Football: AfCon 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire postponed to January/February 2024
The next African Cup of Nations (AfCon 2023) will take place in January/February 2024, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on 3 July in […]
Cameroon
Attack kills 26 persons in village in southwest Cameroon
At least 26 villagers were killed in an attack over the last week-end in the Akwaya district of Cameroon’s South West region, where Anglophone separatists […]
Samuel Eto’o sentenced for tax fraud in Spain
Cameroonian ex-footballer Samuel Eto’o has reached an agreement with the Spanish prosecutor’s office, which was prosecuting him for tax fraud, to avoid going to prison, […]
Lifting of patents for Covid-19 vaccines
After intense negotiations between its 164 members, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement that includes a five-year waiver of patents on vaccines against […]
Ivory Coast goalkeeper Gbohouo handed 18-month doping ban
Ivorian international goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo has been suspended until 23 June 2023 after testing positive for the banned drug trimetazidine on 16 November, Fifa’s disciplinary […]
Kenya leads medals table at African Athletics Championships
The 2022 African Athletics Championships ended on June 12 in Côte d’Or with Kenya taking first place with 23 medals, 10 of which were gold. […]
Cameroon: Kidnapped Senator Elizabeth Regina Mundi freed by army
Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a senator from the presidential party who was kidnapped a month ago, and killed a dozen of […]
Cameroon, Gabon Hold Meeting on Cross-Border Security
A session of the permanent joint commission on cross-border security between Cameroon and Gabon opened Tuesday in Cameroon’s Yaoundé. Coupled with those of the […]
Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga among the six women selected for the 2022 World Cup
Six women will be among the 105 referees at the upcoming Men’s World Cup in Qatar for the first time, Fifa announced Thursday. Three of […]
Cameroon: a plane crashes in the forest with 11 people on board
A plane belonging to a private company that maintains hydrocarbon pipelines crashed on Wednesday in a forest in central Cameroon with 11 people on board, […]