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Covid-19: Cameroon Secures FCFA 127 Billion IMF LoanThe board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved a disbursement for Cameroon of around FCFA 127 billion ($226 million) to help meet urgent balance of payments needs stemming from effect of preventive measureas put innplace against the COVID-19 pandemic. The IMF in a statemwnt sa... WPFD: Publishers To Observe “Dead Press” DayPRESS RELEASE Meeting in Yaoundé on April 28, 2020, newspapers publishers of Cameroon have resolved to observe a “dead press” day on the occasion of celebrations marking the 27th edition of the World Press Freedom Day to be celebrated this year under the theme “Journalism without ... Bafut Palace Intact As Military Steps In To Bring Back LifeContrary to information circulated on the social media and on some local media houses claiming the military burn down part of the Bafut Fon palace and molested queens and princesses during a recent operation in the area, Bamenda Online can confirm that the Palace still remains intact and pristine as... Military Launches Operation Free BafutThe Cameroonian military has destroyed two separatists camps in Bafut, killed two Amba Generals and confiscated several weapons, motorbikes, a Fortuna Toyota SUV, two horses, gun powder and several other items in an operation intended to free Bafut from the firm grip of secessionist fighters. The op... Covid19: PM Unveils 19 Relieve MeasuresBars and restaurants can now open after 6pm, taxi and transport agencies carry passengers normally, and 25 billion FCFA to help businesses are amongst 19 accompanying measures taken by government this Thursday, April 30, 2020. The Prime Minister – Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute announced re... NW Receives Share of Presidential Gift to Fight Against Covid-19The consignment included 1870 cubes of soap, 30 litres of 1020 containers of hand sanitizers, 6800 buckets and 34 000 face mask. The kits were received by Mviang Mekala, Secretary General at the NW Governor’s office on Wednesday April 29th 2020. The Secretary General receiving the gifts on beh... IDPs Benefit From Psycho-Social SupportSome 75 internally Displaced persons from different communities within the North West Region, have on Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday 22nd of April 2020, received some basic needs like Mattresses, blankets, foodstuff and a cash support ranging from twenty thousand to one hundred thousand Franc from t... Gov’t Cancels Labour & National Day CelebrationsFollowing is a press release from the Presidency of the Republic, the government of Cameroon has cancelled the holding of the labour day on May 1 and the national day celebration on May 20 due to the ongoing fight against covid-19. Below is the release from the presidency of the Republic. “The... Gov’t Takes Blames For Ngarbuh Massacre; What Next?The government of Cameroon has owned up to the fact that the military actually carried out the killing of innocent civilians including children and pregnant women in Ngarbuh on February 14. In a contemptible manner it said three soldiers and members of a vigilante group were behind the killings. T... Gov’t Finally Admits Military Carryout Ngarbuh MassacreAfter a series of denials, the government of Cameroon has finally accepted the military carried out rampant killing of civilians on February 14, 2020 in Ngarbuh, Donga Mantung Division of the Northwest Region. The incident that has come to be known as the February 14 massacre left 23 people dead, in... |