Amougou Belinga
An investigation by Jeune Afrique, earlier inquiry records and testimony at the Martinez Zogo trial have raised questions about whether resources and information from Cameroon’s intelligence service were used to advance the private interests of businessman and media owner Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga. For more than three years, the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo has exposed […]
Paramount Fon of Bui and Late Cardinal Christian Tumi
The Fon of Nso, Sehm Mbinglo I, has declared Sunday, October 25, 2026, a day of tribute to the late Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi, bringing renewed attention to the life of a prominent son of Nso whose final years were marked by repeated calls for peace in Cameroon. Sources close to the Nso Palace say […]
Rémy Nama – président du Conseil constitutionnel, Cameroun
Rémy Nama a passé la partie connue de sa carrière dans les services juridiques de la présidence de la République. Depuis ce vendredi 16 octobre, il préside l’institution qui tranchera le contentieux des prochaines législatives et qui, si la présidence de la République devenait vacante, serait chargée de le constater. Le décret n° 2026/334, signé […]
Rémy Nama – President of Cameroon’s Constitutional Council
Rémy Nama has spent the known part of his career in the legal services of the Presidency. Since Friday 16 October he has presided over the body that will rule on disputes from the coming legislative elections and that would have to declare the presidency vacant if that moment came. Decree No. 2026/334, signed on […]
Belgian Police Raid Homes Linked to Tshisekedi Relatives in Mining Revenue Probe
Belgian police have searched homes linked to relatives and associates of Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi as part of a money-laundering investigation connected to alleged diversion of mining revenues. The searches were carried out on Wednesday, October 14, at several addresses in Brussels and surrounding areas, according to Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office. The […]
ALO Techologies’ Taxigo – for Cameroon
ALO Technologies says preparations for its TaxiGo airport transport service are continuing, with an official commercial launch planned for December 2026 at Douala and Yaoundé-Nsimalen international airports. In written responses to MMI News following its report on the suspension of the project’s rollout, the company said it had received no formal suspension notification from its […]
President Paul Biya of Cameroon
Cameroon will return before United Nations human rights experts next week for another examination of its record, with questions expected on extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, military trials of civilians, restrictions on journalists and opposition figures, the Anglophone conflict and the independence of the electoral system. The review by the UN Human Rights Committee is […]
Le FC Barcelone en Ligue des champions : une histoire de grandeur et de nouvelles ambitions
Le FC Barcelone aborde la nouvelle saison 2026/27 de la Ligue des champions avec l’ambition que seule une poignée de clubs européens connaît vraiment. Les Catalans affichent l’un des palmarès les plus remarquables de la compétition : cinq sacres continentaux et une réputation forgée sur un football offensif et spectaculaire. Pourtant, depuis leur dernier titre […]
Marie-Claire Kofi Sickle Cell Advocate, Plasma Of Hope
Cameroonian-born health advocate Marie-Claire Kofi says women living with sickle cell disease risk having menstrual pain, fertility questions and other health concerns overlooked when every symptom is attributed to their diagnosis. Marie-Claire, founder and CEO of Plasma of Hope, spoke about sickle cell and women’s health at the European Sickle Cell Federation’s workshop in London […]
Bamenda’s First Deputy City Mayor, Chi David Ndoh, escaped unharmed after gunmen opened fire on his
Bamenda’s First Deputy City Mayor, Chi David Ndoh, escaped unharmed after gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in Mulang on Friday, October 9, 2026. According to local sources, Ndoh was travelling towards the Bamenda City Council offices along a deteriorated road when the shooting occurred. Several bullets struck the vehicle, leaving damage to its windows […]
Paul Biya and Issa Tchiroma
Issa Tchiroma Bakary has renewed his demand for a transfer of power in Cameroon, declaring that a year after the disputed October 12, 2025, presidential election, he will accept no political settlement that sets aside his claim to victory. In a statement issued from Banjul, The Gambia, on October 12, 2026, the opposition figure accused […]
Donguté Group of Companies Ltd, a Limbe-based agribusiness, is seeking investors to expand its hatch
Donguté Group of Companies Ltd, a Limbe-based agribusiness, is seeking investors to expand its hatchery, feed mill and poultry farms after reporting that demand from farmers in Cameroon’s South West Region has outgrown its financial resources. Its appeal brings into view a part of food production that consumers rarely see: the businesses supplying farmers with […]
Cameroonian gospel singer Alexis Emile to release Eyingeh on 12 October
US-based Cameroonian gospel-soul singer Alexis Emile, known as The Musicman, is set to release “Eyingeh (Joy)” on Monday, 12 October 2026, continuing the release campaign for his “I Believe” project. The release is scheduled for 6am Cameroon time. It follows “Mega Mega”, which came out on 24 August, as the singer introduces material recorded since […]
Clément Atangana dies at 85 after declaring Biya winner of disputed elections
Clément Atangana, the first president of Cameroon’s Constitutional Council and the man who announced Paul Biya’s disputed presidential victories in 2018 and 2025, has died in France aged 85, according to reports published on Sunday, 4 October 2026, by Equinoxe TV, Actu Cameroun and Lebledparle. Atangana presided over an institution whose independence was repeatedly challenged. […]
Hans Ngala urges Dion Ngute and Bilai to address Anglophone grievances beyond disarmament
Hans Ngala, political affairs editor at Cameroon News Agency, has called on Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and South-West Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai to address governance, justice for victims and the detention of Anglophones alongside efforts to persuade separatist fighters to lay down their weapons. In an open letter to the two officials, Ngala welcomes […]
Chad signs LaLiga partnership to develop football and support national academy
Chad’s Ministry of Youth and Sports has signed a multi-year partnership with Spain’s LaLiga to support player development, train football professionals and provide technical advice for a planned national academy. The agreement was formalised at LaLiga’s headquarters in Madrid during a visit by Chad’s Youth and Sports Minister, Naïr Abakar, accompanied by a delegation, according […]
Cameroon’s Federation Flag with the two states represented by two stars
Sixty-five years after reunification, Cameroon gives its main national celebration to the constitutional change that abolished the federation. The choice raises questions about consent, historical recognition and the roots of Anglophone discontent. On 1 October 2026, Cameroon reaches the 65th anniversary of the union that created the Federal Republic of Cameroon. Yet 1 October has […]
65 Years On: Why October 1 Means More to Anglophone Cameroonians
Today marks 65 years since the English-speaking regions of Cameroon (formerly Southern Cameroons) got independence by joining the Republic of Cameroon in a two-state federation. For the past eight years, Ambazonians—Cameroonians seeking the secession of the two regions—have commemorated October 1 as Independence Day, asserting their claim to independence from the Republic of Cameroon. In […]
Muslim Scholar Abdul Karim Ali rejects Dion Ngute’s ‘natural death’ claim on Anglophone crisis
Detained Muslim scholar and peace activist Abdulkarim Ali has challenged Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute’s suggestion that Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict could “die a natural death”, arguing that time will not resolve the political grievances behind the violence. In a statement dated 29 September 2026, Ali called for a ceasefire, the release of prisoners of conscience, […]
Sagmé families sleep in the bush amid fears of Boko Haram attacks
Some families in Sagmé, in Cameroon’s Far North Region, say they are leaving their homes before nightfall and sleeping in nearby bushes because they fear attacks linked to Boko Haram. Residents say the families return at dawn, repeating a routine that reflects continuing insecurity in the village. They are appealing for urgent government intervention to […]