YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — VOA | The family of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo, who was killed in January, say they have received threats from officials suspected of involvement in his death. As authorities investigate the murder of the popular radio announcer and journalist, a debate has been sparked between family members …
Read More »Water turmoil in Cameroon’s boom city casts shadow over precious resource
Douala (AFP) – Dawn breaks in Cameroon’s economic hub, the seething metropolis of Douala, and a crowd gathers at the water spigots by the Guinness brewery in the run-down district of Bassa. They fill up jerrycans and canisters from the only dependable local source of water — a borehole installed …
Read More »Breaking: An inferno in Douala-Bonassama leaves 17 injured.
This afternoon around 2pm, 17 employees of the metalworking company Acero Métal Sarl, located in the Bonassama neighborhood of Bonaberi, were seriously injured as a result of a boiler explosion. Upon being informed of the incident, the administrative authorities, led by the governor of the Littoral region, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha …
Read More »Singer Sues Cameroon President’s Daughter, Friend, for Defamation
VAN NUYS (CNS) – A Cameroonian singer is suing a daughter of the president of the plaintiff’s native African country, alleging in a multimillion- dollar complaint that the defendant and her friend defamed her on the social media in 2021 by accusing her of dealing drugs and being involved in …
Read More »Cameroon’s role in the fast-growing dark fleet exposed
Splash 247 | S&P Global Market Intelligence has become the latest firm to put a figure on the scale of the so-called dark fleet, the growing list of ships operating in contravention of sanctions in place against countries such as Iran, Venezuela and Russia. The New York-based company, one of …
Read More »Collaboration Agreement for Oil and Gas Signed between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
On March 17, 2023, a cooperation agreement was signed by the President of the Republic, Paul BIYA, and his Equatoguinean counterpart, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to exploit oil and gas fields that cross the border between the two countries. The signing ceremony occurred at Unity Palace, after the 15th session …
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