Barron’s | Nine hostages, including five Catholic priests and a nun, have been freed more than a month after they were seized in violence-torn anglophone Cameroon, the church said on Monday. “With great joy, I announce the release of the nine people who had been abducted,” Bishop Aloysius Abangalo Fondong …
Read More »Arnold Ebiketie’s journey from Cameroon to the NFL | +video
Falcons in Focus Podcast | Falcons rookie OLB Arnold Ebiketie sits down with Scott Bair and Tori McElhaney for the Falcons in Focus podcast to share his story. Ebiketie came to the United States when he was 13 years old. Throughout the podcast, he thinks back to that time, recalling …
Read More »Women’s World Cup 2023: Cameroon handed tough draw in intercontinental play-off
BBC | Cameroon received the toughest possible draw in the 10-team intercontinental play-offs to reach the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The final three qualifiers for the expanded 32-team finals, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand, will be decided in Auckland and Hamilton from 18-23 February next year. …
Read More »Cameroon: A new airline enters the air transport market
Business in Cameroon | The Cameroonian Aviation Authority (CCAA) has just approved a new airline in the air transport sector. In an official document sent on October 12, 2022, to the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Asecna), CCAA said it has welcomed Zejet on …
Read More »Cameroon election agency wants huge ID card backlog cleared ahead of polls
Biometric Update | The chairman of Cameroon’s election management body (ELECAM), Abrams Enow Egbe, recently held talks with the delegate general for national security, Martin Mbarga Nguele, on clearing the many blockages that stand in the way of digital ID card issuance in the country. The national identity card is …
Read More »Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana cocoa initiative
Al Jazeera | Cameroon and Nigeria requested to join the Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), a joint body spearheading the interests of the two countries in the cocoa trade, the head of the initiative Alex Assanvo said on Wednesday. The initiative was set up after a 2018 declaration by Ivory …
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