Following the government’s announcement on Monday, January 30, that fuel prices will go up come February 2023, Cameroonians across the country rushed to filling stations to top their tanks, causing long lines at the filling stations. Cameroonians are now faced with a fuel price rise of about 15 percent, meaning a litre of diesel that […]
Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and distrust that have fuelled so many bloody conflicts in Africa. Addressing more than 65,000 young people in Martyrs Stadium, Francis spoke of forgiveness and reconciliation, themes that have dominated his visit to […]
The Special Criminal Court sentenced former minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o to thirty years in jail for engaging in massive fraud during his time at the head of the defense ministry. The Francophone Beti Ewondo political figure was charged with organizing, directing and engaging in criminal activity. The Special Criminal Court jury dominated by judges […]
Carlo Ancelotti on Wednesday said the football calendar is too demanding for players. Los Blancos play in the Club World Cup in Morocco later in February and remain in contention for the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Spanish league title. Madrid lost the Spanish Super Cup final against Barcelona in January, with the competition […]
Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. 15 launch event in Charleston, at which she plans to announce her campaign, according to a person familiar with the plans but not authorised to speak publicly […]
Cameroon military officials say they have killed General Transporter, a key Ambazonia commander of the Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces, in a special military operation on the Kumba-Mamfe highway. Cameroon Intelligence Report gathered that the renowned Amba fighter was killed during a gunfight after the Francophone dominated army descended on the Kumba-Mamfe road some few kilometers […]
The International Monetary Fund and Cameroon have reached a staff-level agreement that will give the country access to around $74.6 million once the Board formally completes the review, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. The announcement followed an IMF mission to Cameroon earlier this month and virtual meetings to discuss progress made on […]
Pope Francis landed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for a visit that will highlight the human cost of decades of conflict in the vast central African country, which is rich in minerals but where millions are displaced and live in poverty. Francis is the first pope to visit Congo since John Paul II […]
Nigeria’s former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to attend as she is in hospital. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, appeared at the Old Bailey court on Tuesday morning wearing a grey tracksuit top, speaking only to […]
Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet has stepped down from a top Holy See position due to his age, the Vatican said Monday. Ouellet, 78 is retiring as head of the Vatican’s Dicastery, or department, for bishops, it said. Pope Francis “has accepted the resignation presented, due to (the cardinal’s) reaching the age limit,” the Vatican statement […]
