Will President Paul Biya, Who Left Cameroon Since June 7, 2026 For A ‘Brief Private Stay” In Europe, Finally Return Home This Week?

Senior Journalist, Polycarpe Essomba, RFI Correspondent In Cameroon, On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Reported On His Facebook Page, That President Biya Will Be Back Home Within 48 Hours. The ‘Scoop’ Immediately Went Viral. There Has So Far Been No Official Confirmation. However, The Indomitable Lionesses Are Still At Mont Febe Hotel In Yaounde, Waiting To […]

Politics / Judiciary


President Biya’s Long Delay To Appoint Vice President, Plunges Cameroonians, Investors, Into More Uncertainty And Fear, Than Before Modification Of The Constitution.

Deputy SG Of Ruling CPDM, Minister Gregoire OWONA, Declared Last April That The Modification Of The Constitution, Creating Post Of Vice President, Would Reassure Investors, Whom He Said Were Worried With The Old Legal Provisions In Case Of Vacancy, At The Office Of President. But The Situation Today, Is Instead Worse. How CCERE Tried To […]

PM Dion Ngute, Said In Morocco On August 15, That “President Papa Paul Biya” , And Wife “Mama Chantal Biya”, Were Waiting For The Lionesses In Yaounde.

But The Female National Football Team, The Indomitable Lionesses, Returned To Yaounde On August 17, 2026 With The WAFCON Trophy, When The Presidential Couple Were Still Not Back Home, Since They Left  The Country On June 7, 2026, For A ‘Brief Stay” In Europe. President Biya who left Cameroon way back on June 7, 2026, […]

Uncertainty As To What Is Legally Supposed To Happen, In Case There Is Vacancy At The Office Of President Of Cameroon, When A Vice President Has Not Been Appointed.

There Are Disagreements Even In The Cameroon Opposition, As To What Is Legally Supposed To Happen, If The Office Of President Of The Republic Becomes Vacant, Today, When The Vice President Has Not Been Appointed. This Indicates The State Of Confusion, Uncertainty And Fear In Which Many Cameroonians, And Foreign Investors In Cameroon, Are In […]

Former Vice President Of MANIDEM, VALENTIN DONGMO, Designated New President Of The Party, To Fill Vacant Post Following The Death Of ANICET EKANE

But DONGMO And His Team Have A Very Difficult Task Ahead. Already, The Presumed Former President Of MANIDEM, DIEUDONNE YEBGA, Has Declared That The Designation Of DONGMO As President Of MANIDEM Is Illegal. YEGBGA Claims He Is Legal President Of MANIDEM, And Has Announced The Holding Of The Party’s Congress Before The End Of This […]

Who Are Those Behind The Fake Governments Being ‘Appointed’ In Cameroon, And What Are They Up To?

This Dirty Political Game Has Been Going On In Cameroon For Many Years. Ni John Fru Ndi’s SDF, And A Number Of CPDM Elites, Were Victims Of The Political Malpractice In The Past. The Platform Used Then, Was The Newspaper. With The Coming Of The Social Media, The Platform Has Changed, And The Political Game […]

Cameroon: Three ‘New Governments’ Appointed’ In One Day, With Different Vice Presidents And Prime Ministers

 On December 31, 2025, President Biya Told Cameroonians That He Would Appoint A New Gov’t In The “Coming Days’. Till Date, Nothing!   The Failure To Appoint A New Gov’t More Than Nine Months After The October 12, 2025 Presidential Election, Gives Room To These  Fake Appointments Of New Gov’ts On The Social Media, With All […]

Great Minds


Presbyterian Church In Cameroon: Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor NICO HALLE, Chief ADA KESSI, And Some Other Founding Members, Resign From TRUTH HOUSE

TRUTH HOUSE Is A Group Of Bona Fide Presbyterians, Whose Founding Members In 2024 Resolved To Stake Their Necks TO Save The Church, By Standing Up To Denounce Those That Were Causing The Unprecedented Crisis That Was Seriously Rocking The Church, And Which Was Degenerating To The Alarming Point Where The Church Risked Splitting (Schism). […]

International Peace Crusader, NICO HALLE, Appeals For Reconciliation In The PCC, Ahead Of The First Funeral Service Of Former Moderator, Rev Dr. FESTUS ASANA

« I Took This Initiative, And I Take Responsibility for Pleading, Appealing That The Hate, The Bitterness, Resentment And Rejection That Exist In Recent Years , We Should Put It Behind Us », HALLE Has Pleaded In A Message To The PCC, Ahead Of The First Funeral Service Of The Former Moderator, Scheduled For Buea […]

