Internet access in Cameroon is significantly disrupted as protests continue over alleged irregularities in this month’s presidential election, Internet monitor NetBlocks said on Thursday. “We can confirm a significant, ongoing disruption to internet connectivity in Cameroon which may limit coverage of events on the ground,” NetBlocks said in an email to Reuters. Cameroon’s constitutional council […]
A senior opposition leader is calling on Cameroonians to demonstrate until the country’s ailing president, Paul Biya, packs and leaves the Unity Palace. The senior opposition politician who elected anonymity said the demonstrations which must start immediately the constitutional council hands the people’s victory to a man who has ruled the country for 43 years […]
As ruling party officials are calling for calm, so too are young Cameroonians planning to make Cameroon ungovernable with the objective of taking the country’s ailing president out of the presidential palace. Cameroonian youths are tired being unemployed, molested by the country’s authorities and disrespected by their government. Cameroonian youths are tired being babies. They […]
A stolen election, dressed in constitutional formality, is broad daylight robbery sanctified by cowards. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” When Thomas Paine wrote those immortal words in the winter of revolution during the American war of independence, he was not speaking to soldiers alone; he was speaking to every soul faced with […]
Cameroon’s electricity sector is sinking deeper into financial distress, weighed down by mounting debt, underinvestment, and the fragility of its operators. According to the Energy Compact Country Report from the Ministry of Water and Energy (Minee), Eneo Cameroun, the national power distributor, recorded total debt of CFA800 billion at the end of 2024, including CFA500 […]
Tensions are rising between the President Biya and Tchiroma Bakary camps as Cameroon’s constitutional council must announce presidential election results by Sunday. But according to Jeune Afrique’s information, Biya has extended a hand to his opponent. Cameroon’s Commission Nationale de Recensement des Votes declared President Paul Biya the winner with 53.66% of the votes in […]
As Cameroonians await the final presidential election results, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, the Archbishop of Bamenda and President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC), has called for calm amid the anticipated official announcement. In a statement shared with Vatican News, the Cameroonian Bishops’ message seems aimed at soothing frayed nerves in the country […]
At least 20 people have been arrested in Cameroon in connection with protests over the Oct. 12 presidential election, authorities said on Tuesday, as tensions mounted ahead of the proclamation of results expected later this week. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, confirmed the arrest of some of the protesters in the northern […]
A senior member of Mr. Issa Tchiroma’s party has informed Cameroon Concord News that if the country’s constitutional council hands over victory to the outgoing president, Paul Biya, Cameroonians will make the country ungovernable. The senior official who spoke on conditions of anonymity with the Cameroon Concord News Group Chairman, Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai, said that […]
Opposition presidential candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has announced plans to publish ‘original’ polling station reports to prove his victory in Cameroon’s October 12 presidential election. He said this while challenging early trends that favor incumbent President Paul Biya. In a statement released Sunday, Tchiroma said, “To ensure transparency and prevent any manipulation, our campaign team […]
