First Independent Mena Newspaper
Cameroon’s long-serving president, Paul Biya, faces a high-stakes legal challenge as opposition candidate and veteran lawyer Akere Muna petitions the Constitutional Council to block his bid for an eighth term ahead of the 12 October election. At 92, Biya has held power since 1982, making him one of the world’s oldest and longest-serving leaders. Muna’s […]
Cameroon and Nigeria announced they have opted to peacefully settle their decades-long border disputes by 2025 and would thus no longer require the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider the case and issue a ruling to settle the matter. Rather, the two nations said, joint delegations will validate a demarcation plan on site to […]
As the world marked World Health Day on 7 April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted air pollution — most notably in fast-growing cities in Africa — as a top danger that the governments on the continent need to resolve. Experts and organizations working for cleaner air in Africa have recently met in Cameroon’s […]
India has validated exports of rice to seven countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea and Seychelles several months after banning the export of the crop in view of meeting the needs of the domestic market and reducing increasing prices. Per the decision to lift the ban, ‘Sika Finance’ reports, India will send 1.34 million tons […]
Faman Toure, the outgoing chairman of Côte d’Ivoire’s Chamber of commerce and industry (CCI-CI), won Monday August 28 another six-year term in the position. Toure’s team known as “Ensemble pour une Chambre forte” [Together for a stronger Chamber] clinched 84 per cent of votes during a congress held in Yamoussokro. He won over rival Boni […]
Ahead of Cameroon’s National Day on 20 May, thousands of people are demonstrating this week, calling for peace and reconciliation in what a recent briefing paper referred to as a „bloody civil war“. The demonstrators, led by activists, traditional leaders and clerics, gathered in the capital, Yaounde, on Thursday, calling for an end to hate […]
A 66-year-old former Rwandan military policeman appeared in court in Paris on the first day of his trial on Wednesday (10 May), charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 slaughter in his home country. Philippe Hategekimana fled to France after the genocide, obtaining refugee status and then French nationality under a false […]
Three security forces and one civilian were shot dead Monday at a checkpoint in an attack in Moungo department, in the littoral region, that Cameroonian authorities blamed on separatists fighting to break away from Yaounde. “On Monday morning, heavily armed separatists opened fire on the Matouké checkpoint in the Bona-Léa district of the Moungo department. […]
Thousands gathered in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, Sunday (6 November) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of President Paul Biya’s coming to power but the 89-year-old stayed out of the spotlight as questions swirled about the only leader most of the Central African country’s people have ever known. Biya has not appeared in public since French President […]
The Cameroonian army discovered and dismantled Monday a weapon factory in the South-West town of Buea, a region hosting rebels demanding a breakaway from Yaoundé. A unit of the Gendarmerie Nationale, Cameroon Info reports made the discovery during an operation. The forces, media adds, a sizable stock of war materials including 2 belts, 8 batteries, […]