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Cameroonian authorities sealed off at least 30 gold mines in the country due to the death of more than 30 young miners in landslides in August. In this period of heavy rainfall in Cameroon, the risk of landslides is high. This is what happened a few weeks ago with the …

Equipment supplier One All Sports becomes the new partner of the Cameroonian national selection, replacing the French, Le Coq Sportif. The Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) on Monday announced the choice of One All Sports as the new equipment supplier of the Indomitable Lions. This American equipment famous in motorsports but …

Cameroonian MPs on Wednesday adopted bill on medically assisted procreation (PMA), a set of clinical practices to help people who have difficulty having a child. The clinical process already practiced for several years in Cameroon, but until now there was no legal framework in this area, reports RFI. The project …

Cameroon has no chance of lifting the 2022 World Cup trophy, according to the results of a study conducted by the company Opta and shared by several sports media. According to the company that produces the majority of football statistics, African countries are at the bottom of the rankings with …

The Mankon community in Cameroon mourns the death of its supreme ruler, King Fon Angwafor III Solomon, who died on Monday at the age of 97. Fondly referred to as King Solomon the Wise, he was an influential political figure who was one of the architects of the reunification of …

No one survived after the small plane carrying 11 passengers crashed in the forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, state radio reports. An unnamed official from the transport ministry also told AFP that “there were no survivors”. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. “The plane lost radio …

A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday, the country’s transport ministry said. The aircraft was flying from Yaoundé Nsimalen airport to Belabo, in the east of the country, it added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. …

Health officials in Cameroon say 29 people have died from cholera in one week as more than 300 cases of the disease have been registered in the south-west of the country. The governor of the affected region, Bernard Okalia Bilai, said the outbreak had been caused by a lack of …

Authorities in Cameroon have banned the smoking of shisha pipes, arguing that it poses a health risk to the mostly young people who use it in bars and at home. Cameroon’s Ministry of Health has banned smoking shisha, a typical mixture of tobacco, molasses, glycerin and flavorings. Doctors say there …

Armed men have kidnapped five people working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the north of Cameroon, local officials say. Those abducted are three aid workers of Chadian, Senegalese and French-Ivorian nationality, as well as two Cameroonian security guards. The abduction took place during an attack in Cameroon’s Far North …