A few weeks ago, 92-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced his intention to run for an eighth term in the country’s forthcoming election. This announcement, shocking, albeit widely anticipated, is already fueling fear that the country’s stability could be at risk, with wider implications for regional security. The aged leader, who has ruled Cameroon with […]
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says. Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, 50, were killed in the crash, which Chief of Staff Julius Debrah described as […]
The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) officially launched a mobile application on July 30, 2025, to help verify the authenticity of banknotes circulating in the CEMAC region. The app, called BEAC NG2020, was developed to help the general public and cash-handling professionals detect counterfeit versions of the “2020-type” banknotes, which were officially released into […]
In a calculated act of cowardice dressed in political theater, the electoral umpire, ELECAM, on Saturday, July 26, 2025, invoked the “double investiture” clause, selectively and maliciously, to disqualify Maurice Kamto from contesting the upcoming presidential election. Let us call this what it is: a constitutional coup against the Cameroonian people. The law was not […]
Cameroon’s passport, once a symbol of national identity and pride, has become a glaring emblem of institutional failure. Ranked a dismal 92nd in the 2025 Henley Passport Index (HPI) – unchanged from 2020 and only slightly improved from 2023 – Cameroon’s passport is among the least powerful in the world, trailing behind even some war-torn […]
Cameroon’s paved road network is expanding fast, with over 1,000km being surfaced during this year. The investment in road development is having positive benefits for transport and the economy and at the end of December 2024, Cameroon had 10,575 km of paved roads, according to the Ministry of Public Works. Meanwhile, Cameroon’s road network has […]
On July 31, Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella, addressed foreign diplomats in Yaoundé, briefing them on the upcoming October 12 presidential election and reminding them of the international obligation to protect diplomatic premises. Mbella Mbella stated that because Cameroon is committed to international conventions governing relations with its partners, it expects the strict […]
At least four separatist fighters, including two commanders, have been killed in a military offensive in Cameroon’s restive Southwest region, security sources said Sunday. Government forces ambushed and attacked the fighters late Saturday in the Maumu locality of the Anglophone region, said a regional military official. “After receiving tips from our sources on the ground, […]
Plans for the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Turkish construction company Yenigün and the Cameroonian authorities for the Limbé deepwater port project failed to materialize on July 31, as initially scheduled. In a press release issued just a day earlier, Cameroon’s Minister of Transport, Jean Ernest Ngallé Bibehe, announced that the signing ceremony […]
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced that the dates of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, will be Aug. 3–8, 2027. “After this jubilee, the ‘pilgrimage of hope’ of young people continues and will take us to Asia,” the pontiff said in a message before praying the Angelus at […]
