Administrativement, rattaché au Secrétariat général de la présidence de la République, le CNS cet organe est le garant de la sécurité du pays. Avec la nomination mardi dernier de son tout premier secrétaire permanent, en la personne de paul Atanga Nji, le Conseil national de sécurité (CNS) créé par décret présidentiel le 8 janvier 2009, [...]
APA-Douala (Cameroon) Cameroon is far from achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, according to a study by the Economy, Planning and Town-planning ministry copied to APA on Wednesday. The government has only made significant efforts in three out of the eight UN-set MDGs, the document reports. For instance, the primary education sector has [...]
APA-Yaounde (Cameroon) Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Tuesday dismissed the heads of police security Emmanuel Edou and intelligence service Bienvenu Obelabout. The head of the police investigation department, Emmanuel Edou, who was appointed in July 2009, was replaced by the Cameroonian serving ambassador to Spain, Martin Mbarga Nguele, who held this post in the 1980s. [...]
Le chef de l’Etat camerounais, Paul Biya, a limogé mardi les patrons de la police et du renseignement. Ainsi le délégué général à la Sûreté nationale (police), Emmanuel Edou, nommé en juillet 2009, est remplacé par l’actuel ambassadeur du pays en Espagne, Martin Mbarga Nguele, qui avait déjà occupé ce poste dans les années 80. [...]
After almost 13 years in voluntary exile, Louis Tobie Mbida, leader of the Cameroonian Party of Democrats (CPD), announced he will return to Yaoundé on 2 September and is planning to run in the presidential elections in 2011. Mbida, son of Cameroon’s first Prime Minister, André-Marie Mbida has been leader-in-exile of the Cameroonian Party of [...]
APA – Douala (Cameroon) Voter registration in Cameroon commenced on Tuesday, ahead of the October 2011 presidential election, shortly after electoral bodies such as the electoral commission in charge of the organization and the supervision of polls, Election’s Cameroon (ELECAM). “The registration has indeed commenced today (Tuesday). Presently, there is no great rush and in [...]
Population urged to keep all roads and Streets Clean. The Bamenda II Council officials are bracing up to give President Paul Biya a historic welcome considering that Bamenda II Subdivision will be the principal host of the Head of State. Councillors of the Bamenda II Council have been urged to mobilize the population to turnout [...]
Après avoir participé aux cérémonies des cinquantenaires de l’indépendance du Congo et du Gabon, le chef de l’Etat et son épouse Chantal Biya ont regagné Yaoundé hier après-midi. Parti samedi dernier pour Brazzaville, puis Libreville afin de participer aux festivités des cinquante ans d’indépendance des Républiques sœurs du Congo et du Gabon, le chef de [...]
The presidential couple arrived in Libreville yesterday afternoon to join Gabonese in the celebration of their fiftieth anniversary of independence, and also commune with their compatriots in Gabon. President Paul Biya, accompanied by the First Lady and an impressive delegation of senior administration officials arrived in Libreville yesterday from Brazaville, Congo Republic, to participate in [...]
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Dow Jones)–The Chinese government has canceled XAF2.1 billion of debt owed by Cameroon, bringing the total debt annulled for the West African nation to XAF18 billion, according to an official. The agreement was reached Friday evening between Cameroon Minister of Finance Essimi Menye and Chinese Ambassador to Cameroon Xue Jinwei. The debt cancellation [...]