In September 2015, Bertrand Bucuka, a staff sergeant serving in the Cameroon special forces, gathered his military gear and changed into civilian clothes. From there, he traveled by bus for the next three days — heading to the nearest airport. Bucuka served as a staff sergeant in the Cameroon Special Forces. “I knew that if […]
Islamic state on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a security post in northern Cameroon, the group said in a statement on telegram. Two customs officers, a policeman and a civilian, were killed in the attack that took place on Tuesday at the entrance to the town of Mora in Cameroon’s far north region, […]
An investigation has been launched into the death of a student who died in military custody in Buea, in the south-west region of Cameroon, and the ongoing detention of his roommate. Galax Yves Landry Etoga, the minister in charge of the national gendarmerie, has ordered the probe following the death of Ngule Linus Fontec, a […]
A further 26 people have died in Cameroon’s ongoing cholera outbreak in the past two weeks, taking the overall death toll to 426, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The outbreak was declared in October 2021 and has seen a strong increase in cases since late March of this year after a period of […]
Sonko, 48, was accused of raping a woman who worked in a massage parlour in 2021, when she was 20, and making death threats against her. He denies wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated. A criminal court cleared Sonko of rape, but found him guilty of a separate criminal offence described in the […]
The Cameroonian government has obtained a €50 million (about CFA32.8 billion) loan from France to strengthen its fire department. Per the related deal signed yesterday, the terms of which remain undisclosed, the beneficiary will receive 227 new fire and rescue vehicles over the next few years. Alamine Ousmane Mey, the Cameroonian Minister of the Economy, […]
A soldier of the Francophone dominated elite force, Rapid Intervention Battalion; BIR was killed in an explosion in Mbengwi on Wednesday. Cameroon Concord News gathered that the BIR serviceman identified as Lieutenant Fabrice Boutou was killed when his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) during an operation in Momo division. The IED, which […]
US rating agency Fitch, in a statement published Friday, has maintained Cameroon’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at B and affirmed that the country has a stable outlook. The result followed a thorough evaluation of Cameroon’s issuer profile. The B rate is the second level of the highly speculative category on the Fitch rating scale, […]
Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence, who incurred Donald Trump’s wrath by refusing to support his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is set to enter the 2024 presidential race against his former boss on 7 June, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Pence will launch his campaign with a […]
Cameroon is about to secure a valuable partner for its National Development Strategy 2020-2030. Yesterday, the Minister of Economy (Minepat) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zhu Chunyu, the CEO of the Silk Road Investment Fund (SRIF), an investment fund controlled by the Chinese government. The validation of the agreement will see Cameroon receive […]
