THE CAMEROON NEWS
2011 Presidential: Transparency International Contradicts ELECAMSeveral months after incumbent Paul Biya emerged winner of the October 2011 presidential poll with a landslide 77.7 percent score; the Cameroon tentacle of the global anti-corruption whistleblower Transparency International has sprinkled general criticism on the election. According to a report pub... Kribi Seaport to Guzzle 6500 BnIt has been revealed that some 6,500 billion FCFA, over twice Cameroon’s current state budget will be pumped into the construction of a deep seaport at Kribi in the country’s south. The figure trickled from a public presentation of the project master plan in mid-March. According to experts w... INTERVIEW: We See a Lot of Forged Documents in Cameroon –UK High CommissionerFrom July 27 to August 12, London will host the 2012 Olympic Games. As the UK concludes preparations for the games, expected to draw millions of visitors, its diplomatic missions worldwide are also folding sleeves in anticipation of surges in visa applications. In an interview granted CameroonPo... Cocaine Trafficking Soaring in West AfricaThere is swelling evidence that drug traffickers are ardently converting West Africa into a vibrant cocaine market and transit hub. In its latest report, the International Organ for Narcotics Control abridged OICS in French notes that cocaine smuggling and trading hopped to new levels in the regio... Tottenham Boss Pays Tribute to Great Marc-Vivien FoeSpeaking on Saturday at the Gillette Soccer Roadshow event in Bournemouth, Tottenham's boss Harry Redknapp paid an enormous tribute and brought back to memory Marc-Vivien Foe Cameroon midfielder 28 years old who collapsed and died on the pitch in France in 2003 in a match opposing Cameroon vs Franc... Sundance, Equatorial sign iron ore transport MoU for AfricaAfrica-focused Sundance Resources and Equatorial Resources have signed a memorandum of understanding to examine potential joint use of the rail and port infrastructure associated with Sundance's Mbalam/Nabeba iron ore project, Sundance said in a statement Tuesday. Sundance's projects straddle the... Equatorial Guinea Shifts Tone in Relations with CameroonEver since Equatorial Guinea began pumping and exporting oil in 1991, its relations with neighbors in the six-member Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States, and particularly Cameroon have recurrently rippled between bitter and sour. Since 1994, Cameroonians residing in the new oi... Kumba-Mamfe, Loum-Mundemba Roads Due Tarring in 2012Officials tasked with overseeing preparations for the commemoration of the golden jubilee of Cameroon’s Reunification have announced the planned tarring of the Kumba-Mamfe, and Loum-Kumba-Ekondo Titi-Mundemba-Akwa road stretches later this year. The declarations trickled from a session in the So... Cameroonian Nominated For Pushcart PrizeJuliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi is a literary critic and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at North Carolina State University, USA. This Cameroonian-born writer and her short story; "Woman of the Lake" have been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize "Woman of the Lake" is about ... Flames Consume Kumba market!Breaking reports from Kumba a town in the South Western Region of Cameroon indicates that part of the main market was consumed up in flames this Friday March 16TH. As report on Cameroon Post Online, the fire which began some time around 3:30 am managed to burn down to ashes some 30 shops. And eve... |