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8, November 2024
Paul Biya at 100 years old: it is Swiss life expectancy that counts 0
Paul Biya’s faithful supporters celebrated his 42 years in power in Cameroon this week. An official statement praised both his record and his discreet style of leadership, while also hinting at a potential candidacy for the 2025 presidential election. With 91 years on this planet, 42 of which have now been spent in Etoudi Palace, […]
8, November 2024
3 Boko Haram militants killed in Cameroon military offensive 0
At least three members of the Boko Haram terror group have been killed in Cameroon’s Far North region, security sources said Thursday. They were killed in a military offensive against the terror group in the region’s Walassa locality Wednesday night, a senior military official in the region said. “They (Boko Haram) tried to fight back […]
8, November 2024
Biya regime, Société Générale, Allianz lose CFA5 Billion in YUP mobile money collapse 0
Shareholders in YUP Cameroon, a mobile payment subsidiary of Société Générale, have lost nearly $8 million (around CFA4.8 billion) as the company shut down in 2022, according to a liquidation notice disclosed by Africa Intelligence. Société Générale Cameroon held over 80% of the company, while other shareholders included the State of Cameroon and Allianz Cameroon, though their […]
8, November 2024
Biya regime borrows CFA1 trillion in foreign currency in first nine months of 2024 0
Cameroon’s public debt rose significantly in the first nine months of 2024. According to data from Cameroon’s debt management agency, the national sinking fund (CAA), the country’s Treasury borrowed CFA1.079 trillion from international lenders between January and September. Ten new loans were signed with various financial institutions to support development projects and help accelerate domestic […]
8, November 2024
Football: Kylian Mbappé left out of France squad for Israel and Italy games 0
Kylian Mbappé has been left out of the France squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Israel and Italy, with coach Didier Deschamps insisting the absence of the Real Madrid superstar “is for the best”. It is the second successive France squad from which the national team captain has been absent after he […]
6, November 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Norway extends detention of Ayaba Cho Lucas 0
The Oslo District Court in Norway has extended the preventive detention of Ayaba Cho Lucas, leader of the Ambazonia Defence Force, for an additional four weeks. According to the decision, the separatist leader will remain under detention until November 19, 2024. The extension aims to prevent tampering with evidence. The court has also imposed restrictions […]
6, November 2024
US: Donald Trump declares victory as he addresses jubilant supporters 0
Donald Trump declares victory in the US election as he addresses jubilant supporters in Florida “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” he says to cheering crowds The Republican has picked up the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, leaving Kamala Harris with only a narrow path to victory Just before […]
5, November 2024
Dschang: three killed in landslide at La Falaise 0
At least three people were killed in a landslide in West region on Tuesday, according to Governor Augustine Fonka Awa. Heavy rains triggered a landslide at a steep hill at La Falaise locality in Dschang town of the region, blocking road access. The authorities deployed excavators to reopen the closed roads, but a subsequent landslide […]
5, November 2024
Archbishop Kleda urges Biya, other ageing leaders to step aside for a new generation 0
Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Douala has urged Cameroon’s ageing rulers to resign and let a new generation emerge as leaders of the country. Speaking with local news channel RTVC, the archbishop also spoke out against bad governance, electoral malpractices, corruption and the disconnect between Cameroon’s natural resources, and the crushing poverty under which Cameroonians now […]
10, November 2024
French Cameroun: 12 bodies recovered from Dschang landslides 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Workers have recovered 12 bodies following landslides that engulfed a road in the west of Cameroon, a regional official said Saturday, adding there is no hope of finding survivors. State television CRTV reported the comments by the governor of West region, Augustine Awa Fonka. “In our opinion, there is no longer any possibility of finding […]