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Cameroon’s 92-year-old president faces defections as key allies join race to end four-decade rule
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
YAOUNDÉ (Cameroon), July 4 — At 92, the world’s oldest head of state, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, faces defections by allies-turned-rivals jockeying to replace him in elections that could end his four-plus decades in power. Biya, who has led...
Cameroon's 92-year-old president faces emerging rivals
Modern Ghana
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At 92, the world's oldest head of state, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, faces defections by allies-turned-rivals jockeying to replace him in elections that could end his four-plus decades in power. Biya, who has led Cameroon with an iron fist...
Cameroon's Hidden Green Treasures Unveiled In A Book
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a powerful moment for conservation, the book “Important Plant Areas of Cameroon” was officially launched on 18 June during UK - Cameroon Climate Week. This groundbreaking publication reveals a stunning yet sobering reality:...
Cameroon’s president, the world’s oldest, likely faces election challenge from close allies
Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s longtime President Paul Biya is gearing up for a likely election challenge from two of his closest allies after they both resigned from his government and announced their candidacy in the October election. Bello...
World News | Cameroon's President, World's Oldest, Likely Faces Election Challenge from Close Allies
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Yaounde, Jul 3 (AP) Cameroon's longtime President Paul Biya is gearing up for a likely election challenge from two of his closest allies after they both resigned from his government and announced their candidacy in the October election. Bello...
JNIM Attacks Across Mali; Biya Faces Challengers in Cameroon: Africa File, July 3, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File or tri-weekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributor: Miles Charles Key Takeaways: Cameroon. Cameroonian President Paul Biya is facing a...
Chinese medical team provides medical services in Cameroon
Xinhua News Agency
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A Chinese medical worker guides a local doctor in reviewing CT images at the Yaounde Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital in Cameroon, on July 1, 2025. The 24th Chinese medical team to Cameroon, with 19 members, was dispatched by...
Shattered political alliances: Biya pick...
The Guardian Post
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At the weekend from the Yaounde Conference Centre, Bello Bouba Maïgari, president of National Union for Democracy and Progress, NUDP, who doubles as Minister of State, Minister of Tourism and Leisure, ruined its historic alliance with the ruling...
Cameroonian, Dr Elombi, is President of ...
The Guardian Post
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He was appointed by shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank. The Cameroonian economist becomes the fourth leader to head the pan-African bank since its establishment in 1993. His term is set to begin in September 2025, succeeding Nigerian...
Yaounde: CRADEC rallies stakeholders to ...
The Guardian Post
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It brought together Parliamentarians, members of the APNIFFT Caucus, representatives of the Ministry of Finance, decentralised collectivities, Civil Society Organisations, public finance experts among others. CRADEC officials the roundtable aimed...
Mofu Primate Sanctuary protects primates from illegal hunting, trading in Cameroon
Xinhua News Agency
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Tourists observe a western lowland gorilla at the Mefou Primate Sanctuary in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, on July 1, 2025. Located in the south of Yaounde, the Mofu Primate Sanctuary aims to protect primates that have been maimed or left...
Fifty Years of Gowon’s Overthrow, by Eric Teniola
Prompt News Online
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July 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Cameroon National Unity Day 2025
Diplomat magazine EU
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June 30, 2025
Theme: “Defence Forces and Cameroonian people in harmony to safeguard peace and national unity, bedrock of a strong and prosperous Cameroon”. Cocktail on the Occasion of the 53rd Cameroon National Day Celebration in The Hague, Kurhaus Hotel, on...
Yves Missi Set to Debut for Cameroon at 2025 AfroBasket
Times News Global
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July 2, 2025
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – New Orleans Pelicans rookie Yves Missi announced his debut with the Cameroonian national team for the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket. The tournament will run from August 12-24 in the Angolan cities of Luanda and Moçâmedes. In a...
Yaounde I University: Fullbright Scholar, Prof Victor Waingeh, to build ...
The Guardian Post
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Spefically, he will be working at the University of Yaounde I, where he will be employing a combination of teaching and research to build student capacity with a view to lowering barriers and enhancing their interest and success in physical...
Ahead of presidentials: ELECAM reveals voter register hits over 8 million
The Guardian Post
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He revealed the figures Saturday, June 28, in Yaounde. This was during the Second Ordinary session of the Electoral Board of ELECAM. Dr Enow Abrams noted that from January to June 26, 2025, some 373,588 new potential voters had been registered. He...
Cameroon presidential ally quits and announces election bid
African Insider
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June 27, 2025
Yaoundé – A Cameroon minister who resigned this week on Thursday confirmed he will stand in this year’s presidential election, stating he wants to “put an end to the old system”. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, long an ally of veteran President Paul Biya,...
From stigma to support: understanding postpartum mental health
The European Sting
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July 3, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Tatsadjieu Ngoune Léopoldine Sybile, a 6th-year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, Cameroon. She is affiliated with...
Cameroonian native finds inspiration in story of his own path to Army service
US Army
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June 30, 2025
CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Pfc. Franck Karel Penga Nkweya’s aspirations of Army service took root long before he set foot in America, and he attributes his journey to hard work, dedication and loyalty. Born and raised in Cameroon’s capital city of...
Starlink Resumes Talks with Cameroon for Official Market Entry
Business in Cameroon
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July 1, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - A delegation from Starlink, the satellite internet provider owned by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, met with Cameroon's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng, on June 27, 2025. Sources...