In South Africa’s local elections, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic defeat in Tshwane municipality, which is home to the country’s administrative capital Pretoria, to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The electoral commission said Saturday that the DA, the main opposition party in South Africa, won 43 percent of the vote in Tshwane. […]
It has been revealed that sexual violence against children is rising at alarming proportion in Cameroon. Recent statistics made public by the Cercle international pour la promotion de la création (Cipcre) indicated that between 2012 and 2014, 374 cases of sexual violence against children were reported in several parts of the country. Between January 2015 […]
Acting Brazilian President Michel Temer has opened the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the country grapples with an economic and political crisis. There were jeers and booing from the audience as the 75-year-old politician, who stepped up from the post of vice-president and replaced suspended President […]
A popular South African pastor died after attempting dry fasting which the Prince of Peace did for 40 days. The South African pastor reportedly told his followers that he would match Jesus Christ by depriving himself of food and water in the bush for 40 days. Pastor Alfred Ndlovu, aged 44 in an attempt to […]
Cameroon has unveiled the mascot of the African Cup of Nations women’s football commencing on the 19th of November to the 3rd of December 2016. It was released on Friday and it is a dressed lioness in the national Green-Red-Yellow colours. The official name is Lili, it will be the official mascot of the competition […]
As part of efforts to reach out to more patients by making its services more affordable, the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre, CIRCB, Yaounde, has reduced the cost of the Antiretroviral, ARV drug test for AIDS patients who develop resistance. The amount has been slashed from 100,000 FCFA to 10,000 FCFA – a reduction of […]
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cameroon and the European Union is now operational. President Biya signed a decree on August the 4th 2016 enforcing the accords. According to the agreement, some goods from the European Union will be imported into Cameroon tariff-free and vice versa. The Biya decree laid down the rules for the […]
Inhabitants of Yaounde have been reassured of a constant electricity supply throughout the 2016 Female Africa Cup of Nations in November. SONATREL has acquired a 45.000 megavolt transformer to boost power supply in Yaounde. The general manager of the Electricity Transmission Company (SONATREL) visited the site hosting the transformer on the3rd of August 2016 to […]
Ashu Abangma, our chief intelligence reporter in the Peoples Republic of China is no more!! Ashu who joined our team in 2014 was a dedicated newsman and a graduate from the University of Dschang in Cameroon. He died after a head collision during a football encounter. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during […]
Armel François, CEO of Plantations du Haut-Penja, was appointed on Thursday as acting President of the Groupement inter patronal du Cameroun (Gicam). The decision that brought the French man to the spot light was made public via a statement signed by Alain Blaise Batongue, the executive secretary of the association. Alain Blaise Batongue also added […]