Students Of Heritage University Institute- Cameroon, On A Sustainable Education Study Tour In The Far North Region

The Study Tour, For Students Enrolled In The Institution’s International Master’s Programme In Peace Studies And Humanitarian Action, Is Part Of The Institution’s Commitment To Experiential Leaning, To Complement Classroom Instruction With Practical Field Experience , In One Of Cameroon’s Most Important Humanitarian And Peace Building Contexts. Students enrolled in the International Master’s Programme In […]

“The Prime Minister And Head Of Gov’t, Could Not Be Indifferent, To Sir Dr Barrister NICO HALLE’s Outstanding Contribution To Nation Building”, PM’s Representative

During A Visit To Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle Award Gallery, The PM’s Envoy, HRM AGBOR AMBANG, Said: “We Are Here To Encourage Sir Dr NICO HALLE, But Above That To Call On Other Cameroonians To Emulate This Exemplary Contribution By A Patriotic Citizen”. NICO HALLE, Reiterated To PM’s Envoy: “While I Am Not […]

How The General Manager Of The CSPH, OKIE JOHNSON NDOH, Has Turned Price Stabilization Into A Policy Of Proximity, Innovation And Performance.

In Recognition Of These Achievements, CRDP Has Given To The GM Of Hydrocarbon Prices Stabilization Fund , OKIE JOHNSON NDOH, Its Prestigious «Golden Award 2026». In Presenting The Well Deserved Award, The Organization Clearly Outlined How CSPH Under OKIE’s Management, Has Recorded Positive Results In The Four Criteria Used In Assessing Public Service Excellence.  On […]

CCIMA’s Secretary General Asserts That The 207 National, And International Awards, That NICO HALLE Has Received, Bring Honour To The Country.

During A Visit To Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle Award Gallery, The SG Of CCIMA, HALIDOU BELLO, Hailed NICO HALLE As A Man Of Integrity, A Patriot, A Hardworking Man, And A Man Who Loves Humanity, As Seen In His Crusade For Peace, And The Fight Against Corruption. Meanwhile, NICO HALLE Says Awards Mean […]

Business / Economy / Finance


From 2022 to 2025, The Number Of Graduates, That Used To Be Recruited Annually In Hong Kong, Dropped By 61 % Because Of Artificial Intelligence, AI

This Should Serve As A Caution To Students, And Workers In Sectors That AI Can Takeover Jobs, To Start Preparing To Adapt To The Severe Effects Of AI, When It Eventually Reaches Cameroon. Sectors Like The Print Media, Photography, And Others That Were Certain Were To Be Hard Hit With The Coming Of Android Phone, […]

Part 6: Within 3 Years, COBAC Has Temporarily Withdrawn The Licenses Of Over 70 Microfinance Institutions In Crisis, Due To Bad Governance.

The Microfinance Institutions (Credit Unions), Have Been Placed Under Provisional Administration. But So Far, COBAC Has Not Made Public The Names Of The Financial Institutions, And Has Maintained Sealed Lips On The Issue. There Is A Debate Among Experts, On Whether, Or Not, COBAC Should Make Public The Names Of The Over 70 Microfinance Institutions. […]

Part 5: The Biggest Problem ‘Killing’ Many Microfinance Institutions (Credit Unions) In Cameroon Today Is Bad Governance, Precisely Corruption.

Many Microfinance Institutions Are In Problem Because They Are Owed Huge Amounts Of Unpaid Loans.  Many Of The Loans Were Granted In Violation Of The Text, Because Of Corruption.  The Fact Is That When Somebody For Example Has To Give Up 5 Million FCFA (20 %) As Bribe, To Be Able To Get A Loan […]

Part 4: Why Elections Of Board Members Of Microfinance Institutions Are Today A Do Or Die Affair, Whereas Board Members Are Not On Salary

Many SMEs In Cameroon, That Are Unable To Get Loans From Commercial Banks, Are Turning To Microfinance Institutions (Credit Unions), For Loans. And The Managements Of Most Of These Financial Institutions, For Selfish Interest Prefer To Grant Loans To SMES Than Ordinary Members. Is “The Poor Man’s Bank”, Now Abandoning The “Poor Man”! Why are […]

Part 3: So Far, Only Two Microfinance Institutions In The Country Have Developed Into Commercial Banks.

