The United Nations on Tuesday said growing restrictions in Cameroon raised fears about whether voters can freely choose their candidate in upcoming presidential elections. Cameroon’s veteran President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state at 92, is seeking a new seven-year term to extend his nearly 43 years in power in elections on October […]
President Paul Biya on Monday signed a presidential decree slating the election of regional councillors for Nov. 30. The election will take place in divisional headquarters across the Central African nation. An electoral college made up of regional delegates and traditional leaders, such as village chiefs, will vote to choose 900 regional councillors for a […]
A recent U.S. State Department report on human rights, released August 25, 2024, indicates that approximately 14,300 individuals in Cameroon are currently held in pre-trial detention for minor offenses. The report, citing the Cameroonian Bar Association, estimates that nearly 75% of those awaiting trial are incarcerated for offenses considered minor under local law. The document […]
Northwest region has become the country’s second-poorest, according to a new government survey that shows a poverty rate of 66.8%, well above the national average. The 2022 Key Indicators Report from the fifth Cameroonian Household Survey (Ecam 5), conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), places the English-speaking region behind only the Far North. […]
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been injured in a car accident in the US state of New Hampshire. Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco when it was struck from behind in the city of Manchester on Saturday evening, according to local police. “He was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, […]
I am not oblivious of our Anglophone concerns (the concerns of we whose parents were Southern Cameroonians) nor am I willingly letting up on our craving to be the next president. We still think the next president should be an Anglophone, both as our fair chance if we must have a sense of belonging and […]
Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné, who has been a lightning rod for pro-democratic forces in Cameroon, has once again put the government on red alert, saying that he is ready to die for the truth. The bishop of Bafoussam, known for his acerbic critique of the Biya government, blasted the authorities for continued intimidation of citizens as […]
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 […]
