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Substance use disorders increase risk of unplanned hospital readmissions
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 UCLA-led research finds. People with...

Yaounde Int'l War College flags off 20th anniversary celebration
This was during a ceremony which took the guise of a cultural exhibition. It was the Deputy Defense Chief of Staff, Major General Chemo Hector, who launched the festivities. Exhibitors from more than 26 countries including France and Cameroon are...

Yaounde: Ngoulla & Associates law firm empowers lawyers on insurance con...
This was in prelude to the elective general assembly Cameroon Association which begun July14, 2025. It was placed under the theme: “The intervention of the lawyer in the implementation of damage insurance contracts”. The workshop which had as main...

Cameroon’s Paul Biya reshuffles military top brass ahead of bid for eighth term
Yaounde — Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, has overhauled the military’s top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to ensure the armed forces back his bid for an eighth term after a public outcry. The...

Cameroon: Biya reshuffles top military ranks days after re-election bid
Cameroon's president Paul Biya had just announced that he would once again be a candidate at th enext presidential election - and now, he has overhauled his military. Top ranks in Cameroon's armed forces were reshuffled on Wednesday following a...

Cameroon's Paul Biya, 92, reshuffles military top brass ahead of vote
Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, has overhauled the military's top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to ensure the armed forces back his bid for an eighth term after a public outcry. The personnel...

Cameroonian Priest Condemns President Biya’s Re-Election Bid as an “Insult to the Nation”
In a powerful open letter, Cameroonian Catholic priest Father Paul Ajong has denounced President Paul Biya’s announcement that he will run for an eighth consecutive term in the October 2025 elections. Biya, who is 92 years old and has ruled...

Cameroon’s Biya, 92, reshuffles military top brass ahead of election
Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, has overhauled the military’s top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to ensure the armed forces back his bid for an eighth term after a public outcry. The personnel...

Cameroon president Biya, 92, reshuffles military top brass ahead of vote
Cameroon President Paul Biya attends the Paris Peace Forum, France, November 12, 2019. REUTERS Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, has overhauled the military's top ranks in what analysts say is an effort...

Trump administration can lift deportation protections for Afghanistan, Cameroon
An appellate court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that grants temporary deportation protections and work permits to more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Trump administration can lift deportation protections for Afghanistan and Cameroon
An appellate court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that grants temporary deportation protections and work permits to more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Scientists identify a new subtype of diabetes that will change how the disease is treated
Type 1 diabetes, as most textbooks tell it, shows up early, marches in with unmistakable warning signs, and never goes away. A single drop in daily insulin can mean trouble. That story has shaped treatment for nearly a century, and in many places,...

Cholera threatens over 80,000 children as rainy season hits West and Central Africa
An estimated 80,000 children are at severe risk of cholera as heavy rains sweep across West and Central Africa, exacerbating outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Nigeria and raising fears of cross-border spread. With...

Cameroon: Biya Reshuffles Military Top Brass Ahead Of 8th-Term Bid
Home Africa Cameroon: Biya Reshuffles Military Top Brass Ahead Of 8th-Term Bid The announcement prompted an unprecedented public outcry in the press and on social media in Cameroon, where Biya's age and long absences have raised questions about...

Cameroon Taps ST Digital to Lead National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian government plans to collaborate with local firm ST Digital to roll out its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (SNIA) and boost digital sovereignty. This announcement followed a July 14, 2025, visit...

Cameroon's Biya, 92, reshuffles military top brass ahead of vote
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, has overhauled the military’s top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to ensure the armed forces back his bid for an...

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president seeks eighth term in office
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, who is 92 years old, has announced plans to run for an eighth term in this year’s presidential election on October 12. Biya, who is the world’s oldest serving head of state, made the announcement in posts on X on...

Cameroon president seeks to remain in power until almost his 100th birthday
Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, who has held an iron grip on the Central African nation for nearly 43 years has launched a reelection bid that could keep him in power until almost his 100th birthday. “Much remains to be done,” said...

Cameroon’s Biya, 92, brushes off health fears in bid for eighth...
In June 2004, on returning from yet another extended stay abroad, Cameroon President Paul Biya came down from his plane and poked fun at rumours he was dead. “People are interested in my funeral,” he told reporters. “I’ll see them in 20 years.”...

Cameroon's President Biya, 92, announces bid for eighth term...
Cameroon's President Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state at 92, has announced he will run in this year's presidential election in October. "I am a candidate in the presidential election. Rest assured that my determination to serve...