According to the Archbishop of the Bamenda archdiocese, the Yaoundé government needs to engage direct talks with separatists in the country’s two English-speaking regions if a sustainable peace is to come. Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya was speaking in Yaoundé on March 18 during a meeting to assess the ground covered in implementing the resolutions of […]
The former Vice President of the National Assembly today challenged Cameroonians to consider rallying behind female politicians so as to create gender parity. During a recent sackcloth removal in loving memory of her late elder sister General Nana Abunaw, Rose Abunaw said Yaoundé had built women’s leadership but must expand their fields of participation in […]
Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, a senior member of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement was reelected speaker of the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday. During an elective plenary sitting of the lower house, Cavaye garnered 125 out of the 137 votes with the other 12 being void votes. Born in 1940, Cavaye has been the speaker of […]
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday on a halt in Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy targets – but fell far short of securing a full ceasefire in a highly anticipated phone call. The US and Russian leaders spoke for more than an hour and a half and both expressed hopes for repairing relations between […]
Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa. “Still too many dead in a new shipwreck in the Mediterranean,” Chiara Cardoletti, the Italy representative of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said on X. […]
Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul, issued a statement expressing condolences to the families of victims in the Soulédé-Roua massacre in Cameroon’s Far North region, and denied any Chadian involvement in the incident. “In this painful circumstance, Chad expresses its deep compassion and extends its sincere condolences to the families of the victims […]
Yvon Sana Bangui, the governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), announced a recruitment drive for 157 middle-management positions within the institution. These roles are available to citizens of the six CEMAC member states (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, and the Central African Republic). The positions require qualifications equivalent to a two- […]
At least five people were killed on Monday in clashes in Southern Cameroons, according to security and local sources. In the Southwest region, gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters opened fire on a taxi in the region’s capital of Buea, killing two people, a security source said. “The incident happened by 7:00 PM (1800 GMT) […]
Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin is under way and “going well”, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino says This marks the second known time the two leaders have spoken since Trump returned to office in January The US president has said that he plans to discuss “land”, “power plants” and “dividing […]
Cameroon is set to significantly increase its cement production with the addition of three new cement plants in Édéa, a town in the Sanaga-Maritime department. These new plants will raise the country’s total production capacity to 12.7 million tons by the end of 2025, helping meet local demand and expand into international markets. The Minister […]
