The Roman Catholic Church in Cameroon condemned, yesterday, the murder of a Togolese priest in Yaoundé by “gangsters.” In a statement, Archbishop Jean Mbarga of Yaoundé expressed his “deep sorrow” over the death of Father Christophe Badjogou Komla (photo), who was “coldly shot dead” on the night of October 7, 2024, around 7:30 p.m., near […]
Eight people were killed and one remains missing after two wooden boats capsized overnight into Wednesday in Cameroon’s Far North Region, state broadcaster CRTV reported. The first accident occurred on the Logone River in Mayo Danay Division, where heavy rain triggered violent waves, causing the boat’s engine to fail and leading to its capsize, local […]
Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week. After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, it was perhaps no surprise that he gave the UN General Assembly in New York a miss. But when he stayed away from this […]
The Ministry of Public Works (Mintp) reports that over CFA11 billion has been allocated to municipalities in the Northwest region between 2020 and 2024. This funding also includes an additional CFA1.3 billion transferred to the Regional Council in 2023 and 2024, aimed at maintaining local roads. Despite this financial support, road construction remains challenging in […]
For some time now, news about Paul Biya’s death has been trending and most discussions among the country’s Diaspora focus on Paul Biya, a man who has ruled his country for almost 42 years. To gain a better understanding of how Cameroonians think about their president, the Cameroon Concord News Group North American editor, Alain […]
Several political leaders have called on the president to seek a new mandate in the 2025 election, despite persistent concerns about his health. As with every presidential election in Cameroon, the calls for Paul Biya to run again—now 91 and facing many questions about his health—are multiplying. The leaders of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement […]
The European Union recently expressed regret over Cameroon’s failure to implement the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) regarding guarantees on timber harvested and exported to EU member states. This agreement serves as a legal framework to combat illegal logging and the associated trade. However, 13 years after Cameroon signed the agreement, “logging still partly relies on […]
A logging truck collided with an intercity passenger bus, a Coaster model operated by Galaxie Voyages, near Kombe on the Yaoundé-Sangmelima road in Cameroon. Witnesses said the accident happened today at the Nnemeyong bend. The bus had left Sangmelima around 7 a.m. heading to Yaoundé. Local sources reported that at least 19 bodies had been […]
As rumours continue to circulate about the health of the Cameroonian president, Cameroon’s Paris-based diplomat André Magnus Ekoumou says Biya is in Geneva. For nearly a month, the health of Paul Biya, 91, has been the subject of widespread speculation, as the Cameroonian president has successively cancelled appearances at the United Nations General Assembly, the […]
The government in Yaoundé has said that rumours of all kinds circulating through conventional media and social networks about President Biya’s condition are pure fantasy. Biya has not been seen in public since attending a China-Africa forum in Beijing in early September. His failure to appear as scheduled at a summit in France last weekend […]
