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Cameroon Threatens Legal Action Against Opposition Leader
(MENAFN) Cameroon's Interior Minister, Paul Atanga Nji, pledged on Tuesday to pursue legal measures against leading opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary, accusing him of promoting violence amid unrest following the recent election, according to...
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Cameroon opposition leader faces allegations of electoral disturbances
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s Interior Minister, Paul Atanga Nji, announced that opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary will face legal proceedings over accusations of inciting “violent post-election demonstrations.” Since the country’s 12 October election,...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Cameroon's President Paul Biya Wins Eighth Term
(MENAFN) Cameroon's President Paul Biya was officially declared the victor of the country's presidential election by the constitutional court on Monday, having secured 53.66% of the vote. Biya, 92 years old and in power for over four decades, won...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Cameroon’s incumbent leader extends his term for seventh time
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s long-serving president, Paul Biya, has officially been declared the winner of the country’s recent election, earning a new seven-year term that will keep him in office into his late 90s, according to reports. The Constitutional...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Cameroon’s incumbent president gets declared winner
(MENAFN) Cameroon’s long-time president, Paul Biya, has been officially declared the winner of the country’s October 12 election, earning 53.66% of the vote and extending his rule for another seven years, until he is nearly 100 years old. The...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Cocoa Derivative Market Size to Exceed USD 45.70 Billion by 2034, Fueled by Premium Confectionery, Plant-Based, and Clean-Label Demand
Ottawa, Nov. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global cocoa derivative market size stood at USD 25.04 billion in 2024 and is predicted to increase from USD 26.59 billion in 2025 to reach nearly USD 45.70 billion by 2034, according to a report...
Demonstrations in Cameroon result in four deaths
(MENAFN) At least four people have died in protests across Cameroon’s economic hub, Douala, as the country awaits official results from a hotly contested presidential vote. Authorities report that police posts were attacked, prompting security...
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Paul Biya Assumes Cameroon’s Presidency
(MENAFN) Paul Biya has secured re-election as president of Cameroon for an eighth term, capturing 53.66 percent of the votes, the country's Constitutional Council announced Monday. The candidate of the Cameroon National Salvation Front, Issa...
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Clashes Rock Cameroon Ahead of Election Results
(MENAFN) At least four people have died in Douala, Cameroon’s economic hub, as opposition supporters clashed with security forces before the official announcement of the presidential election outcome, the city’s regional governor confirmed. The...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
World Cup Playoff: NFF kicks against appointment of S’African officials for Nigeria–Gabon cracker
BY BEN OGBEMUDIA A brewing storm is gathering ahead of Nigeria’s crucial World Cup playoff clash with Gabon in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, following FIFA’s appointment of an all-South African officiating crew for the...
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Cameroon Treasury Owes Over CFA170bn to Suppliers as of Sep 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Suppliers of goods and services to the Cameroonian government were owed CFA171.3 billion in outstanding payments as of September 30, 2025, according to the public debt report published by the Autonomous Amortization Fund...
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Why Trump should stay out of Nigeria
The world, however briefly, has turned its gaze toward a slow-burning tragedy to which few had previously paid heed. Nigerian Christians are suffering violence at the hands of radical Islamists, and Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to be...
Owner: Paul Marshall
FIFA’s Appointment of South African Referees for Nigeria vs Gabon Playoff Sparks Outrage
FIFA has named a team of South African referees to officiate Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup playoff clash against Gabon — a decision that has triggered sharp criticism among Nigerian football officials and fans who question the neutrality of the...
Owner: Jeff Okoroafor
Yaoundé: World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term
Cameroon’s 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country’s parliament in Yaoundé. Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month. He has been in...
Owner: Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai
BGFI Cameroon to Raise CFA120bn for Kribi Refinery Project
(Business in Cameroon) - BGFI Bank’s Cameroon subsidiary has been tasked with raising nearly CFA120 billion to finance the construction of a 30,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in the Kribi industrial and port zone, in Cameroon’s South region. The...
Owner: Yasmine Bahri-Domon
Xi congratulates Paul Biya on re-election as president of Cameroon
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Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Paul Biya on his re-election as president of Cameroon. In the message, Xi said China and Cameroon enjoy a traditional friendship, and in recent...
Owner: Chinese Government
Gabon coach confirms plans to stop Victor Osimhen in World Cup playoff
Gabon head coach Thierry Mouyouma has confirmed that he has plans to stop Victor Osimhen during the World Cup playoff Victor Osimhen has been in red-hot goalscoring form for his club, Galatasaray, and the Nigerian national team this year Mouyouma...
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Urgent imperative to decolonise Africa’s electoral systems
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Windhoek Observer
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PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) A persistent paradox defines the African political landscape; the ballot box, a symbol of popular will, has become a theatre where the deep yearning for change clashes with...
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