Minister Felix Mbayu Leads Another Initiative By Yaounde Based Northwest Elites To Assist IDPs

The latest initiative is a project to provide many IDPs, with stalls that have been obtained and rents paid for a year, at the Mokolo Market in Yaounde. A committee comprised of Annie MUNDI, AZAH Nelson, VIBAN Jude and BERKA, has been charged to carryout survey, compile a list of possible beneficiaries, and propose criteria […]

Chief Of Babadjou Invites Pastors Of All Pentecostal Churches In His Chiefdom To A Meeting On January 13, 2025

Demands That Each Pastor Comes Along With Copy Of Presidential Decree That Authorized The Establishment Of His Church In Cameroon    MINAT Boss Had Given Pentecostal Churches That Don’t Have Authorizations To Install In Cameroon, Latest February 15, 2025 To Close In a communiqué that is raising a lot of anxiety among observers, the Chief of […]

Politics / Judiciary


Experts Say 2025 Presidential Election In Cameroon, Will Be Fought On The Social Media

 Says in this adroit or digital age, the population is on the social media, and any serious political party has no choice than to follow them there. A number of experts that participated in a panel discussion and debate, in the flagship programme of Vision 4 Tv Yaounde known as CLUB D’ELITES, on Sunday, January […]

UDP National Chairman, Bochong El – Hadj LAWAN BAKO, Salutes The Tone And Content Of The Gov’t Statement On Declarations By Some Catholic Bishops

 Says UDP considers the Bishop’s declarations as “their right, in view of the democratic principles enshrined in the Cameroon Constitution”. Condemn Minister Atanga Nji’s “rough language and inappropriate statements that have directly and indirectly, triggered unhealthy debates in Cameroon”. Bochong El – Hadj LAWAN BAKO, the National Chairman of   the United Democratic Party, UDP, with […]

2025 Presidential Election: Gov’t Backtracks From Hardline And Reckless Position Against Declarations By Some Outspoken Catholic Bishops

 Political scientist, Dr Aristide Mono, like many political observers, think that Gov’t has backtracked because of strong opposition   The Government Statement in its entirety   The Minister of Communication, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, who doubles as the Government Spokesperson, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, issued a two- page release, which was Government’s official reaction to […]

Why Catholic Bishops, Are Opposed To The Possible Candidacy Of President Biya, For The 2025 Presidential Election

Some members of the regime and their hired agents, have failed to silent outspoken Bishops with intimidation, blackmail and defamation Those CPDM elite today accusing Bishops of involvement in politics, were silent yesterday, when Mgr JEAN ZOA was acting as if he was a member of the CPDM Central Committee. Despite blackmail, threats of ‘Moulinex’, […]

Member Of Gov’t / Deputy SG Of the CPDM, Gregoire Owona, To Meet Mgr Samuel Kleda And Other Bishops Opposed To Biya’s Candidature.

Says he will not be out to convince them, but rather to explain certain things to them The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Gregoire Owona, who is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Central Committee the ruling CPDM, has come out against the attacks on Bishops. After a social media outing to call […]

Human Rights Watch Calls On Cameroonian Authorities To Immediately Lift Suspension Slammed On REDHAC

The organizations says the suspension “lacks lawful basis and violates the right to freedom of association”. Board Chair of REDHAC, Barrister Alice Nkom, finally expected to report at the office of Wouri SDO on December 19 for interrogation Hierarchy forced Wouri SDO  to postponed the rendezvous he fixed on Monday, December 16, 2024 because of  […]

Great Minds


Minister Felix Mbayu Leads Another Initiative By Yaounde Based Northwest Elites To Assist IDPs

The latest initiative is a project to provide many IDPs, with stalls that have been obtained and rents paid for a year, at the Mokolo Market in Yaounde. A committee comprised of Annie MUNDI, AZAH Nelson, VIBAN Jude and BERKA, has been charged to carryout survey, compile a list of possible beneficiaries, and propose criteria […]

Why Catholic Bishops, Are Opposed To The Possible Candidacy Of President Biya, For The 2025 Presidential Election

