The regime in Yaoundé has justified its decision to bury the late Captain Stephen Tataw in Yaoundé. A spokesperson for the Minister of Sports reportedly told journalists that “Because of the war in Tataw’s native Southern Cameroons, the late captain will rest eternally in Yaoundé.” The renowned Southern Cameroons footballer was laid to rest yesterday […]
Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as countries around the world further tightened restrictions to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. A million additional cases have been detected globally roughly every four days since mid-July, according to an AFP tally, with India on Sunday setting the record for the highest single-day rise […]
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five-year term as President of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank. A globally renowned development economist and a World Food Prize Laureate and Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Adesina has distinguished himself […]
Officials of Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) have urged police of the sub-region to tighten security in a bid to curb border crime. “The heads of states of Central Africa have emphasized on the importance of free movement of people, capital and goods in the sub-region and they can’t have that free […]
Cameroon on Thursday awarded the medal of Knight of the Order of Valour to Chinese Defense Attache to Cameroon, Senior Colonel Chai Xiaojiang for his vital role in strengthening military relations between the two countries. The Cameroon army’s prestigious military award was handed out to the military official by Cameroon’s defense minister, Joseph Beti Assomo […]
Cameroon’s 27 million people have two official languages – English and French – but the people in the two linguistic groups are divided, adding to the nation’s woes and those for its church leaders, along with another affliction, Boko Haram extremists. Rev. Miki Hans Abia, synod clerk of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, lives in […]
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, announced on Friday he will resign over health problems, in a bombshell development that kicks off a leadership contest in the world’s third-largest economy. “I cannot continue being prime minister if I do not have the confidence that I can carry out the job entrusted to me by the […]
Thieves made off with nine million euros in cash in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Friday in an armed attack on an armoured security vehicle, prosecutors said. The theft is believed to be the biggest such cash heist in France since notorious robber Toni Musulin in 2009 made off with 11.6 million euros […]
“Mr. Tassang had crossed the reddest of the red lines. He should have understood that while in prison with other people, he is supposed to work for the group’s solidarity and not to tear the group apart. He might think he is raising issues that need to be addressed, but he is also failing to […]
One might suppose the coronavirus pandemic has given African leaders an opportunity to rethink their approach to governance. This particularly holds true for Cameroon, which appears to have suffered the brunt of the virus in Central Africa, registering close to half of all 1 025 fatalities in Central Africa as of Monday. By this same […]
