Boxer Cindy Ngamba said she was “just human like any other refugee” after making history by guaranteeing the Refugee Olympic Team a first Games medal. The 25-year-old beat sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Davina Michel by unanimous decision on Sunday to reach the women’s 75kg semi-finals. With both losing semi-finalists awarded bronze, the Cameroon-born fighter is assured of […]
Thierry Henry won almost everything possible in a glittering career as a player and is now “living a dream” as a coach after leading hosts France to the final of the Olympic men’s football. France are aiming to win gold for the second time, 40 years after their triumph in Los Angeles, and will face […]
Pope Francis’s bookish side emerged Sunday, after the Vatican published a letter in which the pontiff encourages young priests to read — while revealing that he himself likes the great tragedies. “How can we speak to the hearts of men and women if we ignore, set aside or fail to appreciate the ‘stories’ by which […]
Following the launch of EYUMEMA, an organization which morphed from MOHWA Inc, USA, many people of Manyu descent have been talking about the disunity which has been the hallmark of Manyu people. To gain a better understanding of the situation, we turned to Dr. Joachim Arrey, a man who is driven by a passion to […]
An Expression of Interest (EOI) announcement has been published by the World Bank seeking a contractor for a project that aims to strengthen the Cameroon government’s cybersecurity architecture. Opened on July 29, interested candidates with expertise in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have up to August 12 at midnight, local time, to […]
The head of Cameroon’s National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) has said some managers and employees will appear before a UK court over suspected involvement in bribery offences linked to Swiss commodity trader Glencore (GLEN.L), opens new tab. Adolphe Moudiki, SNH’s administrator and director general, had previously denied staff involvement but late on Friday issued a statement […]
In a statement on July 30, Cameroon’s Minister of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, announced the signing of an €122.73 million (CFA80.5 billion) financing agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on July 3. This funding will support the Cameroon-Chad Electrical Interconnection Project (Pirect). This deal follows President Paul Biya’s authorization on […]
Boxer Cindy Ngamba is hopeful of winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics – but has vowed never to go back to her home country of Cameroon. Ngamba left the African nation aged just 11 with her family to head to the UK, where they settled in Bolton, eventually being granted asylum status years […]
Alex Beard, the billionaire former head of oil at Glencore Plc, was charged with corruption by the UK’s top fraud agency, alongside four other ex-employees from the commodities trader. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office accused Beard of conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit Glencore’s oil operations in West Africa. The agency alleges he conspired […]
Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda has outlined six levels of communion, which he said Catholic Priests share in their Priestly ministry. In his Wednesday, July 31 homily during the opening Mass of the General Assembly of Priests of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province (BAPEC), Archbishop Nkea highlighted Communion with the Trinity, Communion […]