Some members of the regime and their hired agents, have failed to silent outspoken Bishops with intimidation, blackmail and defamation Those CPDM elite today accusing Bishops of involvement in politics, were silent yesterday, when Mgr JEAN ZOA was acting as if he was a member of the CPDM Central Committee. Despite blackmail, threats of ‘Moulinex’, […]

WWF Discloses That 238 New Species Of Wildlife, And Plants, Have Been Discovered in Cameroon’s Section Of Forests Within Congo Basin

A total of 742 new species have been discovered in the six countries within the Congo Basin The new species include plants, invertebrates, fish, mammals, birds, and amphibians   WWF cries out that Congo Basin faces major environmental pressure A total of 238 new species of wildlife and plants have been discovered in Cameroon’s section […]

41 Year Old MALICK NDIAYE, Is The New President Of Senegal’s National Assembly

A new generation is completely in charge in Senegal  The new ruling movement in Senegal, PASTEF, which has as Founding President, Ousmane Sonko (Prime Minister), with Bassirou Diomaye Faye (President of the Republic) as Vice President, won the much needed majority seats at the  hotly contested legislative elections, which held in the country  on November […]

WWF Accompanies Moloundou Municipal Council In Consultative Talks To Put In Place A Multi – Stakeholders Platform

Participants at the Nov. 14 meeting in Moloundou ended up adopting a decision to immediately set up the Multi –Stakeholders Platform in the area. The platform will among other things ensure the rational and effective management of natural resources for the benefit of indigenous and local communities The Moloundou Municipal Council in Boumba and Ngoko […]

Elections Of PCC Moderator And Synod Clerk Billed For Monday, November 18 In Buea (Part 1):

Truth House Urges Voters To Examine Their Consciences, And Cast Their Votes For The Right Candidates That Will Work For The Interest Of PCC  Truth House Hints on the possibility of taking legal action for the elections to be annulled, if there are evidences of electoral malpractices On Saturday, November 16, the Synod Committee confirmed […]

Business / Economy / Finance


Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon, Do Not Survive Their Founders (Part 1):

Studies Show That 83 % Of SMEs In The World Are Family Businesses. But In Cameroon, A Large Majority Of Family Businesses Die With Their Founders. Where Is Nangah Company? What Also Of Kilo And Bros Company, Or Che  And Sons Company? What Has Become Of The Business Empire (Fotso Group) That Victor Fotso, Left […]

Why Many Family Businesses In Cameroon Do, Not Survive Their Founders (Part 2)

Different Models Of Family Business  Across The World The Model Common In Cameroon And Other African Countries, Is Family Lineage    A baking expert in Cameroon, Olivier Djaba, says there are a number of models of succession in Family Businesses in different parts of the world.  However he says the model that is common in […]

Standard Chartered Bank: Gov’t Expresses Concern Over Lack Of Clarity In Transaction For Access Bank To Take Over Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon

Minister of Labour and Social Security assures that Gov’t will do everything to protect the interest of current employees of Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon, in the takeover deal   The Cameroon Government is worried with some rather opaque areas that have appeared in the ongoing transaction between Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom and […]

Commercial Bank Cameroun: From Fotso Group To State of Cameroon (Gov’t). Who Will Be The Next Majority Shareholder?

This is the way the Cameroon Government was also supposed to treat Amity Bank. COMMERCIAL BANK CAMEROUN, CBC, which is one of the commercial banks in the country, was created by the Fotso Group whose founder was the business mogul and  multibillionaire, Fotso Victor, now of blessed memory. Since the Law does not permit that […]

“What Makes The Particularity Of Moloundou, Is That It Is Surrounded By Two National Parks’, Mayor Allo Jean Richard

Leader of civil society organization says the setting up of the Multi – Stakeholders Platform in Moloundou, is a turning point in the development of the locality WWF is accompanying the Moloundou  Council to set up the  platform, just like the organization earlier did  with the Mintom, Ngoyla and Yokadouma Councils   Moloundou which is […]

Part 5 – Final: The CEMAC Court Ruled That The Takeover Of Amity Bank By Atlantic Financial Group Of Ivory Coast Was Wrong And Illegal.

