Cameroon’s national elections will take place on October 12, the country’s president and president-in-waiting announced Friday. The vote is expected to be another closely watched affair in a nation with a history of violent and disputed elections. The announcement through a presidential website also set 8 am for opening of polling stations and 6 pm […]
The ruling party has had an uneasy several weeks. Ministers and party officials are now in open disagreement about the possible candidacy of President Paul Biya in the upcoming October elections. While some see this as a diversionary tactic, for residents of the capital, the country is no longer being governed. “This internal battle says […]
As the October presidential election draws near, the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) faces a grim internal outlook. The party is grappling with high-level disagreements, overlapping strategic efforts, and even dissident candidates. In a July 8 editorial in party media L’Action, senior party member Christophe Mien Zok offered a stark assessment. “Never has a […]
More than 150,000 children have gone missing in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions amid the ongoing armed conflict, now in its eighth year. The figures were revealed during the 7th session of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development (PPRD) of the North-West and South-West regions, held on July 4 in Bamenda, under the chairmanship of […]
US President Donald Trump began a three-day summit in Washington DC with the leaders of five African states, an event the White House sees as an “incredible” commercial opportunity. Trump’s guests include the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal – all countries with small populations and economies. The meetings are expected to concentrate […]
Fabian Ruiz scored twice as European champions Paris Saint-Germain turned on the style in their reunion with Kylian Mbappe on Wednesday, thrashing Real Madrid 4-0 in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup to set up a final showdown with Chelsea. Ruiz and Ousmane Dembele scored inside the opening nine minutes to stun Real and […]
Water into wine? How about turning rubles into dollars. A Moscow court heard that Hans Tabi Takang, a Cameroonian conjurer who has lived in Russia for 12 years, swindled his victims of around two million rubles (around €20,000), the state-owned Kommersant outlet reported. In one case, the self-proclaimed magician deceived a woman whom he had […]
It is difficult to say where the political chaos in Yaoundé will lead us to after very powerful political leaders from the North announced they were no longer with President Biya. It is hard to predict. Some of Biya’s men in government are still protesting against the North and struggling to handle pressure coming from […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has been hit by the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia – 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities around the country in multiple waves. Zelensky condemned the “telling attack”, adding: “It comes precisely at a time when so many efforts have been made to achieve peace, […]
It began when the 92-year-old leader peed on his trousers, including on his shoes on the May 20 Boulevard in Yaoundé, the nation’s capital. Biya had refused to make the trip to Yaoundé from Mvomeka’a for the celebration but was forced to do so by his wife Chantal Biya and her acolytes in government. Biya, […]
