Chad’s interim Foreign Affairs Minister Cherif Mahamat Zene said on Monday he was stepping down because of disagreements with senior politicians, as the government attempts to open dialogue with rebels and end military rule. Zene resigned as talks are taking place in Qatar’s capital Doha with various rebel and opposition …
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced on September 15 by decree the appointment of General Thierry Marchand as head of the French Embassy in Cameroon. Army General Thierry Marchand replaces his compatriot Christophe Guilhou, who reached the end of his stay. His appointment comes as military cooperation between Cameroon and France …
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250 Ukrainian soldiers working with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned home to help fight Russian forces, the BBC reported. Since the Russian invasion in February, Ukraine had already pulled out its troops from the other UN peacekeeping mission where they had been deployed. …
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Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra set up a drafting committee for a new Constitution Composed of around fifty personalities to propose a new fundamental text within three months. Supposed to involve all the components of Central African society, this committee does not however tempt the main opposition formations or even …
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Gabonese justice released Bertrand Zibi Abeghe, reputed to be very close to opponent Jean Ping after his departure from the presidential party. Mr Abeghe spent six years of detention in the central prison of Libreville. Considered the most notorious political prisoner, the former MP was arrested at his headquarters in …
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The commune of Bulengera in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on high alert after two people were injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday in the town of Butembo. Politico-military authorities in Butembo, a city of around one million people, said a local official from the National Intelligence Agency …
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Cameroonian authorities have granted the Chinese mining giant Sinosteel Corporation, the very first license to exploit an iron deposit, indicates a document signed by President Paul Biya. According to the document, the Chinese firm will have to pay the State FCFA 22.9 billion in annual revenues. Cameroon is paving the …
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Ranked among the richest businesswomen in Cameroon, Françoise Puene, a former donut trader, is now at the head of Franco group, operating in hotel industry. Her fortune is estimated at billions of CFA francs. CEO of the Franco Group, her fortune is without mystery built under the sun in the …
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Participants in the Estates General of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) discussed the merger between Cemac and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in order to reform the CFA franc, the common currency of these six regional bloc countries “This reform is underway, but …
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At least 48 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central province of Sankuru, following a cholera outbreak in the region, the privately-owned news website Actualites CD reported. According to local health officials, 401 cases of the disease were recorded between 15 and 21 August. To contain the …
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