement on telegram. Two customs officers, a policeman and a civilian, were killed in the attack that took place on Tuesday at the entrance to the town of Mora in Cameroon’s far north region, […]