Construction of the infrastructure to supply Yaoundé with drinking water, drawn from the Sanaga River in the Centre region, has finally been completed after several delays. According to an April 22 statement issued by the Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, the works, part of the Yaoundé Water Supply and Surroundings Project (Paepys), […]
Environmental ministers from Nigeria and Cameroon have made conservation history by signing a highly-anticipated Memorandum of Understanding to address the illegal trade in wild species. The agreement promises to tackle wildlife crime across the 2,000km shared border between the two countries. Tropical timber such as rosewood, elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and other wildlife commodities are […]
In an exclusive interview, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe discussed his ambitions for African football and his tenure as CAF president. He also rejected accusations of defamation from Cameroon’s football federation president Samuel Eto’o and responded to allegations of sexual abuse involving several youth football team coaches in Gabon. […]
Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants. That is the equivalent of six lives saved every minute of every year of the half century, the UN health agency said. In a study […]
Cameroon’s opposition and civil society have launched a mass campaign to combat voter apathy. The goal is to encourage disgruntled youths to register to vote before the August deadline and go to the polls in presidential elections next year, instead of just complaining that longtime President Paul Biya will rig elections to die in power. […]
The Biya Francophone regime in Yaoundé habitually dodges voting at the UNGA either by abstaining to vote or by simply absenting itself when a vote is being taken on some matter. But last week, the Francophone dominated ruling CPDM crime syndicate cast a vote that in effect supported Israel in what many characterize as an […]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged on Monday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, telling the upper house of parliament he will force the new legislation through despite its opposition. Sunak said the government had booked commercial charter planes and trained staff to take migrants to Rwanda, part of […]
Israel’s military intelligence chief has resigned after taking responsibility for failures leading to the Hamas attack on October 7, the military said on Monday, as Israel carried out more shelling in war-battered Gaza overnight. General Aharon Haliva is the first top Israeli official to step down for failing to prevent the Hamas attack, which triggered […]
Tributes are being paid after Grammy-winning American Idol singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley died at the age of 47. Paula Abdul, who was a judge during her Idol season in 2006, called her a “true beacon of light” in a statement to People. Another Idol star Danny Gokey wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he was […]
The Mayor of Douala, Roger Mbassa Ndine, Mitwa Ng’ambi, CEO of MTN Cameroon, and Alain Nono, General Manager of Mobile Money Corporation (MMC), signed a three-year renewable memorandum of understanding on April 12, 2024, in Douala. The agreement facilitates collaboration across several sectors, including the use of Mobile Money (MoMo) as an alternative method for […]
