The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N’Djamena, the general staffs of both countries announced Thursday. The central African country in late November abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in late December. Thursday’s handover […]
Everyone aboard American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington is feared dead, a fire chief said Thursday. The Wednesday crash prompted a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. The jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. Washington Fire Chief John […]
Between 2018 and 2024, Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Works transferred CFA195.3 billion to decentralized local governments. These funds mainly came from the Public Investment Budget, the Road Fund, and delegated credits. During this period, the total transfer from the Public Investment Budget amounted to CFA89.8 billion, with the lowest transfer of CFA11.4 billion occurring in […]
Cameroon’s Road Fund estimates that maintaining the national road network, which spans 121,873 km as of December 31, 2024, will require CFA1.1 trillion in 2025. According to an assessment carried out in July 2024, this maintenance plan covers 39,000 km of roads, including 13,500 meters of bridges and other infrastructure, based on data compiled by […]
The start of the year has been particularly difficult for many traders in Cameroon, as a series of fires have ravaged several markets nationwide. These disasters have caused significant material losses and disrupted the lives of thousands of merchants. The most recent fire broke out on January 23 at Petit Marché, in Yelwa, in Garoua, […]
Ghana have appointed former Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Winfried Schafer (75) as a technical adviser to their team after failing to qualify for the 2025 finals in Morocco. The German-born Schafer led Cameroon to the African title in 2002 and also previously coached Jamaica and Thailand. He established his coaching credentials at Karlsruhe […]
Protesters have attacked the embassies of the United States and France in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Several other foreign missions came under attack on Tuesday. Reportedly, in what seemed to be an orchestrated move, the US, French, Belgian, Rwandan, Ugandan, Kenyan and South African embassies all came under attack […]
In 2024, Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region, saw an inflation rate of 3.5%. This is notably lower than the national average of 4.7%, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS). As a result, Bamenda is one of the three cities least affected by inflation in the country, alongside Garoua (3%) and Ngaoundéré, […]
A total of 1,736 Cameroonians, are at risk of deportation from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to address illegal immigration. According to a document from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which was shared with the media, this move is part of a wider initiative to remove over […]
France waged a war marked by “extreme violence” during Cameroon’s fight for independence in the late 1950s, historians said in the latest officially commissioned study grappling with Paris’s colonial past released on Tuesday, January 28. The historians found that Paris implemented mass forced displacement, pushed hundreds of thousands of Cameroonians into internment camps and supported […]
