Francophonie Games: Cameroon’s Medal Harvest Surges

Cameroon’s athletes have already bagged 16 medals; three gold, six silver and seven bronze in several sporting activities. The medal harvest for Cameroon at the ongoing the Francophonie Games in Abidjan is on the rise. As the competition draws to an end, Cameroon has already bagged 16 medals; three gold, six silver and seven bronze…

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Cameroon Incurs FCFA15 B In Losses From Illegal Transport

Cameroon incurs annual losses of at least CFA15 billion on average thanks to illegal transport, figures published by the country’s transporters’ union on Wednesday revealed. The union which groups together the National Transport Workers’ Union (SNTRC), the Cameroon Transport and Auxiliary Employers’ Organization (OPSTAC), the General Confederation of Transport Trade Unions of Cameroon (CGSTC) and…

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Families Of Victims In Loss Of Cameroonian Ship Demand Answers

Thirty-two people, most of them soldiers with Cameroon’s elite Rapid Intervention Battalion, remain unaccounted for after their ship capsized off the coast of the Bakassi Peninsula over a week ago. Relatives of the missing are demanding answers. Dozens come every evening to comfort the residents of a house in the Yaounde-Nkoabang neighborhood of the capital….

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Bishops Reject Gov’t’s Bilingual Commission

Catholic bishops in the English-speaking parts of Cameroon have dismissed a new commission looking at bilingualism in the country as a missed opportunity. The minority Anglophone population says it has seen its educational and legal system systematically chipped away by the Francophone majority. Bishops from Cameroon’s English-speaking regions have said a new government commission to…

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Is Cameroon Gradually Forfeiting Its 2019 ACFON Hosting Rights?

Talks are rife in the nation’s political capital Yaounde that Cameroon will finally host the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON. This new found optimism comes on the heels of the recent resolutions arrived at during the Confederation of African Football’s, CAF, Executive Committee meeting in Rabat, Morocco. Shortly after the publication of the resolutions,…

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