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Investigation underway after the brutal death of the chief of chancery at the French consulate in Douala

Friday, August 18, the lifeless body of Christian Hué, chief of chancery at the French Consulate General in Douala, was found at his home. Early indications suggest that it could be a suicide. Investigations have been opened to determine the causes and circumstances of the death. The French Embassy in …

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FECAFOOT Denounces Attempts to Disrupt Cameroonian Football

The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has denounced attempts by certain clubs to disrupt the organization of professional football in the country. In a press release issued on August 18, 2023, FECAFOOT said it was “stunned” to discover a statement on social media signed by a number of clubs, including those …

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Cameroon Suspends Work Contracts; Foreign Workers There Illegally Must Leave

VOA | Officials in Cameroon suspended the work contracts of several thousand foreign workers, including Africans, Chinese and Europeans, and ordered them to obtain work permits and pay taxes within a month or leave the country. The Cameroon government said that only about 100 of more than 2,000 foreign workers …

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Olivier Ntcham: Swansea City confirm Cameroon midfielder’s exit – after his Samsunspor debut

BBC | Swansea City have confirmed the departure of midfielder Olivier Ntcham, a day after he made his debut for Turkish side Samsunspor. Ntcham, 27, had been left out of Swansea’s opening Championship fixtures after saying he did not want to play in their draw with Birmingham. The Cameroon international …

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Cameroon suffers another downgrade, this time by Standard and Poor’s

The Africa Report | The world’s leading credit rating agency has downgraded Cameroon’s sovereign rating by six points, a steeper downgrade than that by Moody’s two weeks earlier. Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded Cameroon’s long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign rating by six notches on 8 August, from B-/B (highly speculative) to …

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