Bloomberg | Cameroon will build a $3 billion hydro-power plant as part of an ambitious plan to make the central African nation an exporter of electricity by 2035. The 810-megawatt Grand Eweng project on the Sanaga River, a joint venture between the government and the U.S.-based energy company Hydromine Inc., …
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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON VOA | Cameroon has deployed military troops to stop opposition supporters from protesting against long-serving President Paul Biya. Political opposition and rights groups blame Biya, who has been in power for 38 years, for rights violations and a four-year separatist conflict. Cameroon authorities have vowed to arrest anyone …
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The Malaysian | MAURICE Kamto, chief opponent of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, yesterday called for mass protests next week to demand a ceasefire in the country’s insurgency hit English-speaking areas and electoral reform. Kamto, who officially lost to Biya in 2018 elections, was arrested in January, 2019, following a march …
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Deccan Herald | Continuing the crackdown on the illegal sale of drugs, the city police have arrested two people, including a Cameroon national, and seized around 70 gms of MDMA (ecstasy) pills. The Magadi Road police arrested John Erick Asrin (25), a native of Cameroon and staying at Horamavu, and …
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Business in Cameroon | Cameroon imported 93.368 tons of alcoholic drinks in 2019, according to data from the National Institute for Statistics. The bill during the period was XAF72.15 billion, representing a rise of 12.3% compared with the bill in 2018. The detailed analysis of the data reveals that the …
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The Cut | In 2019, Pauline Binam began having irregular periods and spotting while being held at an immigration detention facility in Georgia. She was 29 at the time and had spent the past two years in federal custody, awaiting deportation to Cameroon, a country she left at the age …
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