A fleet of Russian nuclear-powered warships and fighter jets has reached the North Sea and is scheduled to enter UK territorial waters on Friday, amid rising tensions between Moscow and the Western military alliance of NATO. The Russian flotilla, including the flagship aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, should sail down the English Channel before noon on […]
Boko Haram militants have killed a senior Cameroonian soldier in an attack on a military post in the Mayo-Moskota district in the Far North region. Our source in Maroua identified the soldier as Philippe Kaldaoussa, a Sub Lieutenant serving with the Rapid Intervention Battalion. The attack was carried out on Wednesday against a patrol vehicle […]
Thirty couples from various tribes living in the West Region have legalized their unions. The enlarged ceremony that took place at the Bafoussam III Council was part of celebrations marking the 28th edition of the International Day of the Rural Woman. Municipal and Administrative Authorities who addressed the wedding ceremony jointly and severally spoke of […]
Entry tickets for the 2016 AFCON Women matches have presently been put on sale in Cameroon. The national organising committee has opted for a progressive production of these tickets explaining why just 240 tickets have been printed for initial sales. It is estimated that some four hundred thousand others shall be placed in the market […]
Republican and Democratic nominees, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, face off in the last one-on-one debate in the run-up to the US 2016 election. The third presidential debate was held at the Thomas & Mack Center of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Trump looked more restrained and disciplined as the debate started unlike previous […]
A recent World Health Organization report has revealed that, 9.6% of Cameroon’s population is obese. The findings also say obesity and overweight are common in women, a percentage of 14.3% against 4.9% for men. Statistics from the ministry of public health has also indicated that more than 2 million Cameroonians are overweight. The WHO report […]
32 matches in total will be played between January the 14th and February the 5th, 2017. • Group A: Gabon, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau • Group B: Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Zimbabwe • Group C: Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Morocco, Togo • Group D: Ghana, Mali, Egypt, Uganda • Day 1 January 14 – Group A […]
In spite of repeated cases of the confiscation of fake drugs and their destruction in public, the phenomenon seems to be resistant. Pharmacists, public authorities and other stakeholders in the medical sector have complained unceasingly against the constant commercialisation of fake drugs. Of late, it was the case of a renowned laboratory in Yaounde that reported […]
Ivory Coast will face former coach Herve Renard again after being drawn against Morocco in the group stage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Renard led the Ivorians to the 2015 title but will stand in their way in Gabon – just as he also faces them in a 2018 World Cup qualifying group. […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have discussed the latest developments regarding the battle against terrorism in Syria. During the phone conversation on Wednesday, the two leaders underlined the need for political efforts to resolve the foreign-sponsored crisis in Syria that began in March 2011. Putin stressed that Moscow’s stance on Syria has […]
