Cameroon’s military plans to redeploy troops to its borders with Nigeria and the Central African Republic after an increase in attacks from militants and rebels. The military said hundreds of Boko Haram fighters are hiding in the bush after last week’s invasion of the Mayo Moskota district on the northern border with Nigeria. The Cameroon […]
Donald Trump raped a prominent former American columnist then “ridiculed” her with defamatory comments, a US civil trial hearing a lawsuit against the ex-president was told Tuesday. A lawyer for Trump, who denies the allegations, said the plaintiff E. Jean Carroll was motivated by money and fame as opening arguments kicked off the much-anticipated proceedings. […]
This article examines the rebirth of multipartism in Cameroon in the early 1990. How it came with no effective democratic political institutions to accommodate it. What further exacerbated matters was the inability of these political parties to present programs that reflected the aspirations of the populace. Thus a spirit of resignation, poverty, hatred, amongst other […]
Six soldiers from the so-called 42 mechanized division were killed when a Boko Haram mine exploded early Monday April 24 2023 in the Mayo-Tsanaga Division. The attack happened on the Bovongola-Zeleved road. It comes two weeks after a Boko Haram assault on a military convoy in the same area that left four Cameroon government army […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn in to office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for another four years. Biden, who […]
Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, has just celebrated 29 years of ‘blissful’ marriage to his wife, Chantal Biya, who is noted for her flaming red hair. The pictures of the event, which have been trending online, were designed to demonstrate how powerful the couple is but feedback from many observers leaves much to be desired. Supporters […]
Police in Turin on Monday said they had fined 171 Juventus fans and banned them from their stadium following racist chants leveled at Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku. During the April 4 first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final between Juve and Inter Milan, Lukaku was subjected to monkey chants by some Juventus fans, in […]
Pan-African financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has committed €56 million towards a rural electrification initiative in Cameroon. The funding will enable the construction of up to 87 off-grid solar photovoltaic systems across 200 localities in the country, electrifying 1,000 localities with clean power. The financing package was signed by Georges Elombi, Executive Vice […]
Chad’s nationalization of the 1000-km oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon has led to a full-blown legal and diplomatic crisis between the two neighboring African countries, coming on the heels of ExxonMobil’s decision to divest from its hydrocarbon operations in December of last year. In the latest escalation of the dispute over the sale of […]
Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. Evacuation flights were continuing early Monday, with hundreds of people flown out overnight on military aircraft. Foreigners also fled the capital Khartoum in a long United Nations convoy, while millions of […]
