Figures from The Comité Champagne reveals that in 2016, 155,431 bottles of champagne were imported in Cameroon for a total of CFA 2.6 billion (a bit more than €4 million). Even though that volume represents a net decrease compared to the 187,404 bottles imported by the country in 2015 (a year during which the country…
On the Cameroonian presidency’s website, it is revealed that the Chinese government has promised to cancel part of Cameroon’s debt. Even though the amount to be cancelled is not disclosed, this announces an improvement of the China-Cameroon relation. Indeed, during the visit of Yu Jianhu, Chinese deputy commerce minister, from November 29 to December 2,…
The government of Cameroon will accept dialogue as part of measures to end the Anglophone crisis, Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji is reported to have said. He however stresses that the sole condition to the dialogue being that it will be held with persons who are advancing the unity of Cameroon as a nation….
The French ambassador to Cameroon has ordered all French citizens to leave northwest and southwest regions to “safer” regions. Mr Gilles Thibault the French ambassador who took over duty in Cameroon on September 23, 2016 made this statement over radio equinox, a local radio in Douala. According to Monsieur Thibault, the two regions are no longer…
Cameroon’s former Minister of Social Affairs, Catherine Bakang Mbock is in Canada after running away from Cameroon’s National Commission for the Fight against Corruption, CONAC, Le Messager newspaper reports. In its Friday, March 23, 2018 publication, the French Language daily newspaper reported that the former Minister of Social Affairs left the country with his English…
During his maiden visit to the Southwest Region on Tuesday, March 27, Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji said the Government of President Paul Biya is ready for dialogue with nationals and not secessionists. Minister Atanga Nji Paul: “I have brought the message of peace, unity and dialogue from the Head of State. It…
A violent clash occurred between separatist elements and government forces in Cameroon’s SouthWest region on Tuesday March 13, the Journal du Cameroon portal has reported. The said confrontation took place specifically in the town of Nguti in Kupe-Munanenguba Division of the region. Reports indicate that the separatists operating under the Ambazonia Defence Force (ADF) had…
The former Minister of Water and Energy, Basile Atangana Kouna has been barred from leaving the counytry pending investigations. The Heads of Border Posts, Airports and the ten Regional Delegates for National Security have all been notified to ensure the implementation of this decision.In a note signed March 08 by the General Delegation for National…
Private media outlets in Cameroon are defying a ban on political programs imposed by the country’s National Communication Council. The council had ordered the ban, insisting political debates may cause conflict ahead of senatorial elections on March 25. National Communication Council president Peter Essoka says Cameroon needs to promote peace, democracy and human rights, and…
Cardinal Christian Tumi, the Archbishop emeritus of Douala, has accused the Cameroon military of excessive use of force against unarmed civilians in Cameroon’s North West and South West regions. The current “Anglophone crisis” began in late 2016, when disgruntled lawyers and teachers began protesting the use of French in courts using the Anglo-Saxon common law…
