The Anglophone regions of Cameroon have since late 2016 witnessed a sociopolitical crisis which has deteriorated overtime and led to violent clashes between armed forces, loss of lives and property, internal displacement and a growing climate of fear and incertitude. The current crisis has its roots in grievances which date back to the early 1960s. […]
Paul Pogba will be out of action for a “few weeks” after suffering a thigh injury during Manchester United’s 3-3 draw with Everton, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Monday. The 27-year-old midfielder was forced off towards the end of the first half of Saturday’s match, just days after being named the club’s player of the […]
DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in its troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of the country’s previous outbreak. “We have another episode of the Ebola virus” in the Biena health zone of North Kivu province, Health Minister Eteni Longondo told […]
Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat was re-elected the chairperson of the African Union Commission on Saturday during the two-day summit. With no one else in the running, it comes as no surprise. Faki got 51 votes out of 55 with three abstentions and one other member being ineligible to vote. His victory is the highest in […]
For all intents and purposes, Cameroon is not known as a key mining destination. However, I believe that AIM-listed Oriole Resources’ first mover advantage could unlock the country’s true gold potential. Last week Oriole received five new exploration licences in central Cameroon via its 90%-owned subsidiary, Oriole Cameroon. The licences, together with a further three […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the United States should lift all sanctions if Washington wants Tehran to reverse its nuclear steps. “Iran has fulfilled all its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal, not the United States and the three European countries … If they want Iran to return to its […]
The Southern Cameroons Secretary for Communications, Milton Taka has said that the Nigerian head of state President Muhammadu Buhari successfully registered state terrorism on the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s official record by his administration openly accepting responsibility for the abduction and force repatriation of the Ambazonia leader President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and his top aides […]
The United Nations kicked off the selection of its next secretary-general on Friday, asking the 193 U.N. member states to submit candidates to be the world organization’s chief diplomat and operating officer. The process officially began with a joint letter signed virtually by General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir and Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward, this […]
African leaders will open a two-day virtual summit Saturday to discuss the continent’s Covid-19 response as well as security issues that have been overlooked during the pandemic. The African Union summit comes almost exactly one year after Egypt recorded the first case of Covid-19 in Africa, prompting widespread fears that member states’ weak health systems […]
The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad arrived in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde on Friday afternoon ahead of Sunday’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) final. Interim Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) President Seidou Mbombo Njoya met Ahmad at the Nsimalem International Airport. Ahmad arrived the Central African nation one week after the Court of […]
