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Aid cuts will push Nigerians into arms of Boko Haram militants, WFP warns

Aid cuts will push Nigerians into arms of Boko Haram militants, WFP warns

Anne SoyBBC News in Gwoza ShareSave This is the last handout of food to the many thousands sheltering from Boko Haram in Gwoza Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant...

Cameroonian Firm to Protect Intellectual Property of Gabon's Oliguiville Project

Cameroonian Firm to Protect Intellectual Property of Gabon's Oliguiville Project

(Business in Cameroon) - The law firm Dudieu Avocats, specializing in intellectual property litigation, has been selected by the Gabonese state and the municipality of Oyem to secure the intellectual assets of the "Oliguiville" project. This...

Yaounde: Researchers, inventors exhibiting innovations, exchanging knowl...

Yaounde: Researchers, inventors exhibiting innovations, exchanging knowl...

The excellence week is an initiative of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation. The exhibitions, alongside plenary sessions and conferences, are holding at the esplanade of the Yaounde City Council, with experts in sectors such as...

2025 Presidential Elections: CPDM regime puts Cameroon on a war path!

Elections Cameroon known as ELECAM has released the list of approved presidential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections and it is clear that Prof. Maurice Kamto, the man who has the entire nation behind him and the only opposition...

Yaounde II Council: Mayor Ayissi Eloundou presents over 2 BFCFA revenue ...

Yaounde II Council: Mayor Ayissi Eloundou presents over 2 BFCFA revenue ...

In his speech during the session, the Mayor disclosed that at the end of the 2024 fiscal year, Yaounde II Council recorded a total budget revenue of 2,021,123,702 FCFA. This, he said, represents an increase of 157,190,764 FCFA, compared to the...

Cameroon’s Forests Worth CFA37 Trillion, Yet Economic Gains Remain Elusive at 0.3%

Cameroon’s Forests Worth CFA37 Trillion, Yet Economic Gains Remain Elusive at 0.3%

(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s forests and natural ecosystems hold immense global value—worth more than CFA37,200 billion ($61.9 billion) as of 2020, according to a new World Bank report titled Cameroon’s Green Gold: Valuing Forests and...

Doctors say enforcement tactics will severely impact health care in Mass. during protest at Burlington ICE facility

Doctors say enforcement tactics will severely impact health care in Mass. during protest at Burlington ICE facility

“The health care system is already in a staffing crisis,” said Dr. Anisha Hashmi, a psychiatrist in her final year of residency, whose father immigrated from Pakistan. “So when ICE raids our workplaces and our homes, it’s not just an attack on our...

Delhi Police busts Rs 100-crore drug syndicate, Cameroonian kingpin arrested

Delhi Police busts Rs 100-crore drug syndicate, Cameroonian kingpin arrested

A major international drug syndicate operating out of Delhi has been busted by the Delhi Police Crime Branch, which has arrested five foreign nationals allegedly linked to the network. The accused are citizens of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Cote...

Health Rounds: New form of type 1 diabetes identified in Black patients

Health Rounds: New form of type 1 diabetes identified in Black patients

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A new discovery could change how type 1 diabetes is diagnosed and managed in individuals of African descent, researchers say. In type 1 diabetes, the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas stop working in childhood...

UNICEF Reports: 80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West, Central Africa

UNICEF Reports: 80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West, Central Africa

An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, reports. According to UNICEF, the heightened risk of cholera...

RESPIRATORY DISEASES REPRESENT GLOBAL BURDEN ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA

RESPIRATORY DISEASES REPRESENT GLOBAL BURDEN ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA

In Cameroon, pollution and disease stigma are still significant barriers to achieving asthma control. In Nigeria, where the prevalence is high, the cost of asthma medicines not being subsidized is still a barrier to therapy. On the contrary, in...

Youth activist charity hires Unicef nutrition specialist as next chief

Youth activist charity hires Unicef nutrition specialist as next chief

Bite Back 2030 has appointed D’Arcy Williams, nutrition specialist at Unicef Tanzania, as its next chief executive. Williams will join the youth activist charity, which aims to halve childhood obesity by 2030, in October. He succeeds James Toop,...

Over 80,000 children at risk as cholera spreads in West, Central Africa— UNICEF

Over 80,000 children at risk as cholera spreads in West, Central Africa— UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than 80,000 children are at high risk of contracting cholera as the rainy season intensifies across West and Central Africa, In a report released on Tuesday, the UN agency said the...

Cameroon: 81 candidates apply to run in presidential elections

Cameroon: 81 candidates apply to run in presidential elections

It's a record number: 81 candidate applications to run in the presidential elections set for October this year were made to Cameroon's national body in charge of organising elections by the deadline on Monday at midnight. Among the hopefuls are...

Cameroon Ties Investment Incentives to Jobs and Local Use

Cameroon Ties Investment Incentives to Jobs and Local Use

(Business in Cameroon) - President Paul Biya signed a decree on July 18, 2025, that amended Cameroon's investment incentives framework for the second time since 2017. The presidential text maintains tax and customs exemptions ranging from 5 to 10...

Cameroon invests US$10.6M in new poultry facility

Cameroon invests US$10.6M in new poultry facility

CAMEROON – A newly launched poultry complex in Bamendjou, West Region of Cameroon, is aiming to increase local production of poultry meat amid rising national demand and unstable supply chains. The Cameroon Cooperative Farm (FCC), inaugurated by...

92 year old and 81 others file nominations for Cameroon presidential elections

71 Views President Paul Biya Cameroon has made history after 92 candidates filed in nominations for the presidential elections making it the highest recorded in the world. Last week Malawi a small country in Southern Africa with the majority of...

“Those types of performance are almost unacceptable” - Louis Saha tells Manchester United to replace ‘horrific’ player with 32-year-old star

“Those types of performance are almost unacceptable” - Louis Saha tells Manchester United to replace ‘horrific’ player with 32-year-old star

Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha has urged the club to replace Andre Onana with Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez. The Cameroonian custodian has endured an underwhelming time at Old Trafford so far, and recent reports have suggested that...

Man Utd problem position deepens for Ruben Amorim despite transfer being agreed

Man Utd problem position deepens for Ruben Amorim despite transfer being agreed

Manchester United have been told that Nick Pope is not for sale this summer, despite Newcastle United being on the brink of signing Aaron Ramsdale. The Red Devils have been linked with a number of shot-stoppers, as Andre Onana's future is up in...

People with Substance Use Disorder Were 24% More Likely to Require Unplanned Hospital Readmission Within 30 Days of Previous Discharge

People with Substance Use Disorder Were 24% More Likely to Require Unplanned Hospital Readmission Within 30 Days of Previous Discharge

BYLINE: Enrique Rivero Newswise — People with any type of substance use disorder (SUD) stand a 24% higher risk of having an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of a previous discharge compared with those without the disorder, new...

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