Football development was at the heart of the discussions when Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) President and Indomitable Lions legend Samuel Eto’o visited FIFA President Gianni Infantino at FIFA’s Paris hub on Thursday. “I was pleased to meet FECAFOOT President Samuel Eto’o in Paris,” Mr Infantino said. “We discussed football, including the positive impact of the […]
A recent survey of 36 African countries revealed that though citizens support democracy, a slim majority is willing to endorse a military coup if elected leaders abuse their power. As a number of West African nations grapple with this dilemma, some wonder whether longtime Cameroonian leader Paul Biya might face the same fate. The Afrobarometer […]
Minutes after Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected to a third term as president of Gabon Aug. 30, a coup led by Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, head of the country’s central security forces, overthrew the government. Ali Bongo became president in 2009 following the death of his father, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who became president in 1967 […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Niger leaders of taking the European country’s ambassador hostage after he refused to comply with an order to leave. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Macron claimed ambassador Sylvain Itte and diplomatic staff “are literally being held hostage in the French embassy.” The envoy “cannot go out, he is persona […]
The Southwest region of Cameroon only accounted for 21.17% of the volume of cocoa beans acquired in the production basins during the 2022-23 season. Compared to the previous campaign, the region saw its contribution decline by 40%, according to data provided by the National Cocoa Coffee Board ONCC. The reasons for this significant drop were […]
A retired soldier, Takor Christopher has been arrested in Yaoundé for allegedly being an accomplice to a gang that has been terrorizing the population of Yaoundé. The gang involving 5 members of ages between 21 and 37 were revealed to the public at the Yaoundé IV central police station on Wednesday September 13, 2023. They […]
Government officials in Cameroon and the Central African Republic say the number of civilian kidnappings has spiked along their borders, with armed gangs and rebels demanding as much as $50,000 in ransom. In addition to the abductions, the rebels and armed gangs loot markets and ranches and send villagers fleeing for safety, said officials in […]
The fight against corruption entails the “formation of consciences”, the Director of Social Communications Commission of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has said. In a Tuesday, September 12 interview with ACI Africa, Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy lamented “endemic” corruption in Cameroon, saying that the Central African nation was “gradually falling apart”, and that […]
A nervy Cameroon scored twice in the second half to beat Burundi 3-0 in Garoua on Tuesday and qualify for January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals, overcoming their plucky opponents as Andre Onana marked his return to the team with a series of key saves. Cameroon had needed to win the game to ensure a […]
President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic has met Cameroon’s collapsing president, Paul Biya at the so-called Unity Palace in Yaoundé. The Russia-Wagner backed leader was in Cameroon to give assurances from President Putin that Moscow would not overthrow the corrupt and moribund Yaoundé government which has been in power for over four decades […]
