(MENAFN) Cameroon's Interior Minister, Paul Atanga Nji, pledged on Tuesday to pursue legal measures against leading opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary, accusing him of promoting violence amid unrest following the recent election, according to...
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s Interior Minister, Paul Atanga Nji, announced that opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary will face legal proceedings over accusations of inciting “violent post-election demonstrations.” Since the country’s 12 October election,...
(MENAFN) Cameroon's President Paul Biya was officially declared the victor of the country's presidential election by the constitutional court on Monday, having secured 53.66% of the vote. Biya, 92 years old and in power for over four decades, won...
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s long-serving president, Paul Biya, has officially been declared the winner of the country’s recent election, earning a new seven-year term that will keep him in office into his late 90s, according to reports. The Constitutional...
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s long-time president, Paul Biya, has been officially declared the winner of the country’s October 12 election, earning 53.66% of the vote and extending his rule for another seven years, until he is nearly 100 years old. The...
(MENAFN) At least four people have died in Douala, Cameroon’s economic hub, as opposition supporters clashed with security forces before the official announcement of the presidential election outcome, the city’s regional governor confirmed. The...
(MENAFN) At least four people were killed in Douala, Cameroon, as opposition supporters clashed with security forces ahead of the official announcement of the presidential election results, according to regional authorities. The unrest erupted...
(MENAFN) Paul Biya has secured re-election as president of Cameroon for an eighth term, capturing 53.66 percent of the votes, the country's Constitutional Council announced Monday. The candidate of the Cameroon National Salvation Front, Issa...
(MENAFN) At least four people have died in protests across Cameroon’s economic hub, Douala, as the country awaits official results from a hotly contested presidential vote. Authorities report that police posts were attacked, prompting security...
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary declared on Tuesday that he had won the country’s presidential election, held on Sunday. In a televised address to his supporters, Tchiroma described the outcome as an...
By Fon Christopher Achobang The October 12, 2025 presidential election in Cameroon has been presented, once again, as a victory for Paul Biya and his ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM). Official figures show the 92-year-old...
Reports suggest that Cameroon’s opposition leader, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has fled his residence in the northern city of Garoua amid intensifying post-election protests, violent crackdowns, and threats of prosecution. Sources say Bakary secretly...
Djidja Hamidou, mother of a five-month-old child who died of malaria, reacts while talking about her child in Kalliao. (Reuters) Nine-month-old baby Mohamat burned with fever for three days before his family took him to the closest health centre...
Cameroon remains tense following the election earlier this month that extended President Paul Biya term in office. At 92, he is the world’s oldest state leader and after more than four decades in power, young people want things to change....
By _Richard Dablah Cameroon reads like a ledger whose columns have been rewritten so often that the balance looks inevitable. For more than four decades, Paul Biya has converted the ordinary business of rule into a conservative mathematics: move...
When Cameroon’s founding president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, stepped down in November 1982, he left behind one of Central Africa’s most promising economies. The country boasted a diversified base of state-owned enterprises — from airlines to shipping,...
Cameroon vs DR Congo, head-to-head history Cameroon/@camerfoot Cameroon and Gabon will clash on November 13 in the semi-finals of the African play-off tournament, which serves as a qualifier for the intercontinental play-offs for the 2026 FIFA...
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network Editorial The Gambia Action Party (GAP) has expressed concern over what it described as the African Union’s silence on the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the post-election crisis in Cameroon. - Advertisement -...
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