World Reuters Cameroon holds presidential election, Biya seeks to extend four-decade iron grip

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroonians were set to vote on Sunday in a presidential election where incumbent Paul Biya, the world's oldest ruler at 92, is widely expected to maintain his 43-year grip on power despite an...

Brain drain industry booms as Cameroon’s young look abroad

DOUALA, Cameroon: With more than 40 percent of Cameroonians living below the poverty line, over half the central African country’s young people dream of emigrating - and businesses helping them leave are thriving. “We don’t promote immigration but...

Cameroon president, 92, stages first appearance of election

Maroua – Cameroon’s President Paul Biya on Monday made his first major appearance of the election campaign in his run for an eighth straight term as the world’s oldest head of state. With five days to go before the vote, Biya – aged 92, and in...

Drag Race UK’s third eliminated queen says judges ‘just don’t get’ her: ‘Everyone’s like, the judges are dumb as bricks’

Another week, another Drag Race UK season seven departure, and this one – according to social media – has been the hardest for fans to take so far. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Drag Race UK season seven episode four. Nyongbella, the...

‘I’m leaving, whatever the country’: Brain drain industry booms as Cameroon’s young look abroad

DOUALA (Cameroon), Oct 11 — With more than 40 per cent of Cameroonians living below the poverty line, over half the central African country’s young people dream of emigrating — and businesses helping them leave are thriving. “We don’t promote...

Cameroon's Flower Industry Seeks Government Support as Kenyan Imports Surge

(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon's florists and horticulturists are calling for significant government investment to cultivate the local flower industry, as the nation's growing demand is increasingly met by foreign suppliers. The need for...

Cameroon Breaks Ground on 580 Billion FCFA Pharmaceutical Plant, Targets Health Sovereignty

(Business in Cameroon) - Foundation stone for a 580 billion FCFA (approx. $930 million) pharmaceutical manufacturing complex has been laid in Meyo, Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. The project, driven by the Chinese Yicheng Pharmaceutical...

Cameroon hotels long for tourists spooked by conflict

Yann Anoko fondly remembers the days when tourists would flock to his hotel in southwestern Cameroon, before the English-speaking region's decade-long separatist conflict put paid to the boom. Where visitors once used to throng Limbe's spectacular...

Can Cameroon secure access to the ballot for those in conflict zones?

Can Cameroon secure access to the ballot for those in conflict zones? Voting on 12 October may be difficult for people in conflict-affected regions, who comprise a large portion of the country's electorate. Published on 10 October 2025 in ISS...

Cameroon’s Biya, 92, heads for eighth term despite clamour to step...

Announcing his bid for an eighth term in July, Paul Biya, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, said he was heeding “numerous and insistent” calls to stay in office, but this year’s election cycle has also featured striking appeals for him to step...

A Prayer For The Liberation Of Cameroon From The Grip Of Pau...

Heavenly Father, You are the Maker of all nations and the righteous Judge who sits enthroned forever. You lift up kings and remove them. You said in Your word, “Ask, and it shall be given; seek, and ye shall find.” Today, Lord, I come before You...

‘Day of ballots and bullets’: Anglophone fears ahead of Cameroon’s election

Bamenda, Cameroon – On the day of Cameroon’s last presidential election in October 2018, then-16-year-old Annie Nsalla* watched from her sitting-room window as Anglophone separatist fighters wreaked havoc in the streets of Bamenda, firing gunshots...

Cameroon’s Paul Biya Faces Unprecedented Calls To Step Down As He Seeks Eighth Term

Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, Africa’s longest-serving leader, is pressing ahead with his bid for an eighth term despite mounting public and political pressure for him to step aside. Biya, who has ruled the Central African nation...

Cameroon’s Biya, 92, heads for eighth term despite clamour to step aside

By Robbie Corey-Boulet and Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Announcing his bid for an eighth term in July, Paul Biya, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, said he was heeding “numerous and insistent” calls to stay in office, but this year’s...

Paul Biya’s visit to Maroua: The role of external influences in Cameroon’s presidential election

As Cameroon’s presidential elections draw near, citizens are preparing to cast their votes on October 12, 2025,to determine the nation’s leadership for the next term. Incumbent President Paul Biya, who has been in power for over 40 years, visited...

Two years after 12 children died in Cameroon, Madhya Pradesh files case against Indore syrup-maker

Drug inspectors in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against city-based Reimann Labs, whose contaminated cough syrup killed 12 children in Cameroon in 2023, but only after the Chhindwara children deaths this...

Cambodia to Repatriate 60 More Koreans Amid Scam Crackdown, Seeks Reputation Restoration

The Cambodian government announced plans to repatriate an additional 60 South Korean nationals involved in online fraud, bringing the total number of repatriated individuals to 240. Alongside this action, Cambodia has requested South Korea's...

The ‘Useful Holidays’ programme at the National Museum of Cameroon: engaging young people and promoting tangible and intangible heritage

Keywords: youth, cultural heritage, Cameroon, new technologies, educational holidays In 2020, the National Museum of Cameroon launched an educational holiday programme called ‘Useful Holidays’ [Vacances Utiles]) for children aged 3 to 16 with the...

New Vocational Training Centre in Cameroonian Diocese to Equip Youths with Skills, Steer towards Self-Reliance: Bishop

He explains that the Centre draws inspiration from the facilities available at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre, which include “a modern kitchen, restaurant, spacious halls, a standard conference room, and well-furnished accommodation.” Bishop Bibi...

Biya: World’s oldest leader tipped for 8th term in Cameroon vote

Cameroon’s Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African country. A fractured opposition of 11 candidates is standing against...