Africa

YAOUNDE — VOA | Members of Cameroon’s opposition parties are encouraging citizens to learn from Senegal, where a 44-year-old politician was elected last week as the youngest leader on the African continent. They say it’s time for change in Cameroon, where President Paul Biya, now in his 90s, has ruled …

Daily Trust | The police in Benue State have arrested a Cameroonian and eight other suspects for alleged gun manufacturing in Kwande LGA of the state. State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, said the feat was achieved as part of efforts to clamp down on the proliferation of firearms in …

Daily Trust | Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has said the Republic of Cameroon separatists fighting for autonomy in the southwestern region will not be allowed to infiltrate the state. Welcoming the Cameroon consul general for the South-South, South East and Benue State, Patrice Onana, Governor Otu assured …

VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, visited Cameroon on Wednesday, asking central African states to lift economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections. When Nguema ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a bloodless coup on August 30, economic sanctions were imposed …

Global Construction Review | The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to finance the building of a bridge across the River Ntem between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The span will link Campo, in Cameroon, to Rio Campo, in Equatorial Guinea, and will be a link in the economic corridor under construction …