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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by renewed intercommunal clashes that erupted this week in Cameroon’s Far North region, displacing thousands inside the country and forcing more than 30,000 people to flee to neighbouring Chad. Since Sunday 5 December, at least 22 people have been killed and 30 others seriously injured during several […]
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by renewed intercommunal clashes that erupted this week in Cameroon’s Far North region, displacing thousands inside the country and forcing more than 30,000 people to flee to neighbouring Chad. Since Sunday 5 December, at least 22 people have been killed and 30 others seriously injured during several […]
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A 5-day Training of the Trainers targeting judges from African Judicial Training Institutes was held at the Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, from 29 November to 3rd December 2021, organized by UNESCO, in partnership with the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights. This training aimed at empowering judges to enhance their capacity to […]
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As Binance (www.Binance.com) continues its mission to increase the freedom of money for users, drive blockchain adoption and enable greater accessibility, it remains dedicated to crypto education globally. Since its inception in January 2020, the Binance Masterclass (https://bit.ly/31gIgKF) has provided free crypto education to over 400,000 Africans. By the end of 2020, over 70,000 Africans […]
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The World Bank approved on November 30, 2021 a credit from the International Development Association (IDA)* in the amount of $200 million to support Cameroon’s agricultural production in the Valley of Logone, located in the Far North region and being part of the Lake Chad basin. The project Valorization of Investments in the Valley of the […]
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The U.S. government announced on November 24, 2021, that an additional $2.9 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance is now available for Cameroon through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The $2.9 million is part of the Biden Administration’s commitment to accelerate the equitable global prevention, preparedness for, and response to COVID-19 in the United States […]
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The CEMAC Business Energy Forum, organized by Pro Meet Up and Learn and ML Consulting, which took place in Congo-Brazzaville on 29-30 November, concluded with interactive reflections between stakeholders in the CEMAC region's energy sector – with a focus on developing member countries’ resources in a sustainable and mutually beneficial manner. As a dedicated meeting […]
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Binance (Binance.com), the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, will hold its first offline event for crypto enthusiasts in Cameroon as it continues its mission to increase the freedom of money, drive blockchain adoption and enable greater financial accessibility for Africans. On December 4, 2021 and December 11, 2021, the blockchain giant will take […]
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Cameroon’s armed forces used excessive and lethal force against protesters in Bamenda, North-West region on November 12, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The protesters were calling for justice for the police killing that day of Brandy Tataw, an 8-year-old schoolgirl. Soldiers, shooting live rounds from armored vehicles, injured at least seven men. The Cameroonian authorities […]
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Cameroon’s armed forces used excessive and lethal force against protesters in Bamenda, North-West region on November 12, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The protesters were calling for justice for the police killing that day of Brandy Tataw, an 8-year-old schoolgirl. Soldiers, shooting live rounds from armored vehicles, injured at least seven men. The Cameroonian authorities […]
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A military tribunal in Cameroon has sentenced four people to death, in a trial marked by procedural irregularities, for an attack on a school in Kumba, the South-West region, one year ago. The attack killed seven children and injured at least 13 others. The 12 defendants, on trial before the Buea military court since December 2020, included the school […]
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Radisson Hotel Group (RadissonHotels.com), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has identified West&Central Africa as key markets in its African development strategy, growing its portfolio from one hotel in 2008 to the current portfolio of 25 hotels in operation and under development. With its robust expansion strategy, the Group is on track to cement […]
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a USD 1.83 million (more than one billion FCFA) contribution from the Government of Japan to provide food and nutrition assistance to over 185,000 children, women and men in the Far North, North, Adamawa, East, North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon. The contribution from Japan will […]
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The Government of Cameroon has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for its extensive support to the country’s structural transformation and economic diversification processes in the past five years, thanks to the coordination of outgone Director of ECA’s Office for Central Africa – Antoni Pedro, under the leadership of UN […]
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Leonard Ncube Bulawayo Bureau— AFRICAN governments must come up with budgets to finance civil registration amid concerns that the continent is under siege from Western countries that use donor agencies to negatively portray the continent, the Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has said. Mr Mudede was speaking on Tuesday at a meeting of the taskforce on the establishment […]