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9, January 2024
Biya’s new fiscal measures leading to salary cuts 0
Effective January 1, 2024, with the implementation of Cameroon’s 2024 fiscal law, the government has introduced new tax measures expected to lead to an inevitable decrease in salaries for some workers. According to Célestin Tawamba, the leader of Cameroonian business leaders, these measures are projected to result in a salary reduction ranging from 5% to […]
9, January 2024
Cleaning the sinful church: Bishop Bibi prohibits Bushu from celebrating Holy Mass 0
Bishop Emmanuel B. Bushu, who retired from the pastoral care of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Buea in December 2019, has been prohibited from celebrating or concelebrating Holy Mass in public in the Cameroonian Episcopal See without the “explicit permission” of his successor. In a letter circulated on Sunday, January 7, the Local Ordinary of Buea […]
9, January 2024
Biya regime faces inflation challenges as rates persist above CEMAC threshold 0
Cameroon’s inflation rate over the past year averaged 7.5% in November 2023, according to information released by the national statistics agency INS. Although this indicator is down by 0.2% compared to October 2023’s 7.7%, it still represents more than double the 3% threshold tolerated in the Cemac. According to the document, inflation rates remain above […]
9, January 2024
Yaoundé to introduce malaria vaccine 0
Cameroon will introduce the malaria vaccine on Jan. 22, according to Manaouda Malachie, the country’s minister of public health. The move is part of concerted efforts to enhance the fight against malaria and reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the disease, the minister said in a statement released Monday night. “The selected vaccine, Mosquirix RTS, […]
9, January 2024
Yaoundé: Kamto calls for single candidate to face Biya in next election 0
Leaders of Cameroon’s main opposition party say they are negotiating with more than 30 opposition leaders to present a single candidate in the next election, should 91-year-old President Paul Biya be incapacitated by ill health. The opposition reacted after Biya, who has ruled for more than four decades, made no mention of running for re-election […]
8, January 2024
Football: Thierry Henry reveals battle with depression throughout his career 0
Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry has revealed he suffered with depression during his stellar playing career. The 46-year-old, who won the World Cup with France and is Arsenal’s all-time top goalscorer, told the Diary of a CEO podcast that the coronavirus pandemic made him appreciate his mental health struggles as he cried “almost every […]
8, January 2024
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78 0
Franz Beckenbauer, one of German soccer’s greatest players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, German news agency DPA reported on Monday. Beckenbauer was a classy, dominant presence on the pitch for West Germany and Bayern […]
8, January 2024
TB Joshua raped and tortured worshippers 0
Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s late TB Joshua. The allegations of abuse in a secretive […]
6, January 2024
Joseph Owona, former Biya acolyte dies aged 78 0
Professor Joseph Owona, a cabinet minister under President Biya and a successful academic, has died aged 78. A Cameroon government embassy official in Paris, France confirmed the death of the peer, who became Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and was later appointed Secretary General at the Presidency. Owona served as right-hand man to […]
12, January 2024
5 Amba fighters killed in military offensive in Southern Cameroons 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
At least five separatist fighters have been killed in an offensive by Cameroon’s military against armed separatists in the restive English-speaking Northwest Region, local and army sources said Tuesday night. The attack took place early Tuesday in the Ewai village of the region. Cameroonian troops raided a separatist hideout, which was serving as the main […]