Cameroon is home to around 60,000 expatriate workers, according to recent data from the Ministry of External Relations (Minrex). This figure was shared on January 24, 2025, during the first awareness meeting for diplomatic missions and consular posts accredited in Cameroon. The event focused on the country’s laws governing foreign employment. The goal of the […]
Biya and his gang have decided not to put forward a candidate for the presidency of the African Development Bank, despite two profiles emerging in recent months, Africa Intelligence reported today. Africa Intelligence also stated that Biya made the dramatic u-turn to avoid finding himself at odds with the Chadian leader. Unity Palace had worked […]
Cameroon’s annual inflation rate dropped to 4.5% in 2024, following two years of sharp price increases, according to a January 21 report by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The figure came in lower than the 7.0% inflation rate initially forecasted by the INS for 2024. Earlier projections had warned of higher inflation due to […]
Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead and displacing thousands of civilians. The M23 rebel group has made significant territorial gains along the border with Rwanda in recent weeks, closing in […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two flights carrying migrants. Trump said the measures were necessary, because the decision of Colombian President Gustavo Petro “jeopardized” national security in the U.S. “These measures are just the […]
Two companies continue to lead the life insurance and capitalization sector in Cameroon, together accounting for more than half of the market in 2023. Allianz, the local arm of the German group recently merged with South Africa’s Sanlam, remains at the top with a turnover of CFA 22.8 billion, despite a decline of 11.15% compared […]
Several Cameroonian bishops have taken sides against the possibility of a new candidacy by Paul Biya in the presidential election to be held in October 2025. After 42 years of unchallenged rule, part of the Church in Cameroon wants to turn the page in a country that appears fragmented. At 91 years old, the “sphinx” […]
A US judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s order to change birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the constitution The judge says the order, which was slated to take effect in February, was “blatantly unconstitutional” Meanwhile, Trump has declassifed files related to the deaths of John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr The […]
As Donald Trump returns to the White House while making and carrying out numerous threats against journalists and the media, Americans are wondering what the future holds for journalism. Donald Trump has: – issued at least 15 separate calls to revoke the broadcast licenses of television networks in political retaliation; – vowed to investigate media […]
The Minister of External Relations Lejeune Mbella Mbella met with the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Cameroon Dr. Ali bin Ghanem Al Hajri. During the meeting, both men discussed bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries.
