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Cameroonian Opposition Leader Kamto Returns to Yaoundé After House Arrest

International · Douala

Cameroonian Opposition Leader Kamto Returns to Yaoundé After House Arrest

66% Center coverage: 6 sources

Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto has returned to Yaoundé after nearly 48 hours under house arrest in Douala. He was forced to cancel a planned meeting with his party as police surrounded CRM headquarters over the weekend. This isn’t Kamto’s first encounter with heavy security measures, as Indira Eteng reports.See the Story

Cameroon: Police, opposition supporters clash as election looms

Africa · Douala

Cameroon: Police, opposition supporters clash as election looms

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Cameroon is due to hold a presidential election in October and tensions are high. President Paul Biya's party has held power since 1960 See the Story

CAMEROON News :: Abel Elimbi Lobe: The Littoral Will Reject All Francophone Successor to Paul Biya in 2025 :: CAMEROON News

Douala · Douala

CAMEROON News :: Abel Elimbi Lobe: The Littoral Will Reject All Francophone Successor to Paul Biya in 2025 :: CAMEROON News

Abel Elimbi Lobè, president of the Kawtal Party, made a clear call for the approach to the 2025 presidential election. The Littoral, he said, would refuse any French candidate to succeed Paul Biya. In a striking statement, he warned about the risks of partitioning Cameroon, denouncing a "sinous domination of francophones" that had lasted for six decades. For Elimbi Lobè, supporting a new French-speaking president would aggravate the historical i…Read Article

Before Kamto, There Was Fru Ndi: Reflecting on Two Years Since a National Hero’s Exit

By Hans Ngala How time flies! It has been two years already since the passing of Cameroon’s firebrand and first post independence opposition leader John Fru Ndi. Fru Ndi is often regarded as the father of multiparty politics in Cameroon – a title which incumbent president Paul Biya sometimes arrogates to himself, but an examination of the facts shows that it was indeed Fru Ndi who defied President Biya in 1990, to launch the Social Democratic Fr…Douala · Douala See the Story

CAMEROON News :: A New Major Sporting Event in Douala :: CAMEROON News

On 20 July 2025, the city of Douala will host the first edition of the Madiba Run 4 Health, a major sporting event launched by the Union Camerounoise de Brasseries (UCB), under the banner of its brand of Madiba water. Placed under the high patronage of the Governor of the Littoral, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua, this competition is meant as much a celebration of health as a moment of citizen mobilization. It is at a press conference held on Tues…Douala · Douala Read Article

CAMEROON News :: Launch of the 2nd Edition of the International Fair of the Arts of the Table, This Friday :: CAMEROON News

From 13 to 15 June 2025, Akwa's party hall will host the 2nd edition of the Salon International des Métiers des Arts de la Table (SIMAT), a must-see event for those passionate about gastronomy, culinary art and know-how around the table. After a successful first edition in 2024, the SIMAT returns this year under the sign of innovation and refinement. "Eating begins with a neat table art", recalls the promoter Sarah Allison Moukouri, at a press c…Douala · Douala Read Article

Striving For All Celebrates the Rise of Young Talent in Technology and Leadership at Its Thrive Center in Douala

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Talent Detection: UCB Innovates with the Madiba Run 4 Health

It is a double competition that combines semi-marathon and a sports walk (wakathon) in the arteries of the city of Douala on Sunday 20 July 2025, from 07h00. 10km for the half-marathon open to national professional athletes and 5km of wakathon for fans road race. The objective is to offer a platform to express the talents to see them emerge thanks to the opportunity offered to them by the water of champions through the brand Madiba of the Union …Douala · Douala Read Article

Striving For All Celebrates Young Minds Advancing in Tech and Leadership at its Thrive Center in Douala

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Maurice Kamto Thanks Cameroonians Mobilized to Welcome Him to Douala

The president of the Mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun said thank you to the inhabitants of Douala who came out in mass to welcome him when he returned from the Paris meeting despite the deployment of the Forces de la conservatoire de l'ordre. Here is the whole message. "I had not scheduled a meeting or even a public meeting in Douala during my visit on 8 June 2025 but a simple meeting with the party officials at its headquarters in Deid…Douala · Douala Read Article

Émile Parfait Simb and the Evolving Role of Cryptocurrency in Africa’s Financial Landscape – TechNewsTab

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