Tag: Cameroon
From Ahidjo to Biya, Cameroonian football at the center of political issues
In the country of the five-time African champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017), football is also played on the political field, where both the government and opponents of the regime…
New deadly violence in the English-speaking North-West region
The North-West of Cameroon is a region that has been in mourning since 2017 due to violence between English-speaking separatist groups and government forces like its neighbour in the South-West.…
Brenda Biya, daughter of President Paul Biya, makes a widely commented coming out
In Cameroon, it’s a coming out that is making waves: that of King Nasty, the stage name of Brenda Biya, daughter of President Paul Biya. On June 30, 2024, the…
UK financial justice seeks to pursue former Glencore employees
In the Glencore affair, a large-scale corruption scandal, a new stage is looming on the United Kingdom side. The raw materials giant has already pleaded guilty and admitted to massive…
After his hearing, Samuel Eto’o’s fate is hanging in the balance
Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation and legend of African football, was questioned on Tuesday June 25 in Cairo, Egypt by the disciplinary jury of CAF, the…
After 22 years of work, towards a common route for the Cameroon-Nigeria border?
The Cameroon-Nigeria border, 2,100 km long, extends from Lake Chad to the Bakassi Peninsula. And its demarcation is almost complete after two decades of consultations. This Wednesday June 26 and…
Cameroonians denounce the fiasco of the African athletics championships on their soil
The African Athletics Championships which are currently being held in Douala, Cameroon. Since the start of the competitions, events have been punctuated by several controversies with long delays and repeated…
in Cameroon, return in the footsteps of Joel Embiid, who became a giant of American basketball
Cameroon-born NBA star Joel Embiid, who obtained French and American citizenship in 2022, will represent the United States at the Paris Olympics. In Yaoundé, in his training club, his former…
in Douala, the African Athletics Championships already under fire from critics
The African Athletics Championships, which take place from June 21 to 26 in Douala, Cameroon, represent one of the last chances for African athletes to validate their ticket for the…
“When we look closely, we wonder where the money is going,” asks activist Remi Tassing
Member of the citizen movement Stand up for Cameroon, Remi Tassing, engineer, devotes part of his free time to studying the awarding of public contracts in Cameroon. A solitary job…