🇨🇲 Gunmen kill at least 20 in pre-dawn attack in Cameroon
Gunmen opened fire on people as they slept in a town in western Cameroon in the early hours of Monday, leaving at least 20 dead, a local government official said.
The gunmen struck before dawn and set houses ablaze. Seven people were in hospital and security forces were searching the area.
Residents said they suspected the attack was meant to disrupt celebrations marking the 41st anniversary of Paul Biya becoming Cameroon's president that were due to take place in Mamfe and other centres on Monday.
Separatists in minority English-speaking parts of Cameroon have been fighting to carve out an independent state called Ambazonia since 2017.
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Gunmen opened fire on people as they slept in a town in western Cameroon in the early hours of Monday, leaving at least 20 dead, a local government official said.
The gunmen struck before dawn and set houses ablaze. Seven people were in hospital and security forces were searching the area.
Residents said they suspected the attack was meant to disrupt celebrations marking the 41st anniversary of Paul Biya becoming Cameroon's president that were due to take place in Mamfe and other centres on Monday.
Separatists in minority English-speaking parts of Cameroon have been fighting to carve out an independent state called Ambazonia since 2017.
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🇨🇲 Gunmen kill nine in market raid in western Cameroon
Gunmen killed nine people and left several others wounded in an attack on a weekly market in Bamenyam town in the west of Cameroon early on Tuesday, a local official said.
The attack in Bamboutos division, a French-speaking area, took place close to the region where armed separatists have been fighting to carve out an independent English-speaking state called Ambazonia.
None of the separatist groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, yet.
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Gunmen killed nine people and left several others wounded in an attack on a weekly market in Bamenyam town in the west of Cameroon early on Tuesday, a local official said.
The attack in Bamboutos division, a French-speaking area, took place close to the region where armed separatists have been fighting to carve out an independent English-speaking state called Ambazonia.
None of the separatist groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, yet.
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🇨🇲🇬🇧 Cameroon receives first shipment of GSK's Mosquirix malaria vaccine
Cameroon received its first shipment of Mosquirix malaria vaccines manufactured by British drugmaker GSK Plc late on Tuesday, as the nation struggles with the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 each year globally.
A batch of 331,200 doses of the vaccine - also known as RTS,S - was offloaded at Yaounde's Nsimalen International Airport, making Cameroon the first African country to receive the vaccine after the pilot programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.
The initial consignment of vaccines will go to 42 out of 203 health districts in the country, Cameroon's health minister Manaouda Malachie said.
"We lose many compatriots who die because of this disease. Today, we have a vaccine which comes to add to the panoply of measures already rolled out," Malachie told.
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Cameroon received its first shipment of Mosquirix malaria vaccines manufactured by British drugmaker GSK Plc late on Tuesday, as the nation struggles with the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 each year globally.
A batch of 331,200 doses of the vaccine - also known as RTS,S - was offloaded at Yaounde's Nsimalen International Airport, making Cameroon the first African country to receive the vaccine after the pilot programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.
The initial consignment of vaccines will go to 42 out of 203 health districts in the country, Cameroon's health minister Manaouda Malachie said.
"We lose many compatriots who die because of this disease. Today, we have a vaccine which comes to add to the panoply of measures already rolled out," Malachie told.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon battles malaria vaccine hesitancy
Cameroon’s Health Minister has urged the population to trust the government’s health policy, amid growing scepticism over the malaria vaccines which arrived the country nine days ago.
In a statement, he detailed the benefits of the RTS,S vaccine in the fight against malaria, praising the outcome of the testing phase in Kenya, Ghana, and Malawi.
The Word Health Organization says that RTS,S can "prevent around 75% of malaria episodes".
Cameroon is the first country in Africa to receive the RTS,S vaccines since the end of the pilot phase.
But in a country where vaccine hesitancy is rife, the government has been unable to completely change the minds of many Cameroonians who continue to oppose the arrival of the more than 330,000 vaccine doses.
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Cameroon’s Health Minister has urged the population to trust the government’s health policy, amid growing scepticism over the malaria vaccines which arrived the country nine days ago.
In a statement, he detailed the benefits of the RTS,S vaccine in the fight against malaria, praising the outcome of the testing phase in Kenya, Ghana, and Malawi.
The Word Health Organization says that RTS,S can "prevent around 75% of malaria episodes".
Cameroon is the first country in Africa to receive the RTS,S vaccines since the end of the pilot phase.
But in a country where vaccine hesitancy is rife, the government has been unable to completely change the minds of many Cameroonians who continue to oppose the arrival of the more than 330,000 vaccine doses.
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🇨🇲🇬🇦 President of Cameroon receives Gabon's coup leader Oligui Nguema
Cameroon's president Paul Biya on Wednesday welcomed Gabon's transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema in Yaounde for a short state visit.
The Cameroonian leader is the latest to recieve the Oligui Nguema who is on a tour of central African states asking for the lifiting of economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections. Nguema said he and President Biya discussed this in their closed door meeting with some officials and how to boost economic ties between both nations.
Nguema who did not share specific details of the meeting is reported by sources to have explained the reasons behind the coup, and outlined the work of the transition he is leading up to the organization of the country's next democratic elections.
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Cameroon's president Paul Biya on Wednesday welcomed Gabon's transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema in Yaounde for a short state visit.
