At least one person was killed and four others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a bar in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, security sources said, APA reports citing Xinhua. The blast took place in Batibo, a locality of the region, with the bomb planted in a bar near a police […]
On a warm rain-washed day – July 24, 1937 – in the rolling green hills of Besongabang, in Cameroon’s verdant Manyu Division, Southwest region, a boy was born whose life would ripple far beyond the humble borders of his village. That boy, Carl Enownewu Tabenyang, grew to become not only a father and patriarch, but […]
Chelsea have been charged by the Football Association with 74 alleged rule breaches related to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. The charges are primarily focused on transfers between the 2010-11 and 2015-16 seasons. Three deals that form part of the investigation involved Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto’o and Willian. There is no suggestion of […]
Calls are multiplying from officials of Cameroon’s elections management agency (ELECAM) across the country for registered voters to take possession of their biometric voter cards in a move that has been considered a race against time. The election agency is now racing to distribute both backlogged old cards and newly printed ones as the country’s […]
Manchester United keeper Andre Onana has joined Trabzonspor on loan for the rest of the 2025-26 season. The move has taken place before the transfer window in Turkey closes on Friday and follows the Cameroon international not playing in United’s opening three Premier League games. “We would like to wish Andre good luck,” said United […]
Days after suspected separatist fighters killed nine Cameroonian soldiers in the South West region, Bishop Michael Bibi of Buea condemned the relentless bloodshed plaguing Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. On Friday, the separatist group Fako Unity Warriors claimed responsibility for an explosive device near Malende that killed the soldiers. This attack underscores the elusive nature of peace […]
At least nine soldiers were killed in weekend clashes in Cameroon as armed separatists sought to impose a month-long lockdown in the country’s war-torn English-speaking regions of Northwest and Southwest, according to security sources. Separatist leaders said on social media that the lockdown, which began on Monday, was intended to disrupt the reopening of schools […]
Social media and audiovisual declarations by spokespersons and accredited surrogates for candidates are often so amateurish, unguarded and unrestrained; they can hurt the fortunes and prospects of candidates. This is my experience covering politics for over two decades: – In political campaigns, the people not seen render more strategic service than people seen jumping around […]
Tension is mounting in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s political capital, as the country’s opposition parties will be announcing a single candidate on Saturday, September 13, 2025, who will give the 93-year-old incumbent, Paul Biya, a run for his money. The event, scheduled to take place at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundé, will send a clear and […]
Two Americans originally from Cameroon have been arrested and charged with organizing and bankrolling a violent separatist campaign in their central African homeland’s troubled English-speaking regions, the US Justice Department said. Benedict Nwana Kuah, 51, and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, 52, were taken into custody on Friday in the northern US state of Minnesota. Both were […]
