Lejeune Mbella, the foreign minister of Cameroon, said on Friday that starting on April 30, all applications for entrance visas to Cameroon must be submitted online. The minister said that applications will be processed “exclusively” online using the website www.evisacam.cm, after which the applicant would be given an online authorisation for a visa. Mbella said […]
Ottawa will have to show a little more patience before attempting to initiate talks again about the Southern Cameroon Crisis. Its assistant deputy minister for global affairs, Peter MacDougall, was expected in Cameroon at the end of March, but Yaoundé ended up cancelling at the last minute, reports Africa Intelligence. All known peace initiatives including […]
For decades, Cameroon has distinguished itself in more ways than one. The country was once considered a rising footballing nation in 1990s following its stellar performance at the 1990 World Cup. But for some time now, the world has been helplessly watching the country’s footballing performance take a nosedive, with small countries like Cape Verde, […]
Kylian Mbappe has embarked on a spectacular rant at current club Paris Saint-Germain after he was left unimpressed by using him as their poster boy for season tickets ahead of next summer’s new campaign. The French forward displayed his vehement anger towards his employers after using an image of himself to get fans onboard with […]
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are expected to grow at a slower pace in 2023, as double-digit food inflation adds pressure on poorer households and the impact of food insecurity can span generations, according to the World Bank’s latest economic update. Titled “Altered Destinies: The Long-Term Effects of Rising Prices and […]
Five months before elections, the parliament in Gabon on Thursday voted to reduce the president’s term from seven to five years. The vote amends the Constitution and also turns the presidential election into a single round. Sections of the opposition criticised the changes, in particular the end of two rounds of voting, as a means […]
Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, dubbed “the immortal” for his longevity in politics, was “stable” Thursday after a night in intensive care but has reportedly been diagnosed with leukaemia. The 86-year-old media mogul and senator, who has been in and out of hospital in recent years, was admitted Wednesday to the cardiac unit at […]
Frank Lampard is set to return for a second spell in charge of Chelsea on an interim basis until the end of the season, according to reports on Wednesday. Lampard, who was sacked earlier this season by Everton, was dismissed by Chelsea in 2021 after 18 months in charge. Sky Sports and The Athletic reported […]
Lawyers acting for a university student who died in the custody of Cameroon’s military intelligence are calling for the government to create an independent commission to investigate the death. The body of Ngule Linus was taken by plainclothes officers to a hospital in Buea, Southwest Cameroon, hours after he and a friend were arrested, the […]
Cameroon says fighting between troops and rebels is slowing reconstruction of homes, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings in its troubled western regions. Authorities say in the three years since the launch of a reconstruction plan for thousands of homes and hundreds of public buildings damaged in the seven-year separatist conflict, less than 100 have […]
