As 2023 fades into history and 2024 looms large on the horizon, the Cameroon Concord News Group deems it necessary to talk to a keen observer of the Cameroonian political and economic landscape who will present the past to our readers and walk them into the New Year with relative ease. In this regard, the […]
Jacques Delors, a former head of the EU Commission and key figure in the creation of the euro currency, has died his daughter Martine Aubry told AFP on Wednesday. Delors, who was 98, died in his sleep in his Paris home on Wednesday, she said. Delors, a Socialist, had a high-profile political career in France, […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented “confrontation moves” by the United States, state media reported on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country’s […]
Separatist activism is likely to continue in the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon through at least mid-2024. An explosive device detonated in Bamenda, Northwest Region, on Dec. 25, without casualties reported. Previously, suspected Ambazonia secessionist militants raided a market in Bamenyam, West Region, a locality bordering the Norwest Region, on Nov. 21, killing at […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024, to the Valiant people of Ambazonia The feel of the Season is once more upon us. The glory of the Lord has manifested itself one more time, through another year. Twelve months have blown past us and it feels like yesterday. It is difficult for me to […]
An improvised explosive device exploded on Christmas Day morning in Bamenda, the chief town of Cameroon’s Anglophone region of Northwest that has been ravaged by years of armed separatist conflict, several local and security sources said. The blast struck a market in the T-Junction neighborhood of the city, setting three makeshift shops ablaze, a security […]
The National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has reaffirmed its stance on sexuality that marriage is between a man and a woman. This comes after Pope Francis, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, recently allowed priests to bless same-sex couples. According to a document issued by the Vatican recently, Pope Francis said […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war has come at a “very heavy price” for his side. The military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Friday, bringing the total of the ground assault to 153. Saturday was one of its deadliest days – but Mr Netanyahu said […]
The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and Christmas tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists who gather each year to mark the holiday. […]
Five months ago, Amnesty International stated: “Cameroonian authorities must act to end the violence against the population and conduct thorough investigations into the killings, acts of torture, rapes, burning of houses and other atrocities committed in the Anglophone regions…” The 5th July 2023 report, like many before, was disapproving and detailed extensive human rights violations […]
