Gunmen suspected to be Atanga Nji Boys have kidnapped nine villagers in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region of Northwest, locals and security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen invaded Tabenken village of the region on Tuesday night and abducted nine men at the Bondu neighborhood of the village, a security source in the region said. “They […]
Quite predictably, the Constitutional Council missed another manifest rendezvous with history after it rejected the petition by Barrister Akere Muna, seeking the disqualification of the 93-year-old Paul Biya from contesting the upcoming presidential election. Akere Muna, anti-graft crusader, eminent jurist, former Bar Council and Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) president; and presidential candidate in the October […]
Cameroon Concord News Group has unveiled a reporting team for the Manyu Cultural Jamboree this weekend in Birmingham City. Chi Prudence Asong will continue to cover all events in the Midlands including Wales and Northern Ireland, while also reporting from London under the direct supervision of our London Bureau Chief Asu Isong. Camcord’s senior international […]
The celebrity couple and their blended brood of five children have been living in the birthplace of Islam for more than two years, untroubled by laws against extra-marital relationships. Their situation highlights the fact that while authorities now turn a blind eye for foreigners, such privileges remain off-limits for Saudis, who must still get married […]
The Nkout (2.7 billion tons) and Ntem (98 million tons) iron ore deposits in southern Cameroon are at the heart of a legal and financial battle. At the center of the dispute is Cameroon Mining Exploration (Caminex), the local subsidiary of the bankrupt British group International Mining and Infrastructure Corporation (IMIC). The control of Caminex […]
His Lordship Bishop Sosthène Leopold Bayemi of the Obala Diocese is reportedly implicated in a sex scandal by a dodgy Francophone so-called whistleblower. An audio recording circulating on social media accuses the Roman Catholic cleric of sexual harassment. Our senior correspondent in Yaoundé the nation’s capital reported late today that the Bishop of Obala will […]
Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon has directed daily Prayer of Angelus and other forms of prayer for peace as the Central African nation approaches October presidential election. In a statement shared with ACI Africa on Thursday, August 21, Bishop Hourgo invites all institutions in his Episcopal See, including […]
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s intelligence agency chief, just weeks after a White House rebuke of a review assessing the impact of American strikes on Iran. Lt Gen Jeffery Kruse will no longer serve as head of US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon said in a statement. Two other senior […]
Cameroon is facing a high-profile legal challenge ahead of its October elections. Opposition leader Akere Muna has approached the Constitutional Court to block 92-year-old President Paul Biya from standing for another term. Muna argues that Biya, who has long delegated key responsibilities, is not physically or mentally fit to govern. He cites Article 118 of […]
This was arguably the most glaring “memory gap” in French colonial history. Between 1955 and 1970, France waged war in Cameroon against independence and later opposition movements, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands and helping to install an authoritarian regime loyal to Paris. The silence that surrounded this “dirty war” was both an […]
