AFP | Thousands rallied in Cameroon’s capital on Sunday to fete 40 years in power of President Paul Biya, who is accused of trampling on human rights and stifling democracy. The 89-year-old is the world’s second longest-serving leader, except monarchs, after Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been …
Read More »Cameroon’s President Celebrates 40 Years in Power; Opposition Seeking Electoral Reforms
VOA | YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s government and its supporters are holding events this week ahead of celebrations Sunday marking President Paul Biya’s 40 years in power. Meanwhile, opposition parties are holding rallies calling for the 89-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, to change what they say are …
Read More »President Biya Gives $250,000 For Repatriation Of 630 Cameroonians Expelled From Equatorial Guinea
HumAngle Media | The presidential intervention follows forceful and sometimes brutal expulsion of Cameroonians by the Equato-Guinean authorities. President Paul Biya of Cameroon has authorised the release of 125 million FCFA (about US$250,000) to be used for the repatriation of an estimated 630 Cameroonians who are being forcefully expelled from …
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 »Cameroun: nouveau scandale de fraudes à grande échelle dans la fonction publique
RFI | C’est une affaire qui commence à faire grands bruits au Cameroun. Des enquêtes ouvertes contre des centaines de fonctionnaires, principalement du ministère des Finances et de l’Économie, soupçonnés de diverses malversations financières. Des fraudes qui vont de la falsification de la durée des missions à l’intérieur comme à …
Read More »Un ancien ambassadeur américain au Cameroun demande la libération de Marafa Hamidou Yaya
RFI | Niels Marquardt, un ancien ambassadeur américain au Cameroun appelle à la libération de Marafa Hamidou Yaya, ancien Secrétaire général de la présidence de Paul Biya et grande figure politique du Nord du Cameroun, en prison depuis dix ans. L’ancien diplomate américain Niels Marquardt s’inquiète de la santé de …
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