An arrest warrant signed by investigating judge Jean Betea and reviewed by SBBC showed that authorities incarcerated Joseph Liboire Angono, mayor of Biwong Bane in Cameroon’s South Region, at Kondengui Central Prison in Yaoundé on February 3, 2026. Prosecutors opened a judicial investigation at the Special Criminal Court (TCS) into suspicions of “complicity in embezzlement […]
France and the United Kingdom are reportedly involved in the assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the prominent son of former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, as he was seen as the man who could reunite Libya after the NATO-backed uprising. Saif al-Islam was killed by unknown gunmen who stormed his home in the town of Zintan […]
Cameroon has reached the first 100 days of President Paul Biya’s latest term in office, but the period has been marked more by political tension than reform. Geopolitical Analyst, Aaron Nga’mbi described the early months of Biya’s tenure as largely “uneventful” with little progress on domestic reforms or regional policy initiatives. Aaron Nga’mbi painted a […]
Cameroon has launched the “Yaoundé ville propre” campaign to tackle mounting waste in the capital, where rapid population growth and urbanization outpace collection capacity. The city produces nearly 3,000 tonnes of waste per day, but authorities collect and process barely half, leaving piles of trash visible at intersections, sidewalks, and major roads. Under presidential directive, […]
The number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield in the four years of war with Russia is 55,000, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Zelensky announced the figure in an interview with France 2 TV on Wednesday. Additionally, a large number of people are considered officially missing, he said. While both Kyiv and Moscow have […]
Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea have reached agreement on the unitization of the cross-border Yoyo–Yolanda gas field, a key step toward joint development of reserves estimated at 2,500 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Cameroon’s acting minister of mines, industry, and technological development, Fuh Calistus Gentry, has been leading an official mission to Equatorial Guinea since […]
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has said her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, being named in new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dredged up “painful times in my marriage”. She told an NPR podcast she feels “unbelievable sadness” about the Epstein allegations and that the people named in the records, including […]
Cameroon’s National Refining Company (SONARA) undertook a strategic mission to Lagos, Nigeria, from 20 to 23 January 2026, as part of a benchmarking initiative with the Dangote Refinery focused on the exchange of technical and commercial best practices related to the PARRAS 24 project. The delegation was led by SONARA’s Director-General, El Hadj Bako Harouna, […]
President Paul Biya signed a decree on January 29, ratifying a mutual visa exemption agreement with Algeria for holders of diplomatic and service passports. The agreement was signed on December 21, 2024, in Algiers. Under the deal, eligible passport holders from both countries can now enter the other without a prior visa. With this ratification, […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to immediately release journalist Brand Kamga, who was arrested on January 19 and charged with attempting to abduct the child of a woman he was investigating. Kamga, editor of the online channel Naja TV, phoned and met with the plaintiff, Annette Josiane Wandji Njikeu, to investigate […]
