The Republic of Cameroon organised a perfidy in 2019 which it pompously named Major National Dialogue. The Major National Dialogue mid-wived an amorphous construct, a charade, it has been proved, called Special Status ostensibly to recognise the specific identity of the annexed territory of the Southern Cameroons which it nicknamed North West and South West […]
The 24 teams qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have learned their fates following the group stage draw held on Monday in Rabat. The tournament is set to take place in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, and promises high-stakes matchups. Cameroon finds itself in a challenging Group F, […]
The Etoudi walls appear to be closing in on President Paul Biya in Yaoundé. Barrister Akere Muna, Archbishop Samuel Kleda, Professor Maurice Kamto and Jean-Michel Nintcheu are about as influential as you can get within the Cameroon political structure and all of them have advised Mr Paul Biya that any attempt on his part to […]
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” […]
