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Cameroon ends decade-long wait with $312m power plant award to Ghana-China consortium
News Ghana
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August 26, 2025
Cameroon has finally selected partners for its long-delayed Limbe gas power plant after more than 10 years of failed negotiations, awarding the CFA176 billion project to Sunon Asogli Power and China Energy Engineering Corporation. The government...
Cameroon distributes CFA348m cocoa quality bonuses to farmers
Business in Cameroon
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August 26, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon has launched the distribution of cocoa quality bonuses for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 seasons, starting on August 25 in the Lekié and Mbam-et-Kim departments of the Central Region. A total of CFA348 million will...
Cameroon: Libyan Bank, Mukete's Firm Clash Over Iron Ore Deposits
Business in Cameroon
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August 26, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The Nkout (2.7 billion tons) and Ntem (98 million tons) iron ore deposits in southern Cameroon are at the heart of a legal and financial battle. At the center of the dispute is Cameroon Mining Exploration (Caminex), the...
On today’s Editorial and the issue of the $250 million Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) American grant for Belize
Amandala
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August 27, 2025
By Marie-Therese Belisle Nweke Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM Dear Editor, I do wish that you find the time to read this article below regarding one aspect of a highly recommended economic path of self-sufficiency for Nigeria—and I daresay...
Cameroon Revokes Fishing Vessel’s Flag After 3-Ton Cocaine Find
Business in Cameroon
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August 26, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s government de-registered the Sky White, a ship flying the national flag, on Aug. 19, citing illicit activities. The move followed the vessel’s interception off the Canary Islands on Aug. 14 with more than three...
Savannah Energy provides year-to-date operational, financial updates
Business Day
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August 27, 2025
Savannah Energy Plc has provided update on its operating and financial performance for the seven months to July 31, 2025. The update shows that its gross production in Nigeria averaged 21.0 Kboepd (7M 2024: 24.3 Kboepd), of which 86 percent was...
Int'l day for remembrance of slave trade & abolition: Experts drum need to develop, preserve Bimbia slave trade site
The Guardian Post
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This was during the solemn commemoration of the 2025 edition of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The event, hosted by Gilgal Tours at the Gilgal Towers Hotel in Limbe, from Friday August 22 to...
Ornstein reveals how close Man United are to signing ‘phenomenal’ star
Stretty News
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August 30, 2025
David Ornstein sheds some light on Manchester United’s business end of the summer transfer session, including their pursuit of Senne Lammens. During his appearance on TNT Sports ahead of Chelsea’s clash against Fulham, The Athletic journalist...
As Cameroon’s Factory Gate Prices Climb 6.3% in First Quarter, Inflation Fears Persist
Business in Cameroon
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August 27, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Production costs at factories in Cameroon increased significantly during the first three months of 2025, leading to a 6.3% year-on-year rise in factory-gate prices. According to the Industrial Producer Price Index (IPPI)...
Cameroon: State-Backed Insurer Chanas Assurances Replaces CEO Amid Strategic Overhaul
Business in Cameroon
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August 25, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The board of directors for Chanas Assurances, a subsidiary of the state-owned National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH), has appointed Bibiane Francine Mbia as acting general manager, effective August 20, the company...
Cameroon’s Fiscal Reforms Earn a Stable Outlook From Moody’s, But Not a Rating Change
Business in Cameroon
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August 25, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Moody's Ratings affirmed Cameroon's sovereign credit rating at Caa1 on August 22, maintaining a stable outlook for the long-term foreign and local currency issuers and senior unsecured foreign currency debt. The decision...
‘Didn’t get salaries for 4 months’: An ordeal in Cameroon for Jharkhand workers
The Indian Express
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August 27, 2025
Seventeen migrant workers from Jharkhand, who were stranded in Cameroon for nearly four months allegedly without salary, returned home on Monday after intervention from the state and central governments.However, before they were brought back, many...
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Archbishop Nkea says priests ‘ready to die for the Gospel’
Cameroon Concord News
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August 26, 2025
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda in Cameroon’s North West region says priests serving in the war-ravaged English-speaking regions of Cameroon “are ready to die for the Gospel.” Nkea was speaking to Crux on the sidelines of the 78th...
CommentTrump gambles with global economy as he attacks Federal Reserve's independence
The National News
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Just as US stock markets have recovered from the dramatic losses caused by Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policies this year, the US President seems determined to lob another grenade at Wall Street and the already-weakened dollar. He wants to fire...
Pan-African visa-free campaign targets $3.3trn market, deeper integration
Business Day
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August 26, 2025
A continent-wide campaign advocating for visa-free travel across Africa is gathering momentum, with its champions arguing that eliminating travel restrictions could unlock access to Africa’s $3.3 trillion economy and create jobs for its 1.4...
Southern Cameroons minerals: Elias Pungong, Colin Mukete at daggers-drawn positions
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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August 26, 2025
The Nkout (2.7 billion tons) and Ntem (98 million tons) iron ore deposits in southern Cameroon are at the heart of a legal and financial battle. At the center of the dispute is Cameroon Mining Exploration (Caminex), the local subsidiary of the...
New Orleans Pelicans’ Yves Missi Brought Heart And Skill To Cameroon’s AfroBasket Campaign
Forbes
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Yves Missi of The New Orleans Pelicans Suited Up In Cameroon's Uniform For The 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Supplied/FIBA Africa In Kilamba, Angola, the arena was awash with red as home fans roared for their team. However, tucked into the stands, a small...
African health leaders push for domestic financing to tackle NCD crisis
Star
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Dr Jackson Otieno, AFIDEP's Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Cross-Country Learning Workshop on Financing Noncommunicable Diseases African health leaders, policymakers, and experts meeting in Nairobi have urged governments to prioritise...
Mixed Martial Art: AKO 10 delivers electrifying fights, crowns new champions
The Sun Nigeria
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August 30, 2025
By Bolaji Okunola The African Knockout Championship (AKO) once again proved its place at the continent’s premier mixed martial arts event, as AKO 10 roared to life at the Velodrome, Abuja, leaving fans with a night of action, heart, and history...
Can community-investor conflict be prevented? Piloting four proactive strategies in Cameroon and Uganda
International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)
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The research underscored the structural barriers that communities often face when challenging rights violations. Corruption, fear, limited legal knowledge and the lack of functioning justice mechanisms often left communities enduring violations or...