Ecobank Cameroun reported a record net profit of 27.292 billion CFA francs for fiscal year 2025, up 30% from 21.05 billion a year earlier. The bank announced the results after its annual general meeting held on April 30, 2026, in Douala. According to the bank, earnings exceeded budget forecasts by 34%. The figures are subject […]
NATO said on Saturday it was working with the United States to understand Washington’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany as a rift in transatlantic ties deepens over the US-Israeli war against Iran. The Pentagon’s announcement of the troop withdrawal follows a spat between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who […]
Following the recent visit of His Holiness Pope Leo, tensions in Southern Cameroons have escalated once again, marking a troubling return to violence in the English speaking regions of Cameroon. Several reports indicate that armed clashes have resumed, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 civilians in Ndzerem-Nyam village and 2 government soldiers in […]
The National Assembly of Cameroon has ordered the urgent return of several official vehicles, giving concerned officials a strict 48-hour deadline to comply. According to an internal memo dated April 29, 2026, and signed by the Director of Cabinet to the Speaker of the House, Isaac Tamba, the directive targets multiple senior staff members accused […]
Nine migrants from four African countries arrived this week in Cameroon after being expelled from the United States, part of a deal between the two countries, one of their lawyers told AFP on Thursday. The deportees arrived Wednesday and were from Ghana, Angola, Ethiopia and Congo-Brazzaville. Cameroon is among several African countries that have agreed […]
The Cameroonian armed forces killed 14 people it called “terrorists,” in the country’s volatile northwest, the defense ministry said. Cameroon’s two anglophone regions have suffered almost a decade of armed violence following attempts to secede from the rest of the mostly French-speaking central African country. In a statement released Thursday, Cameroon’s defense ministry said its […]
Germany steps in as a facilitator for Cameroon in preparing the mobilization of financing for major infrastructure projects. This direction was reaffirmed on April 28, 2026, in Yaoundé, following intergovernmental discussions between the two countries. The focus is on a portfolio of 27 structuring projects under public-private partnerships, including nine identified as priorities. These projects […]
Importers of mobile phones and other digital devices are attempting to bypass Cameroon’s new customs clearance system, in force since April 1, 2026. In a statement issued on April 27, Finance Minister Louis Paul Motazé said that between April 1 and April 25, about 700,000 new mobile phones connected for the first time to local […]
A top IRGC commander says Iran will respond to any enemy aggression with prolonged and painful blows, adding that American naval vessels will share the fate of US military bases in the region. Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi warned US Central Command on Thursday over […]
Football’s power brokers meet in Vancouver on Thursday as FIFA convenes its 76th Congress, a high stakes gathering less than two months before the biggest World Cup ever opens across Canada, Mexico and the United States The Iran war, World Cup logistical headaches and the unresolved question of Russia’s international ban are set to feature […]
