Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has expressed optimism that the return of peace in Southern Cameroon will pave the way for the return of thousands of Cameroonian refugees to their home country. This is as the Cameroonian Consul General in Calabar, Onono Patrice, commended the government and people of Cross River State for showing […]
Paris Saint-Germain are tempted to make a shock £50m move for Liverpool defender Joel Matip, according to a report. The Ligue 1 champions are in the market for a new centre-back after announcing last month that long-serving Thiago Silva will leave later this month when his contract expires. Cameroonian outlet Kick442 claims that Matip is […]
Cameroon is using the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, to educate indigenous communities who have preserved their ways of life and their own cultures despite external influences to respect barrier measures so as not to be infected by COVID-19. Pygmies, Mbororos and Kirdis sing in Yaounde to invite their peers to make sure […]
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has reportedly travelled to the United Arab Emirates after leaving his home country amid a corruption investigation. A photograph published by Spanish media group NIUS appears to show the ex-monarch arriving in Abu Dhabi. Juan Carlos made the shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving Spain. The former king […]
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, age 55,died on 8 June 2020 from a heart attack at a hospital in the city of Karusi in central Burundi, according to a statement signed by Mr. Prosper Ntahorwamiye, Secretary-General and Spokesperson of the Government, and posted on the Twitter page of the country’s Prime Minister on 9 June. His […]
Peace talks between the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime and the Southern Cameroons Interim Government have stalled due to the struggle for influence between Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and the Minister- Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh. On 2 July, the jailed leader of the Ambazonia Interim Government President […]
Unidentified gunmen killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso on Friday, the government said in a statement. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the village of Fada N’Gourma, around which the army is carrying out a search operation. Armed jihadist groups with links to al […]
Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said Friday several top officials of the country’s National Karate Federation (Fecakarate) have been suspended indefinitely following allegations of sexual assaults, and the misappropriation of allowances and sports equipment. Kombi said the officials, including Fecakarate national president Emmanuel Wakam, will appear before an ethics committee […]
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Thursday appealed for “more sustained” funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to support African countries striken by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ngute made the appeal at the start of a video conference with the African governors of the World Bank Group and IMF. “It must be […]
An avalanche of condemnation from human rights advocates has followed new of the death of a Cameroonian detainee under shocking circumstances. Tangem Thomas Nganyu, 57, a former monk and metal sheet engineer died at the Yaounde Central Hospital on Wednesday, chained to his hospital bed, his lawyer, Barrister Nicodemus Amungwa Tanyi said. “Tangem died in […]
