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Cameroon Separatists Ignore Calls For Peaceful Elections

January 24, 2020 English, Politique, Top 5

https://www.voanews.com/africa/cameroon-separatists-ignore-calls-peaceful-elections YAOUNDE – Separatists in Cameroon have ignored calls to allow voters in the northwest and southwest regions to vote in next month’s elections. Fighters have attacked staff of the elections body ELECAM and destroyed voting materials ahead of the official launch of campaigning Saturday. Francois Louceny Fall, representative of …

Cameroon’s Stephane Mbia on the move in China

January 24, 2020 English, Sports Comments Off on Cameroon’s Stephane Mbia on the move in China

BBC | Former Cameroon captain Stephane Mbia has signed for Shanghai Shenhua from Chinese Super League rivals Wuhan Zall. The 33-year-old midfielder joins on an undisclosed deal after making 24 starts for Wuhan. Mbia will now play in the upcoming Asian Champions League after Shenhua won the Chinese Cup last …

Cameroon : Some public companies’ personnel expenses exceed 70% of turnover (CRT)

January 24, 2020 Business, English, Top 1

Business in Cameroon | In Cameroon, personnel expenses represent more than 30% of annual turnover in 90% of state-owned companies. This is revealed by CTR, the technical commission set for the rehabilitation of public and para-public companies in a report it just published. According to the CTR, which based its …

Cholera outbreak kills 3 in Cameroon’s commercial capital

January 24, 2020 English, Society Comments Off on Cholera outbreak kills 3 in Cameroon’s commercial capital

YAOUNDE, Jan. 23 Xinhua | Three people have died following an outbreak of cholera in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala, local health authorities said Thursday. Officials have also announced 14 confirmed cases out of 21 suspected. The outbreak has so affected Manoka, Boko and Nylon neighbourhoods of Douala. On Wednesday, Littoral …

How Africa’s Richest Woman Exploited Family Ties, Shell Companies And Inside Deals To Build An Empire

January 23, 2020 Africa, English 4

Isabel dos Santos made a fortune at the expense of the Angolan people, Luanda Leaks reveals. KEY FINDINGS Two decades of unscrupulous deals that made Isabel dos Santos Africa’s wealthiest woman and left oil- and diamond-rich Angola one of the poorest countries on Earth. A web of more than 400 …

2017-2019 ECF arrangement : Cameroon to receive new disbursement of about XAF44 bln

January 23, 2020 Business, English Comments Off on 2017-2019 ECF arrangement : Cameroon to receive new disbursement of about XAF44 bln

Business in Cameroon | On January 22, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fifth review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with Cameroon. According to the final release, the completion of the review allows for the disbursement of about $76.1 million (about XAF44 billion). …