A declaration by Cameroon’s territorial administration minister to make two opposition coalitions illegal is part of a government crackdown on opposition and dissent. On March 12, 2024, the minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said in a statement that the Political Alliance for Change (Alliance politique pour le changement, APC), led by Jean-Michel Nintcheu, and the Political […]
Former Brazil international football player Robinho has been arrested to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape. He was convicted two years ago in Italy for his part in the gang rape of an Albanian woman at a night club in Milan in 2013. Robinho, 40, was arrested at his flat in his home city […]
When officials of Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, instituted a sanitation day which is supposed to take place every Thursday, many in the city were elated, hoping that such an action would roll back the garbage that lined the city’s streets. But this hope has been short-lived as the sanitation day is being used by alcohol […]
French President Emmanuel Macron’s new boxing photos have aroused “mockery” as social media users ask if he was trying to send a message to his counterpart Vladimir Putin of Russia. Macron’s official photographer, Soazig de la Moissonnière, posted two black and white images of the president, showing him hitting a punching bag with gritted teeth […]
The Bank of Central African States (Beac) plans to initiate three bond issuances targeting the community’s banks between March 18 and April 1, 2024. According to the timetable just published by Michel Dzombala, Beac’s vice-governor, these operations aim to withdraw a total of CFA150 billion from bank vaults (CF50 billion per operation), as part of […]
CESCO is preparing to install a steel mill building and external grain storage facility in Cameroon. The project was financed by the German bank AKA-Bank with the support of the German Euler Hermes Export Credit Insurance. CESCO’s team recently conducted an inspection of the site to ensure all the groundwork is in place before construction […]
The Cameroon government has threatened to arrest members of two opposition parties, accusing them of seeking to create coalitions and alliances for a transitional government to oust 90-year-old President Paul Biya, who has been in power for more than four decades. Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji last week ordered an end to activities of […]
Paul Biya, the tribal chief passing for a head of state, has faced allegations of corruption and authoritarianism during his long tenure. Critics have accused his Beti-Bulu-Ewondo government of widespread corruption, human rights abuses and political repression. And he remains the master at curbing press freedoms. Is Biya taking the last kicks of a dying […]
Wilfried Nathan Douala made the news when he was picked for the Cameroon national side for two reasons: the first being that he was the youngest player at this year’s AFCON at 17 years old, and the second being that there were doubts that the first reason was true. There were immediate question marks over […]
Armed separatists in Southern Cameroons have killed over 80 soldiers and police since their insurgency began in September last year, the government said in a report on Wednesday that suggests the conflict is intensifying. What began in late 2016 as a peaceful movement calling for greater representation of the mostly French-speaking country’s Anglophone minority morphed […]
