Trending news stories in Cameroon – 25th May 2021

After the dismissal of close to 500 civil servants from Cameroon’s public service, the minister of public service and administrative reforms will tomorrow Wednesday grant a press conference in Yaounde. Joseph Le is to throw more light on the operation to clean Cameroon’s public service of ghost workers.


The government of Cameroon has not taken measures to cater for missing children in the country. International day of missing children was observed today. Though there are no official statistics of the number of missing children since the war against Boko Haram and the anglophone crisis started, locals think the number of missing children is on the rise.


People in the North West region are eager to see what development projects the North West Regional Council will put in place as the Councillors meet from June 3, 2021. The people say the regional Council remains on paper with no concrete actions taken to bring administration closer to the people.


Would the Regional Council in the North West shoulder the responsibility to mount pressure on the minister of public works to construct the Bamenda/Babadjou road. North Westerners are pointing accusing fingers on the minister of public works Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi for intentionally fueling secession tendencies by neglecting the road.


“African Rising Cameroon” has called on Cameroonians to value the African culture and its values . To mark the African Day today, African Rising Cameroon has condemned the war in the anglophone regions of Cameroon.

Camrail has officially launched the recruitment of at least 150 young employees as railway assistants and ticket inspectors. Candidates should be holders of CAPP, BEPC or Bachelor degree holders.

At least 50 Douala inhabitants have been handed keys to apartments at the Banga Bakoko low-cost buildings. The keys to the property were handed to them by Housing Minister Celestine Ketcha Courtes who asked them to keep the apartments constantly neat.

A lady by name Suzan Pufong has been killed in Douala by a heavy duty truck. The mother of two was in Douala to pay a visit to her grandfather.

At least 5 soldiers have been killed in Lassin, North West Region and their weapons taken away by Ambazonian Fighters. The ambush was carried out at night by notorious Ambazonian ‘General No Pity’.