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13, October 2023
Yaoundé is accountable for sexual exploitation of Anglophone girls in Nigeria 0
Cameroon Concord News Group holds President Biya and his ruling Beti Ewondo political elites accountable for the unfolding sexual exploitation and harassment of Southern Cameroons girls in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Hundreds of young Southern Cameroons girls lured also to East Cameroun territory have been subjected to sexual abuse and they and many young […]
13, October 2023
Burkina Faso signs agreement with Russia for nuclear power plant 0
Burkina Faso’s government said Friday that it had signed an agreement with Russia for the construction of a nuclear power plant to “cover the energy needs of the population,” less than a quarter of which has access to electricity. “The government of Burkina Faso has signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a […]
12, October 2023
Africa Cup of Nations: Hosts Ivory Coast to face Nigeria in group 0
Hosts Ivory Coast were joined in Group A by Nigeria in the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan on Thursday. Fast-improving Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, who have qualified for a fourth straight edition, complete the mini-league. Other heavyweight pairings included defending champions Senegal with five-time winners Cameroon, while Africa’s first World Cup […]
12, October 2023
Biya regime warns of heavy rains, high winds 0
Transport Minister Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe warned on Wednesday that Cameroon will experience heavy rains, sometimes followed by violent winds, throughout October and November. Six regions, including the Far North, North, Adamawa, Northwest, West, and East, will be affected. The rains will be in excess relative to the climatology of the regions, Bibehe said […]
12, October 2023
Death in Kondengui of Anglophone priest, a stain on Yaounde’s rights record 0
Rev. Father Andrew Ambezieh was incarcerated since 2017 at the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison in Yaoundé on fabricated terrorism charges. He was sentenced in 2018 to 12 years in prison and reportedly granted bail in 2019 but was never released until his passing. The Roman Catholic cleric who hailed from Tezie Ngie in Momo faced […]
12, October 2023
Gabon: Wife of deposed president Ali Bongo jailed 0
The wife of Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest since a coup in the central African country in late August, has been jailed, her lawyer said on Thursday. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday, her lawyer Francois Zimeray told AFP, condemning the “arbitrary… […]
12, October 2023
Attack on Israel: Netanyahu says every Hamas member is a dead man 0
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said every Hamas member was “a dead man” after the first meeting of his country’s emergency government. Alongside him, opposition figure Benny Gantz said it was “a time for war”. But US President Joe Biden said he had spoken to Mr Netanyahu and made it clear that Israel must “operate […]
11, October 2023
Biya-Putin Connection: Cameroon-flagged dark tanker adrift off Indonesia 0
A 26-year-old oil tanker, part of the shadow fleet hauling Russian crude, is currently adrift in the Indian Ocean. As first reported by Bloomberg, the 106,547 dwt aframax tanker Turba is located some 300 km west of Aceh, Indonesia, and is signalling that it is not under command – meaning it cannot manoeuvre on its […]
11, October 2023
Yaounde-Mbankolo Disaster: Minister Gregoire Owona is to blame 0
The Yaoundé floods disaster which has already killed more than 20 people and rendered hundreds of Cameroonians homeless is clearly being blamed on Gregoire Owona, a government minister in the Biya regime who has a massive illegal fish pond in the neighborhood. On the fateful night of the accident, heavy rains in Yaoundé breached the […]
14, October 2023
IMF agrees funding boost, extra Africa board seat 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
The IMF announced Saturday member nations agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third seat on its executive board at its first meetings on the continent since 1973. Boosting the International Monetary Fund’s quota resources and giving Africa a bigger voice within the institution were among the priorities […]