• Yaoundé clean water project reaches completion, but challenges remain

    Yaoundé clean water project reaches completion, but challenges remain

    Construction of the infrastructure to supply Yaoundé with drinking water, drawn from the Sanaga River in the Centre region, has finally been completed after several delays. According to an April 22 statement issued by the Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, the works, part of the Yaoundé Water Supply and Surroundings Project (Paepys), […]

  • Historic agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon to tackle wildlife crime

    Historic agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon to tackle wildlife crime

    Environmental ministers from Nigeria and Cameroon have made conservation history by signing a highly-anticipated Memorandum of Understanding to address the illegal trade in wild species. The agreement promises to tackle wildlife crime across the 2,000km shared border between the two countries. Tropical timber such as rosewood, elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and other wildlife commodities are […]

  • CAF president Motsepe says aiming for African team to win ‘next World Cup’

    CAF president Motsepe says aiming for African team to win ‘next World Cup’

    In an exclusive interview, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe discussed his ambitions for African football and his tenure as CAF president. He also rejected accusations of defamation from Cameroon’s football federation president Samuel Eto’o and responded to allegations of sexual abuse involving several youth football team coaches in Gabon. […]

  • WHO says Vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years

    WHO says Vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years

    Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants. That is the equivalent of six lives saved every minute of every year of the half century, the UN health agency said. In a study […]

  • Race For Etoudi: Civil society groups, opposition launch mass voter registration campaign

    Race For Etoudi: Civil society groups, opposition launch mass voter registration campaign

    Cameroon’s opposition and civil society have launched a mass campaign to combat voter apathy. The goal is to encourage disgruntled youths to register to vote before the August deadline and go to the polls in presidential elections next year, instead of just complaining that longtime President Paul Biya will rig elections to die in power. […]

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