Cameroon’s Customs Directorate (DGD) collected CFA95.33 billion in January 2025, slightly exceeding its target of CFA95.05 billion. This marks a 29% increase from the CFA73.89 billion collected in January 2024, a difference of more than CFA21 billion. “In year-over-year terms, revenue has increased by CFA21.44 billion in absolute value, representing a 29% rise,” the DGD […]
Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) is considering dismissing Marc Brys, the Belgian head coach of the Indomitable Lions. The issue was central to a press conference in Yaounde on February 19. A Fecafoot Executive Committee (Comex) delegation, led by First Vice President Céline Eko, accused Brys of repeated insubordination and contempt toward the federation’s leadership. Comex […]
It actually seems like a done deal even though Cameroonians both French and English speaking will not vote for him. Shortly after he took office from the late President Ahmadou Ahidjo, he pretended to be a man of rigour and moralization. And after 42 years in power, it is now certain that President Paul Biya […]
Pope Francis, who was admitted to hospital last week, has developed pneumonia in both of his lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, adding that the 88-year-old was in “good spirits”. “The laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father’s clinical condition continue to present a complex picture”, the Vatican said in a statement. Francis was admitted […]
Brazil’s prosecutor-general Paulo Gonet on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that also included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated […]
The Bank of Central African Countries has made it easier for banks to open new bank branches within the community. A new regulation, in effect since the beginning of the year, allows banking groups already licensed in one of the Cemac countries to expand into others without having to apply for additional approvals. “During its […]
The Cameroonian government has disbursed 2 billion CFA francs to 8,750 rice farmers affiliated with the Yagoua Rice Expansion and Modernization Company (Semry) in the Far North region. The funds were distributed by Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of Territorial Administration (Minat), who has been on a working visit to the Mayo-Danay department since February 13 […]
Calvin Zang Oyono, a Cameroonian Senator who represented the South Region on the platform of the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement is dead. CRTV, Cameroon’s state radio and television confirmed this to Cameroon Concord News on Sunday 16 February 2025. Zang Oyono was a Francophone politician who until his death served as deputy managing director […]
After being admitted to the hospital Friday for treatment of what the Vatican initially described as bronchitis, Pope Francis is stable and has been prescribed complete rest while being treated for a respiratory infection. He was described by a Vatican spokesman as being “serene” and “in good humor” Friday night after his admittance to Rome’s […]
A leading Cameroonian priest and intellectual, Father Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, says electing the right candidates during elections help in achieving one of the Church’s overarching goals: Building a community of love. Speaking during his weekly sermons distributed on social media, Mbuy’s message comes at a critical time as Cameroonians prepare for the upcoming presidential election […]
