Three Cameroonian soldiers were killed in the locality of Sagme (Far-North), during an assault by Boko Haram militants a dozen of whom also died in the ensuing gunfight, APA learns Monday from the Defense ministry. According to the ministry, the raid took place on Sunday and left three personnel of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), […]
Cameroon on Tuesday received the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy, which arrived in the capital Yaounde in the company of FIFA officials, as part of its global tour en route to France. The trophy came after concluding a tour in South Africa and is expected to head to neighbouring Nigeria. It is the second […]
International rights group, Human Rights Watch, HRW, says it is worried about the Cameroonian government’s continued muzzling of the dissenting voices, especially that of the opposition. HRW’s concerns were primarily set around the recent banning of an assembly by the main opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement, MRC. In a statement titled, ‘Cameroon Tightens Screws on Opposition,’ HRW bemoaned what it described […]
The President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has just faced a major setback as the Swiss government turns down his request for him to be accompanied to Switzerland by heavily armed Cameroon uniformed officers. A source at the Presidency of the Republic has hinted Cameroon Concord News Group that Cameroon government officials are […]
US President Donald Trump has removed Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles as part of a “near-systematic purge” which earlier forced Homeland Security secretary to resign. The White House announced the imminent removal of Alles on Monday, the latest in a series of head-spinning departures from the Department of Homeland Security. Trump has reportedly instructed […]
In a crackdown on both the opposition and the right to assemble, Cameroonian authorities have banned a week of demonstrations planned by the opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) party. On April 5, the Ministry of the Territorial Administration issued a press release banning the demonstrations between April 6 and 13, accusing the MRC of destabilising […]
The Cameroonian Treasury is seeking another XAF10 billion on the securities market of the Bank of central African Countries (Beac). According to an official finance ministry statement, monies will be raised April 10 through the issue of a 26-week treasury bills (BTAs). These short-term securities are, along the 13-week bills, the most sought after on […]
The Secretary-General at the Presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, sent April 1st a letter to the Prime Minister’s office, asking them to limit missions abroad in order to reduce budget spending. “We notice that many government members, Heads of State companies and senior officials regularly go for missions abroad. All these trips really weigh on the […]
Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security has quit her post after talking with President Donald Trump. The president made the announcement Sunday, adding that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would replace Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who “will be leaving her position.” “I have confidence that Kevin will […]
China PR emerged as competition winners for the second time in 2019, defeating Cameroon 1-0 to claim the Wuhan International Tournament on Sunday. The win, sealed by a lone Wang Shanshan goal shortly before half-time, follows January’s successful Four Nations Tournament campaign in Meizhou as Jia Xiuquan’s side continue their build up to the FIFA […]
