Rwandans began voting Friday in a presidential election widely expected to return strongman Paul Kagame to office for a third term at the helm of the small East African country. Some 6.9 million Rwandans have registered to vote in the poll, which pits Kagame, 59, against two little-known candidates seen as unlikely to pose any […]
The former general manager of the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency, Jean-Louis Beh Mengue was recently arrested as he attempted to escape from the country after a first hearing of his case at the Special Criminal Court on the 19th of June 2017. Jean-Louis Beh Mengue is facing trial for embezzlement and misappropriation of funds during his […]
The Anglophone problem, which has intensified since last October with the paralysis of the North-West and South West Regions on the backdrop of federalist claims, even secessionist, is the consequence of a colonial legacy and a failure of the “centralist project” pursued by the power of Yaoundé, according to the terms of a report published […]
Russia has said the fresh US sanctions imposed against Moscow are tantamount to a “full-scale trade war” and destroy prospects for better relations with Washington. “The hope that our relations with the new American administration would improve is finished,” said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. He also said the new sanctions show […]
Security services in the North region have warned that five Boko Haram suicide bombers reportedly entered Garoua in order to carry out suicide attacks. La Republique’s security services say they are anticipating a wave of suicide bombings in the chief city in the North region, following the new modus operandi used by the Nigerian Islamic […]
A new drama has been added to the late Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Bala affair. One of the military drivers transporting the remains of the late Bishop during the funeral procession towards Bafia on Wednesday afternoon, after the removal of the body and the requiem mass in the morning died from an accident that occurred in […]
That Yaoundé city council cannot cope with its waste is incontestable. A walk along some main streets or estates is proof that the nation’s capital is chocking in its own garbage. In fact, the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo government has acknowledged that the rate at which Yaounde city’s residents are generating waste exceeds its capacity […]
China has offered to support Gambia in the sectors of infrastructure, agriculture, tourism, and other areas, following the African country’s severance of formal ties with Taiwan. At a meeting in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his visiting Gambian counterpart Ousainou Darboe that China was ready “to enhance cooperation with Gambia” in the aforementioned […]
French Cameroun athletes are back in the country after grabbing twenty-one medals, five in gold, seven silver and nine bronze at the just ended 8th edition of La Francophonie Games in Abidjan,Cote d’ivore. The delegation touched down at the Yaounde Nsimalen Airport at five minutes after 8 a.m and was received in a grand style […]
The trial of Amadou Vamoulke, former general manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television has finally opened in Yaoundé. Vamoulke pleaded not guilty on Monday at the Special Criminal Court in the case that also involves Prof. Gervais Mendo Ze former cabinet minister and onetime GM of the state owned radio and television. Amadou Vamoulke […]
