A powerful explosion at Shahid Rajaee port in southern Iran has caused widespread damage and casualties, with emergency teams rushing to the scene to bring the situation under control. According to the Hormozgan Emergency Department, at least 561 people were injured after a fuel tanker exploded for unknown reasons at Shahid Rajaee port in Hormozgan […]
Pope Francis’ funeral has taken place in the Vatican, and his coffin has arrived at the church in Rome where he’ll be buried – Pope Francis “touched minds and hearts” and wanted to “build bridges, not walls”, said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who led the service Dozens of leaders and dignitaries – including Donald Trump, […]
Cameroon on Thursday began vaccinating children against polio as part of a synchronized regional vaccination campaign to protect 83 million children in the Lake Chad Basin. According to Cameroon’s health ministry, health workers in 10 regions are administering the life-saving jab to children aged 0-5 in homes, schools, markets and other public places. The World […]
The Ministry of Finance in Cameroon has finally responded to widespread criticism over how the 2023 national budget was managed. In an April 23 statement, the ministry pushed back against any claims of fraud or financial cover-up, saying the concerns raised by the Supreme Court’s Audit Bench reflect technical limitations, not wrongdoing. This official response […]
Hundreds of Cameroonians have been expelled from Equatorial Guinea since April 22, 2025, according to social media videos showing Cameroonian nationals gathered under the supervision of Equatoguinean security forces. The videos depict lines of people awaiting transfer to the border town of Kye-Ossi in Cameroon’s South Region. Reports indicate entire families are among those expelled, […]
Cameroon is expected to see its oil production fall to 2.9 million tons in 2025, according to projections from the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), outlined in its Monetary Policy Committee report published in March 2025. This represents a decline of 300,000 tons compared to the previous year. The country’s projected oil output in […]
Pope Francis’s body has been moved from his residence in the Vatican to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica Mourners are now filing past the coffin. The open coffin will stay in front of the Papal Altar during the three days of public mourning Bells rang and people applauded as the procession made its […]
Cameroon faces a major education crisis as a four-day national teachers’ strike begins on April 22nd. The “Ecole Morte” movement, led by the Collective of Teachers’ Organisations of Cameroon, unites more than a dozen unions demanding urgent reforms. At the heart of their six key demands: the organisation of a national forum to rethink the […]
A high-stakes disagreement is deepening across Central Africa as efforts to set new rules for supervising public deposit institutions have hit a wall. The working group, formed by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), ended its third and final meeting with just one consensus out of two expected. The main sticking point: who should […]
Burkina Faso’s military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a “major plot in the making” aimed at “sowing total chaos”, saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Ivory Coast. Burkina Faso has been run since September 2022 by military leaders following a coup headed by Captain Ibrahim Traore, who has often blamed Ivory Coast […]
