Amid the escalating violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, a less visible but devastating crisis is taking hold: Human trafficking. The ongoing conflict, primarily concentrated in the North West and South West regions – often referred to collectively as the Anglophone regions – has created a climate of fear, displacement, and desperation, which traffickers are exploiting. […]
The United Nations (UN) kicked off its partnership with Elections Cameroon (Elecam) on May 26, 2025. The deal, signed May 9 by Elecam’s Electoral Council President Enow Abrams Egbe and UN Resident Coordinator Issa Sanogo, aims to support Cameroon’s election process. The partnership started with a five-day training workshop in Ebolowa for 50 Elecam officials. […]
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement. He had “been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa” for an undisclosed illness, the Patriotic Front said confirming the news. Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the election to the current President Hakainde […]
Cameroon is now the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to an annual listing by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) released on Tuesday. The NGO ranked the 10 most neglected displacement crises in 2024 based on three criteria: lack of humanitarian funding, lack of media attention, and a lack of effective political initiatives. Cameroon tops […]
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon on August 3, 2025, citing improved conditions in the country, according to a notice published Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said a review of current conditions and interagency consultations determined that the West African country no longer meets the criteria […]
A famous Bikutsi singer Saint Désir Atango was arrested today in Mfou a town in the Centre region about 30 km from Yaoundé for raping his daughters, one of whom he impregnated. In public, Saint Désir Atango was an award-winning Bikutsi music singer but at home, he was a depraved tyrant who lorded over his […]
The CPDM Central Committee’s anticipated decision to announce Biya as its candidate for the October presidential election is like spitting on 7000 graves in Southern Cameroons, our senior political man Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai has said. Soter Agbaw-Ebai told a German radio host during his recent trip to Mulheim in the Nordrhein Westphalia region of Germany […]
A US federal judge on Monday cancelled the planned trial of US aviation giant Boeing over crashes of its 737 MAX aircraft that left nearly 350 people dead. The trial had been scheduled to begin June 23, but the Justice Department and Boeing reached a preliminary agreement last month to settle the long-running criminal probe […]
ADES Holding Company, a global leader in oil and gas drilling services headquartered in Saudi Arabia, announced it secured a new contract with Addax Petroleum, a subsidiary of China’s Sinopec group. The agreement covers drilling and extraction services in offshore fields in Cameroon, marking a significant expansion into West Africa for the Saudi firm. Valued […]
Société Anonyme des Boissons du Cameroun (SABC) has signed a financing agreement to construct a stadium in Kumba, a city located in Cameroon’s crisis-hit Southwest region. The deal, valued at 500 million CFA francs, marks the second installment of a 1 billion CFA franc commitment from SABC to aid in the reconstruction of the Anglophone, […]
