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23, February 2024
China remained Cameroon’s leading supplier in 2022 0
The National Institute of Statistics recently issued a statement, providing data on Cameroon’s trade exchanges in 2022. According to the document, Cameroon imported goods worth CFA775.8 billion FCFA from China over the period, representing 15.8% of its total imports. Even though China maintained its leading position, it did lose a bit of its market share, […]
22, February 2024
Biya increases family allowances and public sector salaries 0
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya signed two decrees yesterday approving the increase in both family allowances and the salaries of public sector employees. The fist decree concerns family allowances provided by the National Social Insurance Fund and the Ministry of Finance, which the President raised to CFA4500 monthly per dependent child. This adjustment represents a more […]
22, February 2024
Former Indomitable Lions coach Artur Jorge dies 0
Former Cameroon, Portugal and European Cup-winning Porto coach Artur Jorge has died aged 78, his family announced on Thursday. Jorge led Porto to their maiden continental trophy with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the 1987 European Cup final in Vienna. He also won seven Portuguese league titles, four as a player with […]
22, February 2024
Kremlin lashes out after Joe Biden aims sweary barb at Vladimir Putin 0
The Kremlin has accused Joe Biden of attempting to appear like a “Hollywood cowboy” after the US president called Vladimir Putin “a crazy SOB”. Mr Biden made the comments at a public fundraising event on Wednesday in California, warning about the threat of nuclear conflict. In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it a poor […]
20, February 2024
Biya sacks his new Spy Chief Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo 0
91-year-old President Biya has sacked the Director General of External Research, Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo barely two months after he took over from Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. The reason for sacking Ghoumo remains unclear but the external intelligence agency has struggled to steady itself following the arrest of former director Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. Cameroon Intelligence […]
20, February 2024
Marseille sack Gattuso and replaced him with Gasset recently fired by Ivory Coast 0
Marseille have sacked Gennaro Gattuso as their manager and replaced him with Jean-Louis Gasset. Gattuso took over at the French club in late September and leaves with the club ninth in Ligue 1. The Italian claimed just nine wins from his 24 matches as manager, losing six times during his spell in charge. Gasset, 70, […]
20, February 2024
Football: Kylian Mbappe agrees Real Madrid deal to join in summer 0
Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has agreed to join Real Madrid this summer. The France captain, 25, has told PSG he intends to leave the club with his contract expiring in June. Mbappe has not signed a contract with Real yet, but the deal could be announced once it is no longer possible for the […]
20, February 2024
Ambazonia Interim Government: No option but armed Amba fighters to fight off Yaoundé aggression 0
There is no option left for the people of Southern Cameroons but armed Amba fighters to fight off the genocide campaign the French Cameroun regime in Yaoundé is exercising in the Ambazonia homeland, says Vice President Dabney Yerima. “The Southern Cameroons struggle has its roots in strong historic facts and faith and Southern Cameroons young […]
20, February 2024
Widow of Haiti’s president indicted in his assassination 0
A Haitian judge in charge the investigation into the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean nation’s last president has charged some fifty people, including his widow and a former prime minister, according to a document leaked to local media. According to the 122-page document from Judge Walther Wesser Voltaire, made public by AyiboPost, the president’s widow […]
23, February 2024
George Elokobi believes FA Cup run has brought Maidstone into global focus 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
George Elokobi believes Maidstone’s FA Cup adventure has catapulted them onto the global stage. The Stones are the first team outside of the top five divisions to reach the fifth round since Blyth Spartans in 1978. Their run, including the memorable 2-1 win at Ipswich last month, has captured the imagination from Kent to Cameroon […]