The original shareholders of Amity Bank were never involved in discussions to completely handover the bank to the Ivorian Group, and the terms of the deal have never been known  The Cameroon Gov’t ignored the CEMAC Court’s ruling, and so Esimi Menye’s or Gov’t’s mafia, caused another Anglophone bank to disappear, after Cameroon Bank   […]

Government / Parliament


UDP National Chairman, Bochong El – Hadj LAWAN BAKO, Salutes The Tone And Content Of The Gov’t Statement On Declarations By Some Catholic Bishops

 Says UDP considers the Bishop’s declarations as “their right, in view of the democratic principles enshrined in the Cameroon Constitution”. Condemn Minister Atanga Nji’s “rough language and inappropriate statements that have directly and indirectly, triggered unhealthy debates in Cameroon”. Bochong El – Hadj LAWAN BAKO, the National Chairman of   the United Democratic Party, UDP, with […]

2025 Presidential Election: Gov’t Backtracks From Hardline And Reckless Position Against Declarations By Some Outspoken Catholic Bishops

 Political scientist, Dr Aristide Mono, like many political observers, think that Gov’t has backtracked because of strong opposition   The Government Statement in its entirety   The Minister of Communication, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, who doubles as the Government Spokesperson, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, issued a two- page release, which was Government’s official reaction to […]

Human Rights Watch Calls On Cameroonian Authorities To Immediately Lift Suspension Slammed On REDHAC

The organizations says the suspension “lacks lawful basis and violates the right to freedom of association”. Board Chair of REDHAC, Barrister Alice Nkom, finally expected to report at the office of Wouri SDO on December 19 for interrogation Hierarchy forced Wouri SDO  to postponed the rendezvous he fixed on Monday, December 16, 2024 because of  […]

Wouri SDO Bans All Unauthorized Gatherings, Protest March, And Other Public Manifestations Throughout Douala, On Monday, December 16, 2024

  Orders systematic search of vehicles and motorbikes, as well as intensive control of persons, vehicles and motorbikes from today, Sunday, December 15 to Tuesday, December 17, 2024   Wouri SDO, Mvogo Sylvac Marie, on Saturday, December 14, 2024, signed Administrative Order or Arête  No. 287 / AP / C19 / SAAJP, banning all unauthorized public […]

Today’s House Of Chiefs, Is A Mockery Of What Existed In The Days Of West Cameroon, Which Ahidjo Killed Alongside Two -State Federation, In 1972

The House of Chiefs was not initially in Biya Gov’t’s project to create Regional Councils Rev Father Tatah Mbuy in his book, “FONS OF ‘TRADTIONAL BAMENDA’ AND PARTISAN POLIITCS IN CONTEMPORARY CAMEROON”, explains how Fons functioned in the House of Chiefs in the days of West Cameroon But unlike the Fons  and Chiefs of yesterday, […]

The Two Recent Cases Of Public Humiliations Suffered By The President Of House Of Chiefs, Northwest, Fon Yakum Kevin, Could Have Been Avoided

 After four years of existence of the Regional Assembly,  Fon Yakum is seemingly still to understand or accept that the Biya Gov’t – created House of Chiefs, is part of the Assembly, and NOT an independent Institution   NW Governor accuses the Vice President of the Northwest Regional Assembly who is the President of the […]

Galleries


Environment / Health / Science


WWF Discloses That 238 New Species Of Wildlife, And Plants, Have Been Discovered in Cameroon’s Section Of Forests Within Congo Basin

A total of 742 new species have been discovered in the six countries within the Congo Basin The new species include plants, invertebrates, fish, mammals, birds, and amphibians   WWF cries out that Congo Basin faces major environmental pressure A total of 238 new species of wildlife and plants have been discovered in Cameroon’s section […]

“What Makes The Particularity Of Moloundou, Is That It Is Surrounded By Two National Parks’, Mayor Allo Jean Richard

