Gabonese President Ali Bongo has appointed Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet as Prime Minister and Head of Government. The decision to replace Professor Daniel Ona Ondo as prime minister was made public on Wednesday via a statement from the presidency. Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet has been asked to form an inclusive government. Ngondet, 55 is a native of […]
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has reportedly agreed to reduce its oil production to 32.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) from November. The agreement to slash OPEC’s production by 0.75 mb/d from the current volume of 33.24 mb/d was reached in an informal meeting of the Organization in Algeria. The OPEC is yet to […]
The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) has rounded up training with senior police, military and public officials on cyber criminality. The one week training organised in Buea was on the backdrop of the growing cyber criminality across the world that has bled economies, stirred terrorism and leaked state intelligence. Cameroon has taken […]
The challenges to the development of small and medium-size enterprises are enormous, with start-up promoters listing among others the lack of financing, the quality and cost of Information and Communication Technologies. But more worrisome, young entrepreneurs say, are bottlenecks that hinge on the fiscal regime. High taxes and the lack of appropriate management skills have […]
The CPDM led government has announced the computerization of the land system in Cameroon. CIR has learned that by the end of 2017, the government of Cameroon plans to digitize 120 000 land titles and create a database of 240,000 parcels of land in Yaounde, Douala, Garoua and Maroua. The Philemon Yang administration say, all […]
Cameroon, Iraq and Somalia will be the recipients of 1 543 vehicles supplied by Oshkosh Defence under a $378 million contract. The US Department of Defense said on 23 September that Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $378 137 998 modification to foreign military sales contract for the procurement of 1 543 Family of Medium Tactical […]
The Executive Committee of the African Football Confederation, meeting on Tuesday, September 27 in Cairo, approved the draw procedure for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 beginning on the 19th of October in Libreville, Gabon. Cameroon is in pot 3 and it is evidently clear that she will challenge the likes of Senegal, Morocco and […]
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres has died almost two weeks after suffering a stroke. The Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv pronounced the 93-year-old Peres dead at 0000 GMT on Wednesday. He had been rushed to hospital on September 13 following chest pains, an abnormal heartbeat and severe internal bleeding. While he was in the hospital, officials […]
The Minister Delegate in charge of relations with the Islamic World, Adoum Gargoum has met with the new French Ambassador to Cameroon, Gilles Thibaut. Ambassador Gilles Thibaut who officially took over from Christine Robichon on the 17th of September 2016 used the opportunity and presented his advanced letters of credence. He is expected to perform the […]
The Cameroonian Senate has indeed reached its point of high comedy. We of the Cameroon Concord News Group are not really exaggerating when we say these. Our senators regularly appear completely unprepared for questions concerning the day-to-day running of the country. With age telling on them, they are very sluggish, tongue-tied and practically weak. For […]
