A group sexually assaulted, beat, and humiliated an intersex person in Cameroon’s capital of Yaoundé on November 15. According to a report by the international human rights group Human Rights Watch, the perpetrators filmed their assault that took place over the course of two hours. The videos have since been shared on social media. (Editor’s note: Though blurred, the video may…
Residents of Manga community in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State on Sunday said the Ambazonian fighters who attacked them on Nigeria soil came through boats and navigated the mountains into their community. The locals added that the invaders first attacked two villages on fringes of the Cameroon-Nigerian border before crossing over to Manga…
November 19 – FIFA has again come under attack for its political maneuvering in Africa, this time from a leading club president in Cameroon who has criticised the world governing body and its president Gianni Infantino for manipulating federation politics, and ignoring rulings made at CAS. Abdouraman Hamadou Babba, president of top flight club Etoile…
Despite the usual pre-tournament noise, all systems are go for Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations. It has been a tournament that has been wobbling on the brink. With less than ten weeks to go before the tournament kicks off, the ‘will the stadia be ready in time?’ round of stories have begun. The Africa…
The players who are in their fourth training camp are presently fine-tuning their skills at the CAF Excellence Centre in Mbankomo since November 8, 2021. The national U20 women’s team will face the Panthers of Gabon on December 4, 2021 in the third round double encounter for the 2022 FIFA U20 Women’s World cup…
(Business in Cameroon) – In the early hours of November 22, 2021, checkpoints were deployed throughout Cameroon to make sure drivers have effectively paid their vehicle stamp duty, counting for the current budget year. According to a note the Director-General of Taxation sent to his collaborators on November 15, 2021, in preparation for the…
Stakeholders involved in the fight against drug consumption have pledged to harness more efforts to curb the proliferation and consumption of chicha among youths which is increasingly on the rise. Meeting last weekend for a workshop of actors in tobacco control, discussions were focused on ways to discourage the consumption of tobacco and its derivatives….
The Government Bilingual Primary School Bertoua was the main scene for the launch of the national campaign to deworm school-age children in Cameroon. The campaign which runs till December 31 was launched by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Health, Pr Louis Richard Njock personal representative of the Minister of Public Health and…
The caravan of the third phase of the nationwide vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 was into the nooks and crannies last weekend as the exercise looks to boot the vaccination numbers and keep the population safe from the virus. Since its launch last Wednesday, the various teams have been moving into neighbourhoods with loud speakers…
(Business in Cameroon) – On November 19, 2021, Viettel Cameroun SA, popularly known under its trade name Nexttel, published a release announcing the resumption of talks between its shareholders to improve its deteriorating services. “The process for the reorganization of the partnership between Cameroonian and Vietnamese parties was initiated weeks ago. In that regard, the…
