Germany got their Euro 2020 campaign back on track — and blew Group F wide open — with a 4-2 romp against Portugal in Munich on Saturday. France’s 1-1 draw with Hungary earlier in Budapest and Germany’s win mean there is all to play for in Wednesday’s final group games when the Germans host Hungary […]
A group of fifteen West African countries have adopted a new road map to launch a single currency in 2027 after its previous plans were derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. The new road map was agreed by heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, president of the […]
Seven soldiers have been killed in an ambush in Bambili in the northwest region of the country. The soldiers were ambushed while on duty in the restive northwest region where a gruesome insurgency is currently unfolding. The insurgency, which has displaced more than one million English-speaking Cameroonians, has already resulted in the killing of more […]
Ambazonia Restoration Forces overrun a Cameroon government army joint patrol in Nguti, Kupe Muanenguba Division in the South West killing two soldiers before pulling back in the face of reinforcement. The Amba fighters were believed to belong to the Restoration Force defending the Nguti-Manyemen main road. They hit the Special Amphibious Battalion in Nguti convoy […]
The U.N. General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organization at a time a deeply divided world faces numerous conflicts, the growing impact of climate change, and a pandemic still circling the globe. Ambassadors in the assembly […]
A series of Ambazonia raids in Ndian Division against a French Cameroun gang of divisional delegates suspected of engaging in anti Southern Cameroons activities was carried out recently and sources familiar with the operation say Mabia Johnson Mudika, Divisional Delegate of Economy, Planning and Regional Development died during interrogation. The 42-year-old civil servant was among […]
The Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public and Para-public Enterprises (CTR) is seeking a consultant to audit state-owned operator Camtel, Business In Cameroon reported. CTR president Martial Valery Zang has invited expressions of interest by 12 July. The project cost is XOF 400 million and would be funded by the state budget. Source: Telecompaper
A group of prominent women leaders in Cameroon urged the International Monetary Fund to halt talks on a proposed new loan because of the government’s alleged misuse of funds intended to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The call, echoed by advocacy group Human Rights Watch, risks stalling a new three-year funding program at a time when […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill into law on Thursday to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, as the White House pushes to address the country’s historical injustices. The bill, which was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday […]
In April 2021, the Cameroonian government announced that it was in talks with Rothschild and Co. to obtain advice on a Eurobond sale that would be used to repay a portion of the $750 million in debt that it sold in 2015. The announcement that Cameroon would again need to enter the Eurobond market to […]
