First Independent Mena Newspaper
To tackle complaints of discrimination against English speakers, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has ordered officials to enforce a 2019 law on bilingualism and make life easier for English speakers in the French-speaking majority country. The sense of marginalization among the English-speaking minority in Cameroon sparked a separatist conflict that, since 2017, has left more than […]
Disruptions in food supplies caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine have deepened the struggles of millions of Africans to survive, more than 60 farmers’ associations from 11 Central African countries have warned. Calling on the region’s governments to help people cope with food shortages, the farmers say scarcity, high prices and a worsening economic situation […]
Global food crisis is one of Russia’s “weapons of war“, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday (26 July), dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame. It’s Macron’s first foreign trip since his re-election as he seeks to reset France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. The French leader specifically denounced […]
Cameroon has renewed its firm backing and constant recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara during a meeting held lately in Yaoundé between Cameroonian officials and a Moroccan MP delegation. The Moroccan delegation, led by deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Ouzzine, had talks with Speakers of Cameroon’s Senate and National Assembly, Marcel […]