•92-year-old President Paul Biya and protesters The ‘victory’ of Paul Biya in Cameroon’s recent election has had some sections of the country revolting over the results, and there, the authorities, in a swift reaction, have deployed the police and the military to forestall what might lead to an insurrection. One of the major areas where [&hell...
•Paul Biya Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7 per cent of the votes. This is according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council today. Rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2 per cent, the council said. Chiroma had claimed vic...
•Several hundred Cameroonians took to the streets ahead of the Constitutional Council’s announcement of the official results today Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people in Cameroon who yesterday defied protest bans to support opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims he won the recent presidential elections and who c...
•Burning barricades by supporters of the political opposition yesterday ahead of the release of the results Former government minister and presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary called on Cameroonians today to protest if the Constitutional Council announces “falsified and distorted results” in the hotly contested poll. Incumbent Paul Biya, ...
•Cameroon’s presidential election opposition challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary Cameroon’s opposition challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed election victory today against incumbent President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 43 years, although official results for the weekend vote are not expected for two weeks. “Our victory is clear. It mus...
•The destroyed palace in Borno State Abdulrahman Abubakar, district head of Kirawa town in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, has spoken on why he decided to leave Nigeria for Cameroon. It was earlier reported how two persons were shot dead and Abubakar’s palace was burnt down during a Boko Haram invasion earlier in […]
Ten children who were kidnapped in restive northern Cameroon last week have been freed in a rescue operation, but one captive died, according to the regional governor. The Cameroon authorities had made no comment since the children were seized while travelling on a bus from Kousseri to Maroua and taken across the border to Nigeria. […]
•Late Taofik Obasanjo Coker The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced the sudden death of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, the Consul General of Nigeria in Buea, Republic of Cameroon. Coker, according to a statement by the Ministry spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, passed on after a brief illness on Saturday, August 16. He descri...
•D’Tigress of Nigeria African Champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress have advanced into the semi-finals of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket with a crushing 83-47 victory over Cameroon last night in Abidjan. The six-time and defending champions will now meet Senegal in the next stage of the competition, reports The PUNCH. In the quarter-finals ga...
•World Refugee Day road walk in Abuja Nigeria has over 250,000 refugees in Libya, South Sudan, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and other parts of the world. Conversely, at least 135,000 refugees live in Nigeria, reports The Nation. Out of the 250,000 Nigerian refugees, 125,000 are resident in Cameroon. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and...
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