Cameroon has received a €73.4 million (US$80 million) loan from the African Development Bank to build a bridge across the River Ntem, which forms a natural boundary with Equatorial Guinea. The bridge building is part of the Regional Trade and Transport Facilitation Project for the economic corridor between Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The new […]
A total of 3,870 armed separatists and Boko Haram fighters have laid down weapons in Cameroon in the past five years, according to an official of the country’s National Committee on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (NCDDR). Many of the ex-fighters have been reintegrated into society and several communities are accepting them, said Francis Fai Yengo, […]
Everton submitted their appeal on Friday against a 10-point deduction handed down by the Premier League for breaches of financial sustainability rules. The Toffees have reacted furiously after being hit with the toughest sporting sanction in Premier League history for breaching loss-making limits in the 2021/22 season. Clubs in the English top flight are allowed […]
Russia said on Friday its troops were advancing in every section of the Ukrainian front, despite observers seeing little movement. The front lines have barely shifted in 2023 but fighting has remained intense. The latest major flashpoint is the nearly encircled industrial town of Avdiivka, where Ukraine said it was fending off assaults. “Our servicemen […]
Cameroon Concord News Group has honoured a Person of the Year annually since 1999. The winner is an individual or any group that has deeply influenced the people of Cameroun and Southern Cameroon over the past year. The winner of this coveted award is made public on the first day of December every year, and […]
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100. He served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. Despite leaving office in the mid-1970s, he continued to be […]
Cameroon’s national stats agency INS issued a report indicating that the country’s average annual inflation rate in October 2023 reached 7.7%. Although relatively stable compared to August 2023’s 7.8%, this figure still exceeds the 3% tolerance threshold accepted in the CEMAC zone. The INS says this inflation level is due to “a 12.3% increase in […]
The recent change of tactics by the Francophone dominated Cameroon government military in Southern Cameroons is not an honorable decision – it’s a capitulation. Biya and his Francophone political elites have already lost the war in Southern Cameroons. The best Yaoundé can hope for is exit talks with the Ambazonia Interim Government and this will […]
The first edition of the Cameroon-Asia Friendship Week kicked off in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon, on Monday. The event was attended by senior government officials from Cameroon and diplomats representing various Asian countries. “Its objective is to strengthen friendship, solidarity and cooperation between Cameroon and its Asian partners,” said Cameroon’s Foreign Minister Lejeune […]
At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a road accident in Cameroon’s West region on Tuesday, local police and authorities said. A speeding passenger bus lost control and collided with an oncoming truck along the Bafoussam-Foumban highway, killing eight people at the scene, the local police said. State media Cameroon Tribune […]