 The Microfinance Institutions (Credit Unions) That We See Around Are Not All The Same, As They Are In Different Categories (1, 2, 3).  Despite The Propaganda Being Made, The Fact Is That A Bulk Of Microfinance Institutions In Cameroon Are of Category 1, Which Is The Lowest. Also, Most Of Them, Just As Their Names […]

Part 2: While New Microfinance Institutions Spring Up Like Mushrooms In Cameroon, The Total Number These Financial Institutions Keeps Dropping, Annually.

Statistics From The Ministry Of Finance Show That At The End Of December 31, 2020, There Was A Total Of 415 Microfinance Institutions In The Country. By The End Of December 31, 2022, The Total Number Of Microfinance Institutions Dropped To 402, While By The End Of December 31, 2025, The Total Number Dropped To […]

Government / Parliament


Will President Paul Biya, Who Left Cameroon Since June 7, 2026 For A ‘Brief Private Stay” In Europe, Finally Return Home This Week?

Senior Journalist, Polycarpe Essomba, RFI Correspondent In Cameroon, On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Reported On His Facebook Page, That President Biya Will Be Back Home Within 48 Hours. The ‘Scoop’ Immediately Went Viral. There Has So Far Been No Official Confirmation. However, The Indomitable Lionesses Are Still At Mont Febe Hotel In Yaounde, Waiting To […]

President Biya’s Long Delay To Appoint Vice President, Plunges Cameroonians, Investors, Into More Uncertainty And Fear, Than Before Modification Of The Constitution.

Deputy SG Of Ruling CPDM, Minister Gregoire OWONA, Declared Last April That The Modification Of The Constitution, Creating Post Of Vice President, Would Reassure Investors, Whom He Said Were Worried With The Old Legal Provisions In Case Of Vacancy, At The Office Of President. But The Situation Today, Is Instead Worse. How CCERE Tried To […]

PM Dion Ngute, Said In Morocco On August 15, That “President Papa Paul Biya” , And Wife “Mama Chantal Biya”, Were Waiting For The Lionesses In Yaounde.

But The Female National Football Team, The Indomitable Lionesses, Returned To Yaounde On August 17, 2026 With The WAFCON Trophy, When The Presidential Couple Were Still Not Back Home, Since They Left  The Country On June 7, 2026, For A ‘Brief Stay” In Europe. President Biya who left Cameroon way back on June 7, 2026, […]

Uncertainty As To What Is Legally Supposed To Happen, In Case There Is Vacancy At The Office Of President Of Cameroon, When A Vice President Has Not Been Appointed.

There Are Disagreements Even In The Cameroon Opposition, As To What Is Legally Supposed To Happen, If The Office Of President Of The Republic Becomes Vacant, Today, When The Vice President Has Not Been Appointed. This Indicates The State Of Confusion, Uncertainty And Fear In Which Many Cameroonians, And Foreign Investors In Cameroon, Are In […]

Who Are Those Behind The Fake Governments Being ‘Appointed’ In Cameroon, And What Are They Up To?

This Dirty Political Game Has Been Going On In Cameroon For Many Years. Ni John Fru Ndi’s SDF, And A Number Of CPDM Elites, Were Victims Of The Political Malpractice In The Past. The Platform Used Then, Was The Newspaper. With The Coming Of The Social Media, The Platform Has Changed, And The Political Game […]

Cameroon: Three ‘New Governments’ Appointed’ In One Day, With Different Vice Presidents And Prime Ministers

 On December 31, 2025, President Biya Told Cameroonians That He Would Appoint A New Gov’t In The “Coming Days’. Till Date, Nothing!   The Failure To Appoint A New Gov’t More Than Nine Months After The October 12, 2025 Presidential Election, Gives Room To These  Fake Appointments Of New Gov’ts On The Social Media, With All […]

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Environment / Health / Science


Students Of Heritage University Institute- Cameroon, On A Sustainable Education Study Tour In The Far North Region

The Study Tour, For Students Enrolled In The Institution’s International Master’s Programme In Peace Studies And Humanitarian Action, Is Part Of The Institution’s Commitment To Experiential Leaning, To Complement Classroom Instruction With Practical Field Experience , In One Of Cameroon’s Most Important Humanitarian And Peace Building Contexts. Students enrolled in the International Master’s Programme In […]

From 2022 to 2025, The Number Of Graduates, That Used To Be Recruited Annually In Hong Kong, Dropped By 61 % Because Of Artificial Intelligence, AI

This Should Serve As A Caution To Students, And Workers In Sectors That AI Can Takeover Jobs, To Start Preparing To Adapt To The Severe Effects Of AI, When It Eventually Reaches Cameroon. Sectors Like The Print Media, Photography, And Others That Were Certain Were To Be Hard Hit With The Coming Of Android Phone, […]

How The General Manager Of The CSPH, OKIE JOHNSON NDOH, Has Turned Price Stabilization Into A Policy Of Proximity, Innovation And Performance.

