Two German United Nations (UN) peacekeepers were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed as they were monitoring clashes in northern Mali, German and UN officials say. UN diplomats confirmed that the attack helicopter and the crew had been supplied by Germany to MINUSMA, the UN mission in Mali. “Sadly we now know that two Bundeswehr […]
“Yes, we can reduce the unemployment rate among youths in Cameroon. Analysis of data on vacancies and unemployment, as well as data on geographic and industry skill mismatch finds no evidence that unemployment is mainly due to a mismatch of jobs and workers. Instead, an increase in demand for goods and services would almost certainly […]
Two months ago, a private contractor working for the United States (US) military posted a photograph on Facebook. It was taken at the Salak military base in Cameroon’s far north, where Cameroon’s elite Rapid Intervention Brigade (Brigade d’Intervention Rapide, or BIR) has its headquarters, and where the US military maintains an outpost. An unidentified number […]
Union Sports de Douala has announced on its Facebook page that the world football governing body, FIFA has ordered the Egyptian club Al Ittihad to pay the player Samuel Nlend the sum of 440, 000 US dollars for wrongful termination of a contract. The Union statement said “FIFA has just condemned the Alexandria based club […]
The International Monetary Fund announced Wednesday it will launch a new tool to support governments in financial trouble: one that involves no money. Instead of providing cheap loans to countries, the new IMF tool will serve as a good housekeeping seal of approval for a government’s reform program. With that approval in hand governments would […]
Emmanuel Macron’s popularity dropped in July to the lowest rating for a French president two months into his term, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, in a sign that controversy over spending cuts and tax reform are taking a toll. Forty-two percent of those surveyed by Ipsos pollsters have a positive view of Macron’s action […]
The ten CPDM regional Governors have been told to pledge allegiance to President Biya in the 2018 presidential elections. The Biya appointees were summoned to the nation’s capital Yaoundé for a meeting that started on Tuesday 25th July 2017. The regime announced over state radio and television that the governors are meeting under the theme […]
Roger Milla, who shot to worldwide fame for his World Cup goal celebrations, is now tackling flooding with a scheme to turn plastic blocking Cameroon’s drains into building blocks. Milla’s Coeur d’Afrique (Heart of Africa) is paying unemployed young people to collect the plastic which blocks drains and exacerbates flooding in Cameroon, with the waste […]
Regardless of what anyone may think about the Anglophone problem, what even President Biya cannot dispute is that Anglophone grievances are genuine. Anglophones have lost faith in the country and the status quo is not sustainable. After 55 years of marginalization and discrimination, there is no better time than now to address the structural and […]
The Bamenda County in Southern Cameroons reportedly staged a massive ghost town operation on Monday the 24th of July 2017 and there are reports that the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium intends to include Thursdays in the on-going civil disobedience campaign. The Monday ghost town rocked the trial of the Roman Catholic Bishops that was […]
