central Africa

Any public or private administration official found to be having intimate relations within the confines of his or her office will be immediately dismissed, the Equatorial Guinean government has announced. The move comes in light of over 400 explicit videos circulating on social media, featuring Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former …

The deputy mayor of Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s English-speaking North-West region, has been kidnapped and killed by armed men, according to reports. “The elected representative was abducted from her home at 5:30 pm on October 26, and her lifeless body was discovered bathed in blood in the morning,” reports …

At least 40 Chadian soldiers were killed in a major attack by the Islamist sect Boko Haram on Sunday evening, October 27, against a Chadian army advance base in the Lake Chad region in the southwest of the country. The latter announced that President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno would be …

The President of the Republic of Cameroon returned home on October 21, 2024, after several days in hospital abroad since September 2. The Cameroonian presidential couple Paul and Chantal Biya landed this afternoon at Yaoundé’s Nsimalen international airport. Paul Biya and his wife arrive in Cameroon after an officially unjustified …

Paul Atanga Nji, Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration formally, forbids any discussion of President Paul Biya’s state of health. Amid rumors of the death of Cameroon’s president, his government has banned any discussion of his state of health. Paul Atanga Nji, Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, denounced rumors whose unhealthy …

Marc Brys salary has remained a secret since his recruitment last April by Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Pr. Mouelle Kombi. As national coach of the Indomitable Lions, the Belgian technician earns a handsome sum. The Belgian coach is said to earn a salary of 44,000 euros a …

Father Christophe Komlan Badjougou, a Catholic priest of Togolese origin, was murdered in Mvolyé, a religious district of Yaoundé, Cameroon. At the entrance to the CICM community, Father Christophe Komla, of the diocese of Yagoua, was brutally murdered. The priest was due to spend the night in Yaoundé before travelling …

At least 50 people have died after a boat carrying many passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, reports said. According to witnesses “Rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water, 10 people survived and were taken to the local hospital.” The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank …

Five hundred and two people have been killed and one million seven hundred others affected by the floods in Chad, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The OCHA Chad indicated that 212,000 houses had been destroyed, 375,000 hectares of fields and 69,000 head …

In the DRC, 1,685 Malaka prisoners were released as they were seriously ill on September 22, 2024 in Kinshasa, according to reports. The release of the prisionners is part of a program to reduce prison overcrowding. The most serious cases received immediate medical attention, signed directly by Minister Constant Mutamba. …