91 year-old President Paul Biya on Wednesday evening signed a decree postponing municipal elections scheduled for February next year. The decree extended the mandate for current municipal councilors for a year from its expiry date of Feb. 25, 2025 to May 31, 2026. The decree came barely two weeks after the country’s National Assembly, or […]
Former US president Barack Obama is reportedly planning to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’s bid to run in the 2024 presidential election. Citing four people familiar with discussions between the two sides, NBC reported on Thursday that Obama has privately supported Harris’ candidacy as the Democratic Party nominee for president, and plans to endorse her […]
President Paul Biya signed a decree authorizing Finance Minister Louis Paul Motazé to secure a total of CFA616 billion in loans for the state. This amount is allocated for “financing development projects included in Cameroon’s 2024 finance law and settling outstanding payments (invoices pending with the Treasury),” according to the presidential decree. Of this total, […]
Condemnation is widespread in Cameroon following government threats to arrest civilians who criticize the country’s president. The threats increased after Cameroon’s political opposition accused President Paul Biya of postponing elections. In a release Tuesday, Human Rights Watch described the threats as censorship of free speech. Cameroon’s opposition says it is not intimidated by threats from […]
President Paul Biya, was scheduled to leave Yaoundé, the nation’s capital, yesterday in what was dubbed as a private visit to an unknown destination in Europe. Sources at the Unity Palace in Yaoundé have hinted the Cameroon Concord News Group that Mr. Biya, 91, who is going through tough health challenges, was being rushed to […]
The head of the US Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle says she plans to quit following security lapses in the run up to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump In a tense appearance before a Congressional Committee, Cheatle had described the attack as the Service’s most significant operational failure in decades During the hearing, lawmakers from […]
In a decree issued on July 16, Emmanuel Mariel Djikdent, the head of the Mfoundi division, where the capital Yaoundé is situated, stated that “anyone who dangerously insults the [state] institutions or the person who embodies them,” could be banned from staying in the division. Djikdent issued this decree to “preserve public order.” Two days […]
BAT Cameroun has condemned the expropriation of its land in the Bastos district of Yaoundé. The seizure was overseen by lands minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and several names linked to the president’s office have been cited. In France, publishing company A Média, which runs news station Africa 24, has been summoned to appear before the […]
Catholic teachers have to be peace ambassadors, imparting a culture of peace to learners, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda has said. In his homily during the annual celebration of Teachers Day in his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Nkea urged Catholic teachers to exercise their profession, which he said is characterized by […]
Vice-President Kamala Harris has attracted the support of enough Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president. A survey by the Associated Press on Monday evening said Ms Harris had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination in the first round of voting. Ms Harris said she […]
