Two things can turn good friends into bitter and bloody enemies in Cameroon: Women and money. A good friend can even forgive you if you refuse to pay them back a loan. But taking their woman away is synonymous with a death sentence in the Central and West African nation. This widely known truth has…
Thirty-nine public officials have recently been prohibited from leaving Cameroon. This is revealed in three messages (being shared on social media since the last weekend) signed by Martin Mbarga Nguélé, the delegate-general for national security. The messages addressed to the police units posted at the borders enjoined the police officers to arrest the said officials…
On April 30, 2018, Cameroon Water Utilities (CAMWATER), the public water company, will officially start the water distribution which was till then handled by Camerounaise des eaux (CDE), a Morrocan private company. This information was revealed during a series of meetings organized on April 5-6, 2018 in Douala by Gaston Essomba Eloundou, the water and…
News about the liberation of hostages in the locality of Moungo-Ndor in the Nguti Subdivision of the Kupe Muanenguba Division of the South West Region on 2 April, 2018 came as a sigh of relief to many. In the presence of cabinet ministers, officials of the Italian and Swiss Consular services where citizens were involved…
A group of Cameroonian separatists arrested in Nigeria and transferred to Cameroon are being treated in accordance with the law, the country’s information minister has told RFI. Supporters of the jailed Anglophones as well as rights groups say the separatists have not been given access to lawyers or charged with any offence. Issa Tchiroma Bakary…
The Anglophone Crisis seems to have taken a different twist as a memorandum signed by some disgruntled individuals, planning mass protest on the streets of the nation’s capital; Yaoundé has gone viral on the social media. In the memorandum, the activists swore to “make Yaounde one of the strongholds of the crisis in order to…
Joseph Beti Assomo, the Minister Delegate at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon in Charge of Defense in an exclusive interview with Sputnik spoke about the two security crises facing Cameroon – terrorism from Boko Haram, and the secessionist crisis in two Anglophone regions of the country. Sputnik: I wanted to ask you about your participation in the…
On March 29, 2018, Philémon Yang sent a circular to the decentralized territorial units’ officials and to the managing directors of public institutions and companies. In the circular, he revealed that in defiance of the rules in force, government institutions and companies’ confidential document and information were regularly disclosed to an unauthorized public. He further…
Skepticism dominates Cameroon’s English-speaking areas, even after the visit of the newly appointed Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji. The minister visited Buea and Kumba in the South-West, as well as Bamenda and Batibo, two sub-regions in northwestern Cameroon. The minister had said on Tuesday that he was bringing a “message of dialogue” to the restive…
Philemon Yang, Cameroon’s Prime Minister, has instructed members of Government to categorize missions abroad at all administrative levels in strict compliance with the provisions of the Decree of 13 March 2018 which amends and supplements the Decree of 13 September 2000 to lay down travel regulations for State employees. The Prime Minister made the statement…
