Ministers Fame Ndongo and Gregoire Owona have reassured Cameroonians about the health of President Paul Biya, 91, and expressed anger at those who announced the demise of the ailing dictator, Cameroon Radio and Television reported on Tuesday after Prime Minister Dion Ngute reportedly cancelled the weekly cabinet meeting. Cameroon Concord News reported that President Paul […]
Lawmakers have accused the 59-year-old deputy to President William Ruto of corruption, undermining the government and practising ethnically divisive politics, among a host of other charges. At a press conference on Monday, Gachagua denied the accusations as “outrageous” and “sheer propaganda”, saying it was a scheme to hound him out of office. Gachagua is a […]
Cameroon has joined the AgSys (Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies) project, a global initiative launched by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Funded with €5 million—around CFA3.2 billion—the project will run for four years (2023-2027) and will assist Cameroon in transforming its agricultural systems to enhance sustainability. AgSys aims to help […]
President Biya’s family is now living in a well guarded house in France, it has been claimed. Aides to the dictator have moved his family and a select band of relatives to France late yesterday. The move is said to have come about after the 91-year-old leader disappeared from public view. Intelligence sources told Cameroon […]
Teachers in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions on Saturday called for more efforts to strengthen security measures for teachers, students and schools in the regions where an armed separatist conflict is underway. “Many of us are threatened, kidnapped, tortured and some have even been killed — for the simple fact that we are teachers,” the All Anglophone […]
It is being reported in France and Switzerland that Cameroon’s President is no more. The 91-year-old dictator, who undertook a long tiring journey to China, might not be returning to his country in front of the plane. Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon for almost 42 years, seems to have succumbed to the inevitable after […]
The floods that have hit Cameroon in recent months have caused loss of life and enormous material damage. Those mostly affected by the deadly floods are in Mayo-Danay, a Far North Province of Cameroon. As Caritas Cameroon cannot respond to all requests for help, the Cameroon National Episcopal Conference has invited all parishes to organise […]
The news from France is not good at all. Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, is fighting for his life. The 91-year-old Biya, who was expected to attend Friday’s opening session of the 2024 Francophone Summit, was indeed a no-show. (See group picture of heads of state and government) The ailing president was represented by the country’s […]
President Joe Biden said Friday he was not confident the US election in November would be peaceful, citing incendiary comments by Republican contender Donald Trump, who still rejects his 2020 defeat. Biden’s warning came with lawmakers and analysts voicing concern over increasingly bellicose campaign language ahead of the vote. Trump — who survived an assassination […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been a key player in Africa’s agricultural development efforts for more than four decades. In this regard, IFAD engages with governments in the region to encourage them to increase their investments in agriculture, with special emphasis on climate-smart practices and green technologies which sustainably boost agricultural productivity. […]
