• 2019 AFCON: kick-off date postponed

    21st June 2019 is the new date for the kick off of the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON.

    The decision was taken during the CAF Emergency Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

    The tournament was officially set to start on 14th June 2019 but due to the feast of the Ramadan, the host, Egypt complaint that the input of players from Arab...

  • 2019 Elite One Championship: Season Kicks-off amidst absences

    Eding football Club of the Lekie and Yong Sport Academy of Bamenda boycotted the opening game of the 2018/2019 Season

    The two contestants programmed to play the opening game at the ongoing Elite One Championship did not answer present at the Yaounde Military Stadium.

    The Bamenda based football team, YOSA reportedly had a training session at home while no information filtered from...

  • Party cakes: Customising, the latest option

    Go to birthday parties, graduation parties and other events and notice beautiful cakes, most of which have been customised to add colour and splendour to the event.

    Specific decorations and details reflecting the event are now included on the cake.

    Customising: Why the trend?

    The option to customise a cake, though accompanied by additional charges, gives more satisfaction to many.

    Mambo Tanya, a student...

  • Football: Alain Djeumfa Defrasne; the new Head Coach of the Lionesses

    Forty-six year old former fitness coach of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, Alain Djeumfa Defrasne is the new Head Coach of the Indomitable Lionesses

    The new tactician of the National Women’s football team replaces Joseph Ndoko

    The decision was signed on Saturday 26th January 2019 by the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, Seidou Mbombo Njoya.

    The man: Alain Djeumfa Defrasne

    Alain Djeumfa...

  • Bilingualism Week: Cameroon Government’s Policy on Bilingualism

    The 14th edition of the National Week of Bilingualism has been launched in Mbandjock this 28th January 2018.

    Government’s policy on bilingualism in educational institutions

    1. Bilingual Training Programme

    The programme instituted in 1985 stemmed from the Project for the Teaching of English to Civil Servants and Employees of the Public and Semi Public Sectors.

    On 3rd August 1990, a Presidential Decree created the...

  • 2019 CAF Confederations Cup: Assessement of Cameroon’s representation

    Cameroon is represented at the ongoing 2019 CAF Confederations Cup by two ambassadors, Newstars of Douala and Coton Sport of Garoua.

    The two teams did not have it all juicy in their first encounters at the 16th final stage.

    Newstars of Douala bowed to pressure from Kenyan Champions Gor Mahia and was defeated 2-1.

    Coton of Garoua was overpowered by Asante Kotoko of...

  • MRC week-end protests: Embassies and towns targeted

    Cameroon’s Embassy in France remains closed two days after it was ransacked by supporters of the MRC party.

    The Minister of Communication in a joint press briefing on Saturday 26th January said the demonstrators scaled the fence and break through the doors of the embassy destroying office furniture and documents.

    The protesters were later dislodged by French security forces.

    The MRC staged other...

  • Observatoire national de la jeunesse : 136 642 enregistrés en 2018

    Au cours de l’année 2018, seuls 136 642 jeunes ont souscrit aux offres proposées par l’Observatoire national de la jeunesse (Onj).

    Avec pour principale mission, l’organisation de la rencontre entre les demandes d’emploi jeunes et les offres de services en leur faveur, l’Observatoire National de la Jeunesse (Onj) a du mal à se faire connaitre. Et pourtant, chaque année, elle offre la...

  • Observatoire national de la jeunesse : 771 056 jeunes enregistrés depuis 2016

    Les domaines les plus prisés par les jeunes chercheurs d’emploi sont l’agriculture, l’élevage et l’économie numérique.

    Avec pour principale mission, l’organisation des rencontres entre les demandes d’emploi jeunes et les offres de services en leur faveur, l’Observatoire National de la Jeunesse (Onj) a du mal à se faire connaitre. Et pourtant, chaque année, elle offre la possibilité aux jeunes camerounais de...

  • Public Manifestations in Cameroon: What the law says

    Public Manifestations: What the law says

    In Cameroon, the Ministry of Territorial Administration regulates the activities of political parties.

    In this regard the parties are expected to take a pass from civil administrators before organizing public manifestations. The penal code also defines where political party activities can take place as well as sanctions when the law is not respected.

    “Section 123-2: Political Demonstrations...