Cameroon’s Minister of Secondary Education, Nalova Lyonga, sanctioned 208 candidates and 47 teachers for irregularities committed during examinations administered by the Cameroon Baccalaureate Office. A series of decisions signed on Nov. 25, 2025, and reviewed by SBBC, brought the total number of sanctioned individuals to 255. The measures mainly concerned the general secondary baccalaureate, the […]
Ugandans under the age of 40 – and that is more than three-quarters of the population – have only known one president. Yoweri Museveni seized the top job in 1986 following an armed uprising and at the age of 81, he shows no signs of budging. His time at the helm has been accompanied by […]
The Iranian Armed Forces, backed by the nation, are fully prepared to repel any act of aggression against the country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday. Asked at a press conference about the possibility of war, Baghaei said Iran is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to respond to any act of […]
The President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has clarified that the Episcopal Conference is neither a political party nor an electoral or constitutional body, urging Cameroonians to assume their civic responsibilities without shifting them onto the Catholic Church. In his speech during opening ceremony of the 49th Annual Seminar of NECC in […]
At least 11 separatist fighters have been killed in a military ambush in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security sources said Tuesday. The fighting occurred on Tuesday at about 3:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) when troops ambushed a motorcycle convoy of separatist fighters in Ntabah locality of the region, a security source in […]
Fifa plans to create AI-enabled 3D avatars of every player at the 2026 World Cup to enhance the tournament’s semi-automated offside technology. This will mean creating a digital scan of all 1,248 players in the 26-man squads of the 48 teams. Each player will enter a chamber to be scanned, a process that should take […]
A plot to kill Burkina Faso’s military leader, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has been thwarted, the West African nation has announced. The sophisticated plan had been hatched by Lt Col Paul Henri Damiba, the military officer ousted by Traoré in September 2022, the security minister said in a late-night broadcast. “Our intelligence services intercepted this operation […]
The failed Biya regime in Yaoundé has entered 2026 with a political structure that does not reflect continuity but a growing fragility. Many senior cabinet ministers and top government officials including Prime Minister Dion Ngute, Laurent Esso and Maigari Bello Bouba have held office for decades, well past the age when most public servants elsewhere […]
A statement win in the Round of 16. Cameroon showed efficiency and composure to knock out South Africa and book a quarterfinal date with the host. An intense battle from the opening whistle The AFCON 2025 Round of 16 clash got off to a fast, physical start as South Africa and Cameroon traded early momentum. […]
Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been captured by US armed forces, US President Donald Trump claims, after Washington carried out a large-scale strike against the country. In a post published on the social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said the couple had been flown out of Venezuela. “The […]
