Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of Finance, has defended Cameroon’s borrowing drive. In an interview with the Cameroon Tribune, the minister noted that Cameroon needs financial resources to accelerate development. Cameroon Tribune:Your Excellency, what has motivated the launch of the fourth operation during this year 2016? Alamine Ousmane:As you have stated correctly, we are gunning […]
For two weeks now, two senior officers of the Cameroon army have been disputing the command of the 11th Battalion of the Marines (11th BAFUMAR) stationed in Campo precisely in the South region. Cameroon Intelligence Report learned that the issue is all about legitimate authority. It all started in August, when the Commander of the […]
The United Nations human rights chief has warned the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo of a looming “large-scale crisis” in the African country. Congo’s leaders “need to pull back from their extremely confrontational position and build bridges with the opposition,” Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said in a statement on Thursday. The comments by the United […]
The fight against HIV AIDS has intensified as over 250 participants from 31 countries in West and Central Africa are gathered in Yaounde to discuss and develop strategies to reach out to key populations affected by the virus. The three day regional meeting holding in Yaounde was officially opened by the Minister of Public Health […]
Statement by H.E. Paul Biya at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees held on September 20, 2016 under the initiative of President Barack Obama on the side-lines of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly. The President of the United States of America, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, The Secretary-General of the United Nations, […]
Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say 32 people, including four police officers, have been killed during two days of clashes between protesting demonstrators and anti-riot forces in the capital, Kinshasa. Clashes erupted in Kinshasa on Monday, when thousands of opposition supporters rallied against President Joseph Kabila and his bid to extend his […]
A protester shot at a demonstration against US police brutality on African Americans has succumbed to his wounds in the state of North Carolina, the Charlotte police chief says. The protesters were marching Wednesday to denounce the police shooting of African American Keith Lamont Scott, killed in the city late on Tuesday. The 43-year-old’s death […]
The Ministries of Defence and that of Forestry and Wildlife have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the protection of wildlife. According to the terms of the agreement, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) will accompany the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) to achieve its objective of protecting endangered species in protected areas. […]
A delegation of Saudi Arabian Members of Parliament has arrived Yaounde on a three-day official visit to Cameroon. The group headed by former Saudi Arabian Minister of Agriculture, H.E. Waleed A. Elkhereiji are in Cameroon from 21st to 23rd September 2016, to strengthen ties between Yaounde and Riyadh; ties which date back to the 1960’s. […]
The family of France’s former President Jacques Chirac have dismissed rumors in the media about his death, saying he is still receiving treatment in the hospital for lung infection. Chirac’s son-in-law, Frederic Salat-Baroux, said on Wednesday that the former French president was being treated under the supervision of medical teams with “exceptional quality,” adding that the 83-year-old […]
