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12:11 pm

Christmas amidst COVID-19: How different countries are coping

It is over 10 months now since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic by the World Health organization (WHO). Different countries around the world have however taken drastic measures to mitigate it’s spread. Deep into the pandemic, some of the rules have been relaxed and others completely forgotten. Some might even say the pandemic […]

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11:08 am

Douala ‘suffocated’ by traffic as Christmas fever heightens

Driving from one part of Douala to the other remains an uphill task, made worse by the festive period. Ndunge Jean a city taxi driver says “I spend two hours from Bonapriso to Rond Point Deido with just three passengers under the scorching sun. The traffic is just unbearable and traffic police men seems to […]

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1:33 pm - 23/12/2020

Cameroon: Youths, women sidelined in election of all 10 Regional Council Presidents

By Tata Mbunwe Cameroon’s pioneer Regional Councilors, on Tuesday, voted Regional Council Presidents in all 10 regions but no woman featured. All the men who emerged as Regional Presidents are older than 50 years. Cameroonians fear youths and women, who constitute more than 70 percent of the population, are losing their chance in the nation’s […]

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1:15 pm - 23/12/2020

Traders stranded in Ekok call for help

For three days, traders with goods en route to the Federal Republic of Nigeria through Ekok in the South West region of Cameroon have been stranded at the borders. A trader identifying himself as Richard, speaking to Mimi Mefo Info on phone Wednesday, December 22nd, 2020, says “We have been blocked here since Monday, December […]

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11:30 am - 23/12/2020

Accidents leave passengers stranded along Mbouda-Babadjou road

Two travelers are reported to have registered minor injuries after a road accident yesterday evening along the Bamenda-Babadjou road. This is said to have happened after a truck hit a 70-seater bus from behind. Moments later, a cargo truck is said to have collided with a truck parked around the same area, injuring one person. […]

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10:18 am - 23/12/2020

Regional Council: Bleak hope for autonomy, appointed Governors to remain in charge during Regional Assemblies

By Tata Mbunwe Cameroon’s first ever Regional Councils have been established with 90 elected councilors per region but hope for autonomous regions remains bleak as appointed Governors will oversee the affairs of the elected body. Although Government envisages that the Regional Council is an arm of decentralisation, power yet seems centralised around appointed Governors, with […]

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9:01 am - 23/12/2020

Fight Against COVID-19: Government sets sight on National Vaccination Campaign

With over 25,000 positive cases tested in Cameroon as of now, the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Manaouda Malachie during an exclusive interview on national Media, CRTV hinted that the government may opt for the option which other countries are leaning towards, that of organizing a massive and mandatory vaccination campaign against the Covid19 pandemic. […]

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8:19 am - 23/12/2020

UNIFFAC Cup: Cameroon Under 20 Lions Crowned Champions

Another Footballing tournament, and yet another accolade for team Cameroon. The Under-20 Lions were yesterday crowned the Champions of the UNIFFAC Cup, a competition played amongst the members of the Central African region held in Equatorial Guinea. The U20 Lions faced off the competition at the Finals of the Tournament by thrashing the Central African […]

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5:49 am - 23/12/2020

Soldiers kill five ‘civilians’ in Dienyi village, burn at least 20 homes – Multiple Sources

Reports say up to five people were killed yesterday at Dienyi village in Meme Division, Southwest, following a military operation aimed at sourcing out Ambazonia commander, Ikeku. Sources say about 25 homes were burnt during the military operation, with several civilians arrested and detained, including eight women. A source in Dienyi said among those who […]

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5:05 pm - 22/12/2020

Bakoma Zacheaus Elango elected President of Southwest Regional Council

Bakoma Zacheaus Elango from Meme Division was elected by the General Assembly of 90 Regional Councillors with a majority vote of 88, with one null vote and an absent council member. “My bureau and I are extremely grateful for this act of confidence. I want to assure you that members of the bureau will work […]

