Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass on Friday at the hospital where he is recovering from a lung cancer operation, as seen in the first images of him released by the Vatican since the procedure. The images showed the 71-year-old Chicago-born pope in front of a makeshift altar in a room on the 10th floor of […]
President Paul Biya has been declared alive and working by a senior presidential aide following renewed social media rumours claiming he had died, with the presidency dismissing the reports on Friday, October 16, 2026. Samuel Mvondo Ayolo, director of the Civil Cabinet at the Cameroonian presidency, rejected the claim in comments to Jeune Afrique, asking, […]
A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school, authorities said. Authorities found the suspect dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was first reported, Bend Police Chief […]
Bank accounts used by Orange Money Cameroon and Mobile Money Corporation Cameroon (MTN MoMo) to hold funds linked to customer transactions generated CFA21.5 billion in reported interest income, according to the 2025 report of Cameroon’s National Economic and Financial Committee (CNEF), published on October 2, 2026. Orange Money accounted for CFA9.9 billion of that amount, […]
Much-needed military reinforcements against Boko Haram must be matched by sustained territorial control and well-coordinated operations. Cameroon’s Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo last month announced the formation of a Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) Lake Chad military unit in response to increasing jihadist violence in the Lake Chad region. Recent assaults in Darak, Bargaram and Hilé-Alifa […]