In Recognition Of These Achievements, CRDP Has Given To The GM Of Hydrocarbon Prices Stabilization Fund , OKIE JOHNSON NDOH, Its Prestigious «Golden Award 2026». In Presenting The Well Deserved Award, The Organization Clearly Outlined How CSPH Under OKIE’s Management, Has Recorded Positive Results In The Four Criteria Used In Assessing Public Service Excellence.  On […]

Bits And Pieces On Anicet Ekane’s Funeral (Part 4): Will The MANIDEM Party Survive Its Founding President, Anicet Ekane?

It Is Indisputable That MANIDEM TO A Very Large Extent Was Anicet Ekane, And His Departure Is A Big Blow To The Party, Which Has Already Suffered A Big Resignation, Blamed On The Way The New Leadership Of The Vice President, Valentin Dogno Fils, Is Handling Things. Meanwhile, The Late Anicet Ekane’s Family, Failed To […]

Prominent Opposition Leader, ANICET GEORGES EKANE, Who Was Arrested On Oct. 24, 2025 And Whisked Off To Yaounde, Returned To Douala On March 3, 2026 In A Coffin

Report By Gov’t’s Commission Of Enquiry Claims ANICET EKANE’s Death On December 1, 2025 Was “Natural”. But The EKANE Family And MANIDEM Party Insist He Was Killed. A Senior Member Of MANIDEM, CLEMENT MOUAFFO, Warns “Those Who Killed EKANE”, Against Attending His Funeral. There Is Also A Big Controversy Surrounding The Official Reason For The […]

Why Decision By Family Of Late Opposition Leader, ANICET EKANE, To Reject Report By Gov’t’s Commission Of Enquiry On His Death, Is Not Surprising

 How  Communiqué By Ministry Of Defence On December 1, 2025 When EKANE Died, Already Gave A Hint Of What The  Result Of The Investigation,  To Be Carried Out By The Gendarmerie On “The Exact  Circumstances And Real Causes” Of His Death , Would Look Like. The EKANE Family Had Insisted On An Independent Commission Of […]

Almost Two Months After Death Of Opposition Leader, ANICET EKANE, In Gendarmerie Custody, Report Of Investigation That President BiIYA Ordered, Is Still Awaited

 EKANE Family Insists On An Independent Commission Of Enquiry, To Investigate “The Exact Circumstances And Real Causes” That Surrounded The Death, As BIYA Reportedly Demanded. Family Told Gendarmerie Boss, That, They Would Not Collaborate With A Team Of Investigators, Comprised Of Persons From The Same Gendarmerie, In Whose Hands ANICET EKANE Died. It is almost […]

Post – Election Crisis In Cameroon: List Of 142 Persons Whose Trial Has Started At The Yaounde Military Tribunal

 The Charges Leveled Against Them Include Rebellion, Propagation Of False Information, Illegal Gathering, Among Others.  Several Legal Minds Consider The Charges Highly Controversial.  The Case That Opened On Thursday, January 8, 2026, Amidst High Tension, Was Postponed To February 12. The President Of The Cameroon Bar Council, MBAH ERIC MBAH, Has, Mobilized A Team Of […]

Veteran Journalist And Management Expert, NCHECHUMA PIUS BANLA, Bounces Back Through Another Big Appointment At Douala Port

Barely One Month And Five Days Into Retirement, NCHECHUMA BANLA,  Who Last Served As Director of Human Resources At The  Port Authority of Douala ( PAD), Was On December 23, 2025 Appointed  By  The Board of Directors  Of PAD,  As Director Delegate Of The Dredging Management Unit,  One of The Corporation’s Subsidiary Companies.  NCHECHUMA BANLA […]

Late EKANE ANIICET’s Lawyers To Sue Medical Personnel, That Carried Out Autopsy Without The Representatives Of The Lawyers And EKANE Family, For Desecration Of Corpse

The Lawyers And EKANE Family Refer To The Controversial Autopsy, As Another Provocation By The Regime, And  Mince No Words That They Will Not Recognize It.    British High Commission Has  Urged The Cameroonian Authorities To Ensure That The Investigation Into The Circumstances Of The Death In Custody, Of Veteran Opposition Leader, EKANE ANICET, “Is Conducted […]


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