Between January and December 2025, at least 269 access constraints were documented in the North-West and South-West (NWSW) regions, with two humanitarian workers injured during this period. Humanitarian activities are not possible on Mondays, which are declared “ghost town” days, and during lockdowns imposed by non-State armed groups (NSAGs). NSAGs enforced several lockdowns across the […]
We of the Concord Group are expressing grave concern over the reported arrest and detention of the personal photographer of President-elect Issa Tchiroma Bakary. We understand Alpha was arrested in Garoua and immediately transferred to SED in Yaoundé. His arrest raises serious questions about respect for fundamental rights, press freedom, and the protection of individuals […]
Cameroon’s presidency has stepped in to address growing tensions over cargo scanning operations at the Port of Douala-Bonabéri. According to an official document seen by Business in Cameroon, the secretary-general of the presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, convened a meeting on January 21, to discuss the “difficulties linked to the scanning of goods at the Port Authority of […]
US President Donald Trump has reportedly made at least $1.4 billion in personal profit during his first year back in office, in “exploitation” of his position. The analysis published by The New York Times editorial board on Tuesday, on the first anniversary of Trump’s second inauguration, said that the US president’s profit amounts to 16,822 […]
A train driver has been killed and at least 37 people injured, five seriously, after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona just days on from a deadly two-train collision in southern Spain on Sunday. According to local officials, on Tuesday evening the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall which fell onto the […]
The fate of the ten detained Ambazonian leaders, widely known as the NERA 10, will be decided on March 19, 2026, after Cameroon’s Supreme Court on January 15 concluded hearings in their long-running appeal case and adjourned proceedings for the delivery of judgment. The hearing lasted nearly three hours, as defence lawyers urged the country’s […]
Armed gangs have kidnapped dozens of people attending two churches in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, according to local police. A senior church leader said more than 160 worshippers were abducted by gunmen during Sunday service. It is the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria, where both Christians and Muslims have been targeted. Gangs, known locally as “bandits”, […]
For more than four decades, President Paul Biya has stood at the center of Cameroon’s political universe, defying time, pressure, and political gravity. Few African leaders have ruled as long, survived as many internal and external shocks, or maintained such tight control over the levers of power. Today, however, as Biya embarks on another seven-year […]
The Yaoundé Military Court in Cameroon’s political capital has delivered a landmark judgment in the long-running trial over the 2020 Ngarbuh massacre, finding three members of the Cameroonian armed forces and one local Fulani militiaman guilty of murder, arson and destruction of property. The verdict delivered on January 15, 2026, relates to the killing of […]
Moroccan fans walked out of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the capital Rabat in utmost despair as Senegal stunned the hosts in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final in an extra-time thriller. Many of the Atlas Lions’ supporters had already begun leaving the stands before the final whistle on a cold and wet night […]
