THE CAMEROON NEWS

This cable was written in 2007 during the time of Neils Marquardt, the outspoken U.S. ambassador who won popular acclaim for his public positions in support of democracy and the fight against corruption. It examines possible successors to President Paul Biya who, according to speculations at the tim...

President Paul Biya has ordered FECAFOOT President Iya Mohamed to review the 15-match ban handed Indomitable Lions captain Samuel Eto’o on accusations of inciting a national team strike last November, a news website has reported.Footafrica365.fr, a football news site, quoting a source at the PM�...

The Deputy Vice Chairman of Cameroon’s main opposition party, the SDF has warned that Cameroon will face a very delicate situation in 2012. Reacting to President Paul Biya’s 31 December State of the Nation Address late Saturday, Joshua Osih told CAMPOSTLINE that talk of transforming Cameroon in...

On New Year’s Eve, the Nigerian government temporarily shut down its land boundaries with Cameroon, Chad and Niger as a means of impeding crossborder activities by militants of the radical Islamic terrorist group, the Boko Haram. And while the impacts of that decision are only beginning to be fe...

Cameroon’s largest city Douala is witnessing an uneasy calm following frenzied and fatal skirmishes Tuesday pitting predominantly Bamileke motorbike taxi riders (otherwise called “benskins”) and natives of the Deido Canton.Local gendarmes have confirmed the riots culminated in the killing of ...

Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh has advised Cameroon not to make the same mistake that plunged Nigerian football into it’s present depths following reports of the log ban on Samuel Eto’o and his team –mates. Oliseh told SuperSport.com that “Cameroon is making the same mistake because ...

Game rangers and the military in Cameroon have confiscated over 100 kilograms of elephant ivory hidden in a truck transporting cocoa. Authorities say four people have been arrested in the case, including a businessman believed to have arranged for the transportation of the ivory. The seizure wa...

Australia’s Sundance (SDL) Resources Ltd. is giving traders a chance to double their money on the richest mining takeover in five years. Sundance rose as much as 34 percent after Sichuan Hanlong Group offered in July to buy the owner of the Mbalam iron ore project in Africa. The stock has since l...

Fellow Cameroonians, My dear compatriots, Here we are on the threshold of the first phase of our “long march” towards becoming an emerging country.The recent presidential election has laid a solid foundation for this purpose. You voted for stability and peace, thus confirming your sound judgem...

In an effort to deter cotton growers from smuggling their harvested crop to neighbouring Nigeria, Cameroon’ state firm SODECOTTON has raised its procurement price of raw cotton from last season’s 200 CFA francs per kg to 255 CFA francs (US$ 0.5) per kg, a rise of 27.5 percent. SODECOTTON said...