Clashes have erupted in Gabon following an announcement that incumbent President Ali Bongo is the winner of contested weekend elections. Several hundred supporters of Jean Ping, Gabon’s main opposition presidential candidate, attempted to storm the offices of the election commission in the capital Libreville on Wednesday, shortly after authorities announced Bongo’s re-election by a narrow majority. Angry protesters […]
Two new ambassadors accredited to Cameroon have presented the advanced copies of their letters of credence to the Minister of External Relations in Yaounde. The first was the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Cameroon 43 year old Stephane Doppagne. Before his appointment he was the Consul General of Belgium to Lumumbashi in the […]
Several members of Gabon’s election commission, known as Cenap, say the supervising body has approved the victory of incumbent President Ali Bongo over challenger Jean Ping. Cenap officials said on Wednesday that the vote count that had been disputed by delegates from Ping’s camp was approved after a secret ballot by members of the election commission. […]
One of Africa’s longest political dynasties looks set to extend its half-century of rule, after sources inside Gabon’s electoral commission told Reuters the incumbent president, Ali Bongo, had won another term with 49.85% of the vote. The commission was expected to announce that the opposition candidate, Jean Ping, a half-Chinese diplomat who was previously in the […]
Telecommunications, logistics and civil engineering experts from the United Nations Navy in conjunction with African Union, Cameroons Ministry of Defense and the Civil Aviation Authority have ended an evaluation mission in Douala to set up a continental logistics base for the African Union Standby Force (ASF). After visiting the sites of the potential continental logistics […]
Since the official publication of Press Card by the National Press Card Commission in Cameroon, information indicates that 394 Press Cards have been produced and currently being distributed to the various journalists. Among the 394 Press Cards available more than 250 had already been distributed. According to the Permanent Secretary of the National Press Card […]
French President Francois Hollande has called for an end to European Union sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine amid growing dissent in the 28-nation bloc on the restrictive measures. During his annual address to the French ambassadors at the Elysée Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Holande, whose country was previously a staunch supporter of […]
A new opinion poll shows that US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has absolutely no popularity among African-American people in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race. According to the poll conducted by Public Policy Polling and released on Tuesday, the New York businessman’s favorability rating among black voters stands at zero percent, while in a separate poll […]
Egyptian media sources, including the website Kingfut.com reported that Al Ittihad has decided to terminate the contract they signed with Cameroon football star, Samuel Nlend after Egyptian medics revealed the player had contracted the HIV virus that causes AIDS. This information that was also published by the Cameroon Concord News Group has provoked strong reactions […]
The Minister of Transport, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o and the Portuguese bus construction company, Trans Africa Imaos Mota have signed a partnership instituting new mass urban transport buses in the country. According to the partnership signed on the 30th August 2016, the first contingent of buses will get to Cameroon by 31st October 2016. The […]
