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23, March 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: second deputy mayor of Babessi Council shot dead 0
Ambazonia fighters have reportedly killed a prominent mayor in the Northwest region on Saturday morning, according to local police. Solomon Nkwato, the second deputy mayor of Babessi Council of Ngoketunjia Division in the region, was shot dead as he was about to leave his home, police said without elaborating. Local media reported that the mayor […]
23, March 2024
US: Cameroonian National sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud 0
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Njuh Valentine Fombe, a/k/a “Valentine”, age 37, a Cameroonian citizen, formerly residing in Beltsville, Maryland, today to 12 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering, and for aggravated identity theft, in connection with a business […]
22, March 2024
CPDM Crime Syndicate elects Cavaye Yeguie Djibril as National Assembly speaker 0
Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, a senior member of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, Cameroon’s ruling party, was reelected the country’s House Speaker of National Assembly Friday. During an elective plenary sitting of the House in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, Cavaye was reelected with 143 votes out of 156 votes, and there were 13 void votes. […]
22, March 2024
Nintcheu and Sisiku Ayuk Tabe Meeting: Biya regime bans opposition coalitions 0
A declaration by Cameroon’s territorial administration minister to make two opposition coalitions illegal is part of a government crackdown on opposition and dissent. On March 12, 2024, the minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said in a statement that the Political Alliance for Change (Alliance politique pour le changement, APC), led by Jean-Michel Nintcheu, and the Political […]
22, March 2024
Football: Former Brazil international Robinho arrested to serve rape sentence 0
Former Brazil international football player Robinho has been arrested to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape. He was convicted two years ago in Italy for his part in the gang rape of an Albanian woman at a night club in Milan in 2013. Robinho, 40, was arrested at his flat in his home city […]
22, March 2024
Douala Sanitation Day: A mockery of sanitation! 0
When officials of Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, instituted a sanitation day which is supposed to take place every Thursday, many in the city were elated, hoping that such an action would roll back the garbage that lined the city’s streets. But this hope has been short-lived as the sanitation day is being used by alcohol […]
21, March 2024
Anti-extortion campaign: North West mayors commit to free civil registration document issuance 0
At least 13 of the 34 mayors in the North West Region of Cameroon have issued statements emphasizing their commitment to ensuring the free issuance of civil status documents in their respective councils henceforth. They have also expressed their resolve to dismantle “middlemen” networks which often mastermind extortion from those seeking civil registration services. The […]
21, March 2024
Bishops of Yaoundé Ecclesiastical Province discuss Church and the digital world 0
The first ordinary annual session of the Bishops’ Conference of the Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé in Cameroon, was held recently. “The Church and the digital world: issues and challenges for evangelization,” was the theme of the plenary. The assembly took place at the Pastoral Centre of Saint Joseph in the town of Kribi, a beach […]
20, March 2024
Spanish court sets €1.1 million bail for footballer Alves as he appeals rape conviction 0
Former Brazil international Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in a one-million-euro bail agreement denounced by the victim’s lawyer as “justice for the rich”. The ruling came a day after his lawyer requested the 40-year-old’s release on grounds he had already served a quarter of his […]
24, March 2024
“2025 will be a critical year in Cameroon” 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
2025 will be a critical year in Cameroon as parliamentary and presidential elections will be held and the presidential elections in particular will either make or break the country which has been in the spotlight for decades for all the wrong reasons. As Cameroon’s political parties start strategizing on how to edge out the unpopular […]