THE CAMEROON NEWS
Equatorial Guinea Shuts Border with Cameroon AgainCameroonPostline.com -- Equatorial Guinea has for the umpteenth time closed its border with Cameroon following a clash between its security forces and Cameroonian traders. CameroonPostline.com learnt that tension flashed at a border post in Kye-Ossi Wednesady after an Equato-Guinean soldier alleged... Yang Says CPDM Enemies Must Be ConvertedPrime Minister, Philemon Yang, has expressed optimism that the enemies of the CPDM today could be useful militants tomorrow. Presiding at the second seminar grouping top CPDM officials from within and without the Northwest on March 22, at the Bamenda Congress Hall, Yang said, “With all of us wor... MPs Extend Their Mandates by 6 MonthsThe bill recommending a six-month renewable elongation of the MPs’ terms of office was submitted by the government via Vice Prime Minister and Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with the Assemblies, Amadou Ali. The adopted single-page bill stipulates that the raison d’être is to allow... Parliamentary TitbitsPraying For Mandate Extension Following the decision by the authorities to do fresh voter registration, talk is rife that the parliamentary and municipal elections that were expected to take place next July will be postponed. Although one organisation, iplans, recently demonstrated that it could... New Sugar Brand Produced in BamendaThe scarcity of sugar which has contributed to the sky-rocketing prices of the various brands of sugar in Cameroon may soon be a thing of the past. Recently, a new brand of sugar has been introduced into the Cameroonian market known as Dethom Sugar from the stable of Fokou Group Company with head... Kimberley Process Warns of Fake Certificates From CameroonThe Kimberley Process has warned the public regarding fake Kimberley Process certificates being circulated from Cameroon, which is not even a member country. The Kimberley Process stated that it is aware of a number of recent incidents where traders have been presented with documents purporting ... Battle for Cameroon's biometric voting contract opensThe final battle to get the company that would do the biometric recompilation of electoral registers in Cameroon goes public tomorrow when the five enterprises bidding for the job will be required to demonstrate how they would it. A source at the elections organising body ELECAM told Africa Review... Detained Regime Critic Tells Biya He’s Contemplating SuicidePolitical pundits in Cameroon commonly agree Enoh Meyomesse is a vastly contentious figure. The versatile writer and steadfast faultfinder of the Yaounde regime has inflated that perception following a missive he has addressed to President Paul Biya threatening to intentionally take his own life. ... UNESCO Renovates 600-Year-Old Bafut PalaceA requested Cultural World Heritage site, the Bafut Fon’s Palace is located near Bamenda, the North West Regional headquarters of Cameroon. This palace has about 50 traditional buildings most of which are terracotta structures, with tiled roofs. The central structure known as “Achum” in the... Cameroon Banana Ship Ablaze On AtlanticA vessel carrying Cameroonian banana for the world market reportedly caught fire on the high seas off the country’s territorial waters Monday, March 19. Officials with the Association of Banana Producers of Cameroon, ASOBACAM, opting for anonymity said the extent of the damage could not be immed... |