Leader of civil society organization says the setting up of the Multi – Stakeholders Platform in Moloundou, is a turning point in the development of the locality WWF is accompanying the Moloundou  Council to set up the  platform, just like the organization earlier did  with the Mintom, Ngoyla and Yokadouma Councils   Moloundou which is […]

The Abductors Of The DO Of Idabato, Ewane Roland, Mount Pressure For Huge Ransoms To Be Rapidly Paid For His Release

 Their release of a video in which the DO of Idabato was subjected to severe torture, was a villainous strategy by the hoodlums to mount pressure on the DO’s family and sympathizers Cameroon Gov’t expresses “indignation at the extremely cruel physical abuse, heartless and degrading treatment to which this high – ranking public servant has […]

WWF Accompanies Moloundou Municipal Council In Consultative Talks To Put In Place A Multi – Stakeholders Platform

Participants at the Nov. 14 meeting in Moloundou ended up adopting a decision to immediately set up the Multi –Stakeholders Platform in the area. The platform will among other things ensure the rational and effective management of natural resources for the benefit of indigenous and local communities The Moloundou Municipal Council in Boumba and Ngoko […]

Northwest Governor Calls On Mayors That Have Abandoned Their Municipalities, To Return And Ensure The Smooth Functioning Of Their Local Health Centers

Workshop’s resolution calls for the reinstatement of credit card system to medical staff employed by local councils   Another resolution demands that mayors be integrated into District Hospital Management Board Committees Health officials warned against malpractices of setting up illegal health facilities in their communities Northwest Governor, Adolph Lele Lafrique, has called on all mayors […]

Minister Atanga Nji Says Gov’t Has Disbursed 1.9 Billion FCFA, Following The Heavy Floods That Hit The Far North Region

The Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has disclosed that President Paul Biya, or better still the Cameroon Government, has so far disbursed the total sum of 1.9 billion FCFA (one billion, nine hundred million francs CFA), to emergency issues related to the devastation caused by the gigantic floods that have hit the Far […]

Public Health Minister And OST / SANTE In War Over Call By Latter For Health Workers To Embark On Strike Action

The battle line has been drawn between the Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, and OTS / SANTE (‘Organisation Syndicale des Travailleurs de la Sante’), which is the syndicate of public health workers in the country, that has called on workers of all State owned hospitals and other health facilities across the country, to […]

At 10th Special Session Of AMCEN In Abidjan, Ivory Coast:

African Ministers Unite To Combat Land Degradation, Desertification And Plastic Pollution, And Emphasize the Urgent Need To Address The Continent’s Growing Environmental Challenges “By prioritizing the fight against desertification, land degradation, and plastic pollution, African leaders are showing true leadership in addressing these challenges”, WWF Ministers of Environment in the different African countries have demonstrated […]

Public Health Minister Says A Total Of 8, 990 Adolescents And Youths (15 24 years), Tested HIV – Seropositive in Cameroon in 2023

The Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, who is also the President of the National AIDS, Control Committee, NACC, has disclosed that the 2023 annual report of the Committee, shows that a total of 8,990 adolescents and youths in the age range of 15 – 24 years, tested HIV –Seropositive last year, and that […]

Despite Abundance Of Medicinal Plants, Cameroon Is Still Far Behind In The Production Of Medicines

In the year 2010, billions of francs CFA was invested to set up a pharmaceutical company. Cinpharm, in Douala, which crumbled a few years later, because Gov’t failed to protect it. Despite the fact that Cameroon’s forests are rich in medical plants, the country is still far behind in the production of modern and quality […]


About us

Welcome to The Mentor, your trusted source for news about Cameroon and the world beyond. Founded by Joe Dinga Pefok, a seasoned journalist with a wealth of experience at The Post Newspaper, The Mentor is dedicated to providing insightful and reliable news coverage.


CONTACT US

CALL US ANYTIME



Newsletter


Categories


You cannot copy content of this page

The Mentor

Inspiring Minds with Timely Stories

Skip to content ↓