Yaounde, Cameroon — Leaders of Cameroon’s main opposition party say they are negotiating with more than 30 opposition leaders to present a single candidate in the next election, should 91-year-old President Paul Biya be incapacitated by ill health. The opposition reacted after Biya, who has ruled for more than four decades, made no mention of […]
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Yaounde, 28 December 2023- The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, approved the allocation of US$350,000 from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support people-centred accountability initiative in the humanitarian response in Cameroon. The funding will enable the United Nations and its partners to ensure that humanitarian action protects and preserves the rights […]
Yaounde — Yaoundé, Cameroon – Sexual and gender-based violence has been pervasive in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions since separatist fighters launched their armed rebellion against government forces six years ago, demanding independence for the country’s English-speaking minority. RFI spoke to survivors still living with the fallout. Sandra* finds it difficult to talk about what […]
Yaounde — Sanitation and health workers in Cameroon are disinfecting homes to kill bedbugs that have infested the central African state’s capital, Yaounde, and several towns and villages. Government officials say the bloodsucking bugs are imported by travelers from Europe, where some countries are also experiencing infestation. Cameroon residents say they are expecting teams from […]
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Gabon’s President in Cameroon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the president of the Gabonese transition, is visiting Yaoundé December 6, 2023. A long-awaited visit since the general took power at the renovation palace in Libreville. Brice Oligui Nguema had, in fact, already visited all his counterparts in the sub-region except in Yaoundé where he will meet President Paul Biya face-to-face […]
The Ambazonia Interim Government is urging international footballers who intend to visit the region for a football event to exercise caution and reconsider their involvement. The Interim Government (IG) of Ambazonia has issued a strong warning against a planned football gala tournament scheduled to take place in Victoria, Ambazonia, on Thursday, 30 November. In a […]
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria -More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children -Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately […]
Harare — Food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including recently arrived refugees from conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, will stop in January 2024 due to a lack of sponsorship, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The WFP announced in a statement on November 21, that it would stop providing relief […]
At least 24 civilians were killed in Mamfe, in the English-speaking southwest region of the country. According to municipal and prefectural authorities, children, women and men are among the victims. The attack started a little before 4:00 a.m. local time, in the Egbekaw neighborhood, a high-risk neighborhood as armed groups circulate in the area. The […]
Yaounde, Cameroon – In the south-eastern rainforests of Cameroon, the indigenous Baka people are seeing their habitat decimated by logging, farming, mining and construction. Where once they sang and danced to celebrate a hunt or give thanks to the spirits, their traditional performances have become acts of protest and calls for conservation. The sun has […]
Harare — Many people are believed to be dead or missing in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, after landslides demolished many homes in the Mbankolo neighborhood, BBC reports. The calamity claimed the lives of at least 13 people, and the number is likely to rise, according to state media. The number of people still missing after the […]
Nairobi — Harambee Starlets head coach Beldine Odemba is confident they will overturn the 1-0 deficit against Cameroon in the return leg of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) first round qualifier on Tuesday afternoon. Starlets lost by a solitary goal to the indomitable Lionesses in the first leg in Douala on Friday, and […]
Bertoua — The government of Cameroon and the indigenous Baka people in the country’s southeast have agreed to an updated memorandum of understanding that provides them with more access to natural resources in the country’s protected forest areas. The memorandum, that was signed on 19 September in the regional capital Bertoua, expands upon an initial […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, has assured the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the international boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon of adequate security and logistics support in the discharge of its mandate. Speaking when members of the ad hoc committee, led by its chairperson, Beni Lar, visited him at […]
More than seven in 10 citizens see pollution as a serious problem in their community. Key findings More than seven in 10 Cameroonians (72%) say pollution is a serious problem in their community. o Citizens cite deforestation (23%), human waste management (23%), trash disposal (22%), and pollution of water sources (19%) as the most important […]
Nairobi — The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has picked on experienced women’s coach Beldine Odemba to take charge of the national women’s team Harambee Starlets ahead of their Women’s Africa Cup of nations (WAFCON) qualifier against Cameroon. Odemba, also the Police Bullets FC (Formerly Thika Queens) head coach, will take over from Godfrey ‘Solo’ Odhiambo, […]
Kribi, Cameroon — Encroaching waters from the Atlantic Ocean have destroyed several hundred homes and buildings along parts of Cameroon’s 400-kilometer coast on the Atlantic Ocean. Officials in the central African state have temporarily suspended fishing and tourism in the coastal town of Kribi because of the damage. Affected civilians are begging for help from […]
The head coach of Nigeria women’s volleyball team, Samuel Ajayi, said his players were nervous in the first set but overcame it as the game progressed The Nigeria national women’s volleyball team got off to a blistering start on Wednesday at the ongoing 2023 African Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon, as they recorded […]