The ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) party has expressed concern about growing threats of violence and uprising ahead of the presidential election in the Central African country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Jean Nkuete, secretary-general of the Central Committee of the CPDM, said there are increasing calls from some political leaders “for the […]
An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said on Thursday, without specifying whether there were any fatalities. The plane was headed to London’s Gatwick airport in the UK, Air India said, while police officers said it crashed in a civilian area near the airport. The 242 people included 217 adults […]
England slumped to a 3-1 home friendly defeat by Senegal on Tuesday to ramp up the scrutiny on boss Thomas Tuchel one year out from the World Cup. Goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly inflicted England’s first ever defeat against African opposition at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground after Harry Kane had given […]
Heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty are expected to drive global growth down this year to its slowest pace since 2008 outside of outright global recessions, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. The turmoil has resulted in growth forecasts being cut in nearly 70% of all economies—across all regions and income […]
Despite being richly endowed with resources like gold, iron, bauxite, and cobalt, Cameroon’s mining sector continues to struggle with structural challenges that hinder its transformation and economic impact. These obstacles were the focus of a panel held on May 15, 2025, in Douala, under the theme “Cameroon’s Mining Sector: Between Economic Opportunity and Ethical Imperatives.” […]
Several people have been killed in a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz, police say. Students and teachers are believed to be among the casualties after gunshots at the Dreierschützengasse high school. According to tabloid Kronen Zeitung eight people have been killed, but the number of fatalities has not been […]
Police have ended their two-day stakeout of an apartment block in which Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto had been staying after he returned from France, where he had held a political rally that inflamed the ruling CPDM party. On Sunday law enforcement officers blocked the 71-year-old from leaving the building in the main city […]
A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served in the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travellers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, the church said. The Rev. Alphonsus Afina was kidnapped on June 1 near the northeastern town of Gwoza, close to the border with Cameroon, by the Islamic extremist group Boko […]
Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto says police have surrounded his home for the past two days since he returned from France, where he had held a political rally that inflamed the ruling CPDM party. On Sunday law enforcement officers blocked the 71-year-old from leaving his lodgings in the main city of Douala for a […]
Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) paid 20 billion CFA francs in employee salaries in 2024. This payment marks a significant milestone in the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the North-West and South-West Regions (PPRD/NOSO), a program aimed at rebuilding areas affected by the anglophone crisis. The figure was announced during the sixth session […]
