Month: December 2013

[VOA]A French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month has been set free.

The Registrar of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, Cameroonian-born, Robert Eno says for now, Cameroon cannot nominate candidates to the position of judges in the court and benefit from other advantages because the country has not yet rat…

A French priest kidnapped in Cameroon in mid-November has been set free, President Francois Hollande’s office said Tuesday.

Georges Vandenbeusch, the French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month, has been released, the office of President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

French President Francois Hollande announced on Tuesday the release of a Roman Catholic priest who was captured in Cameroon six weeks ago.

[RFI]The French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon in November by Islamist rebels has been freed, the office of French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

[VOA]Yaounde -Cameroon soldiers have seized weapons and arrested Muslim Seleka rebels from the Central African Republic who have been hiding in Cameroon.

[Cameroon Tribune]Like in past years, 2013 also saw the departure of many known and unknown Cameroonians. Close ones, colleagues, acquaintances and others, kicked the bucket following illnesses, accidents, murders, assassinations or suicides. CT here p…

[Cameroon Tribune]The Registrar of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, Cameroonian-born, Robert Eno says for now, Cameroon cannot nominate candidates to the position of judges in the court and benefit from other advantages because the count…

[Cameroon Tribune]Years come and go leaving behind pleasant and unpleasant surprises, deeds and misdeeds. The year, 2013 was not different. Its surprises were many, so were the deeds and misdeeds.

[Cameroon Tribune]Cameroon is now firmly on the path of entrenching the ongoing democratisation build up that began with the rebirth of multiparty politics in the 1990s. The several mutations that came with the creation of other political parties to co…

[Cameroon Tribune]The Agropole Programme created in August, 2012 entered a highly decisive stage in 2013 epitomising in the execution of 15 agric projects cutting across a medley of sub sectors. Piggery, poultry, pineapple, fish, soja, rice and maize p…

The seventh civilian flight undertaken by Camair-Co in the Presidential repatriation operation of Cameroonian citizens trapped in the Central African Republic civil war and the 26th Air force flight brought in 219 and 80 more people respectively, the m…

As at 25 December 2013, 1,159 Cameroonians trapped in the cross-fire in the Central African Republic had been repatriated home, thanks to the intervention of the Head of State, Paul Biya.

[Africa Top Sports]Africa Top Sports reported earlier that Chelsea stunned former Premier League leaders, Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday.

THE Country Fire Authority says three quarters of fires that firefighters attend are due to humans either deliberately or negligently causing a fire.

[Cameroon Tribune]Mrs. Fri Bime, a writer and cultural observer, looks back at how Cameroon’s media and culture fared in 2013.

[Cameroon Tribune]The pupils of Government Primary School Bonamateke, one of the villages of Dibombari, Moungo Division, had one of the best first term closing ceremonies ever. On Thursday December 19, they were entertained by a one-hour story telling …

[Cameroon Tribune]In the past few weeks, there has been an unusual upsurge in activities directly threatening the functioning of public edifices; especially with fires. In less than one week, there were two fire incidents in the sole ministry of Public…

[Cameroon Tribune]Some 3,500 youths over the weekend in Yaounde were sensitised on the dangers of the HIV pandemic while 500 others, voluntarily had their blood screened of the virus. This was during the first edition of a football jamboree dubbed “Fes…

[Cameroon Tribune]Some Cameroonians take the law into their hands by administering mob justice on presumed bandits, most often caught in the act. The number of cases recorded within the past three months, especially in the Littoral and West Regions, is…

[Cameroon Tribune]Craftsmen and women in the North West region now have a centre whereby their products and talents can be exhibited all year round. The craftsmen and women came from all over the region and their works were varied and speckled such as,…

[Cameroon Tribune]Cameroon being a growing economy has the desire to fight against poverty and youth unemployment. This is in accordance with one of the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs). It is in this light that the third edition of the University/L…

[Africa Top Sports]Chelsea can thank Samuel Eto’o. The Cameroonian international has snatched the three points of Sunday for the Blues against Liverpool (2-1).

[Africa Top Sports]Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager has not appreciated the attitude of defender Mamadou Sakho who exchanged at the break his jersey with Samuel Eto’o.