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4:35 pm - 22/12/2020

Cameroon: Former administrators resurface as regional council exco members

Presidents and other executives of ten regional councils in Cameroon have been elected Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020. In a first plenary session as of rights after the December 6th, 2020 regional election, Cameroonians have observed that most members of the permanent bureau of the regional assemblies are retired administrators. Gilbert Tsimi Evouna, former government delegate […]

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12:07 pm - 22/12/2020

Newly installed traffic lights triple road congestion along Buea’s lone boulevard

By Tata Mbunwe Traffic lights installed by the council went operational yesterday for the first time in the city of Buea but drivers and road users say the development has rather tripled traffic jam in the city. Mayor David Mafany Namange inaugurated the traffic lights on Monday, December 21, which he hoped will reduce the […]

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9:31 am - 22/12/2020

Christmas message: PCC Moderator urges Cameroonians to shun evil, lead exemplary lives

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) says Cameroonians and Africans have in 2020 trained their minds on how to render life miserable for others. In a 4 minutes 28 seconds video message addressed to Christians of the Presbyterian Church and Cameroonians in general, Rt. Rev. Fonki Samuel Forba says “…people should reflect […]

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8:51 am - 22/12/2020

Biya’s 2020: A report card of bloody failure

As other governments the world over are racing to ease the pain facing their economies as the coronavirus pandemic makes its swift pivot from a public health crisis to financial catastrophe, Cameroon’s president Paul Biya may use the situation as justification for his government’s umpteenth failure. It is true that the damage from COVID-19, the […]

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8:07 am - 22/12/2020

SOWEYOL: First-ever association to unite Southwest youths for employment, regional dev’t

By Tata Mbunwe The Southwest Youth League, SOWEYOL, the first-ever association to rally youths in Cameroon’s Southwest region, has been created with primary goal being to organise youths in the region to forge for their interests amid a difficult political and economic climate. The association, officially ratified on November 25 by the Senior Divisional Officer […]

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8:03 am - 22/12/2020

Ndop:
Authorities accused of seeking bribes to help absentee teachers escape sanctions

The dust is yet to settle over the 1,000 absentee teachers listed by Cameroon’s secondary education ministry. With a deadline set for them to justify their absences narrowing, many are said to be rushing back to their posts of command for fear of sanctions. In Ndop, one of the areas with the most absentee teachers, […]

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8:19 pm - 21/12/2020

South West: Locals on the run as military raids Dienyi, sets houses ablaze

Residents of Dienyi Village in Mbonge Subdivision, Meme Division,, South West Region of Cameroon have taken to their heels after soldiers stormed the area. “The military entered the village on Thursday last week and forced the locals to run for safety in the forest,” says a local. He further explains that “… they have burnt […]

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6:06 pm - 21/12/2020

Cameroon:
University of Bamenda to run on over FCFA 6.7 billion in 2021

Six billion, seven hundred and thirty-one million, two hundred and twenty-eight thousand, eight hundred, and eighty-six francs is the 2021 budget of the University of Bamenda. In a release published by the Pro-chancellor of UBa, Prof. Bebang Sammy applauds university officials for a successful school year 2019/2020. This was during UBa’s 18th ordinary meeting of […]

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5:01 pm - 21/12/2020

Two teachers kidnapped in Cameroon’s Far North

Two teachers in Cameroon’s Far North Region are nowhere to be found after they were abducted by gunmen on the night of December 20, 2020. Koyang Moise and Zra Koie, reports say, are both teachers at the Guidi High school and were taken by men believed to be militants of the Boko Haram sect that […]

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10:46 am - 21/12/2020

Armed conflict in NW, SW: Two killed in Eyumojock military operation

Mkpot, a village in Eyumojock subdivision, Manyu Division in the restive South West region of Cameroon is in mourning after losing two of its residents. Both above 60 years old, locals testify that they were shot at point blank by soldiers. John Ojongmbang and Enow Thomas Orock, sources say, were killed on Sunday, December 12, […]

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