In a move that epitomises a reign defined by staggering detachment and brutal repression, Cameroon’s octogenarian dictator, Paul Biya, is preparing to abscond to the luxurious confines of a Swiss palace, a mere three weeks before a presidential election engineered to grant him an eighth term. This trip, a private vacation to Geneva’s Intercontinental Hotel, […]
The Cameroon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Handicrafts (Ccima) said it is raising awareness among its members about the upcoming Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Moscow. The announcement came in a September 15 letter from Ccima’s secretary general to the head of the Pan-African Association for Excellence, Education, Development and Friendship Between Peoples. Cameroon sees […]
The president’s only daughter published a video on social media on Thursday in which she appealed to voters and told them to not cast their ballot for her father in the upcoming presidential election. Paul Biya, incumbent president of Cameroon, might have not imagined his campaign for his planned seventh re-election as president to take […]
The World Bank Group, through its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, has closed its inaugural securitization transaction; successfully launching a new model to attract institutional private capital into emerging markets. This transaction marks the first tangible step in a larger effort to build an originate-to-distribute model for emerging market investments. The $510 million […]
The recent, coordinated international arrests of key Ambazonian leaders—the illegal detention of our President, Dr. Cho Ayaba, in Norway, and the charges against our compatriots, Benedict NwanaKuah and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, in the United States—represent a sinister and calculated escalation in the global campaign to annihilate the Ambazonian quest for self-determination. These actions are not […]
Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, yesterday, inaugurated the Babadjou-Matazem-Welcome to Bamenda road, a 35-kilometer section that marks the completion of a major infrastructure project. The inauguration also launched work on the final 12-kilometer urban crossing of Bamenda. The two projects represent the last link of the 52-kilometer Babadjou-Bamenda road, financed by the World Bank […]
With less than a month to go before Cameroon’s October 12 presidential election, Maurice Kamto, leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC), has issued an urgent call for the 11 opposition candidates to rally behind a single contender or form a strong coalition against incumbent President Paul Biya of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM). […]
Cameroon’s churches and mosques are intensifying efforts to promote calm and civic responsibility as the country prepares for its 12th October presidential election, amid fears that rising tensions could trigger violence. The Central African nation has been rattled by years of unrest, including a separatist insurgency in its English-speaking regions and widespread allegations of corruption. […]
Cameroonians go to the polls in October 2025 in what some people hoped might be a break from the country’s troubled recent past. They thought that President Paul Biya (92) might stand aside to allow a transition. Three years ago I was one of those who expressed optimism about the 2025 poll. But I was […]
The proclamation of Issa Tchiroma Bakary as the “consensus candidate of the opposition” for the October 12, 2025 presidential election is drawing controversy in Cameroon. The designation, announced by the Union for Change 2025 political platform, was presented as the result of a unanimous vote during its general assembly. However, the purported support for his […]