The Cameroonian leader is the latest to recieve the Oligui Nguema who is on a tour of central African states asking for the lifiting of economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections. Nguema said he and President Biya discussed this in their closed door meeting with some officials and how to boost economic ties between both nations.
Nguema who did not share specific details of the meeting is reported by sources to have explained the reasons behind the coup, and outlined the work of the transition he is leading up to the organization of the country's next democratic elections.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon's opposition leader Kamto re-elected at the helm of his party
Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto was re-elected the national president of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC). He secured over 99 % of the votes as his list stood unopposed.
In a speech partly delivered in French and English, 69-year-old Kamto announced the creation of a coalition with the aim to build a peaceful Cameroon.
Kamto said the Political Alliance for Change (APC) will work with Cameroonians of all backgrounds including the supporters of the nation's current regime.
The Cameroon Renaissance Movement will once again take part in all upcoming elections.
This announcement marks a shift in the party's previous contestation strategy. In 2020, it boycotted the legislative and municipal elections and therefore has no representative sitting in the national assembly.
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Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto was re-elected the national president of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC). He secured over 99 % of the votes as his list stood unopposed.
In a speech partly delivered in French and English, 69-year-old Kamto announced the creation of a coalition with the aim to build a peaceful Cameroon.
Kamto said the Political Alliance for Change (APC) will work with Cameroonians of all backgrounds including the supporters of the nation's current regime.
The Cameroon Renaissance Movement will once again take part in all upcoming elections.
This announcement marks a shift in the party's previous contestation strategy. In 2020, it boycotted the legislative and municipal elections and therefore has no representative sitting in the national assembly.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon petrol pumps overwhelmed after weather disrupts fuel deliveries
Stormy weather off the West African coast has stranded vessels and disrupted fuel deliveries to Cameroon, the energy minister said, leading to days of shortages that have caused long queues at petrol stations in several cities.
Car and motorcycle drivers waited hours to fill their tanks in the main cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam on Tuesday. Several pumps had run dry since fuel shortages started last week, while others have been overwhelmed with customers.
Energy Minister Gaston Eloundou Essomba said the weather had disrupted ship-to-ship loading of fuel at the regional hub port of Lome, the capital of Togo, during four days last week.
Cameroon's main supplier of petroleum products, the Cameroon Petroleum Depots Co, said ships had since docked at the port city of Douala, gradually bringing supply levels back to normal.
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Stormy weather off the West African coast has stranded vessels and disrupted fuel deliveries to Cameroon, the energy minister said, leading to days of shortages that have caused long queues at petrol stations in several cities.
Car and motorcycle drivers waited hours to fill their tanks in the main cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam on Tuesday. Several pumps had run dry since fuel shortages started last week, while others have been overwhelmed with customers.
Energy Minister Gaston Eloundou Essomba said the weather had disrupted ship-to-ship loading of fuel at the regional hub port of Lome, the capital of Togo, during four days last week.
Cameroon's main supplier of petroleum products, the Cameroon Petroleum Depots Co, said ships had since docked at the port city of Douala, gradually bringing supply levels back to normal.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon army rescues kidnapped, "tortured" students
Eight male students who had been abducted by suspected separatists from a school in the war-torn Anglophone north-west region of Cameroon have been freed, authorities say.
A local administrator said the armed men stormed the school in Esu area on Tuesday and "tortured" the students before abducting them.
Two classrooms and the principal's offices were set on fire during the attack. Some school officials, including the deputy principal, were also kidnapped.
Several students who sustained injuries are being treated in hospital.
For over six years now, separatists have imposed and enforced a school boycott in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. The separatists see schools as an arm of the French-speaking-majority's rule.
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Eight male students who had been abducted by suspected separatists from a school in the war-torn Anglophone north-west region of Cameroon have been freed, authorities say.
A local administrator said the armed men stormed the school in Esu area on Tuesday and "tortured" the students before abducting them.
Two classrooms and the principal's offices were set on fire during the attack. Some school officials, including the deputy principal, were also kidnapped.
Several students who sustained injuries are being treated in hospital.
For over six years now, separatists have imposed and enforced a school boycott in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. The separatists see schools as an arm of the French-speaking-majority's rule.
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🇨🇲 Crackdown continues as northern Cameroon town turns on mayor
Security officers have been deployed to a town in northern Cameroon where officers reportedly opened fire on protesters days earlier.
Tokombéré's residents accuse the mayor of land grabs and favouring outsiders for public contracts. Hundreds of them tried to storm the town hall on Tuesday.
Witnesses say security officers fired tear gas then live rounds to push them back.
There are conflicting reports on the number of casualties.
Residents are calling for the mayor to step down, a local official told the L'oeil du Sahel news site. They have been told they must wait for the next municipal elections in 2025.
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Security officers have been deployed to a town in northern Cameroon where officers reportedly opened fire on protesters days earlier.
Tokombéré's residents accuse the mayor of land grabs and favouring outsiders for public contracts. Hundreds of them tried to storm the town hall on Tuesday.
Witnesses say security officers fired tear gas then live rounds to push them back.
There are conflicting reports on the number of casualties.
Residents are calling for the mayor to step down, a local official told the L'oeil du Sahel news site. They have been told they must wait for the next municipal elections in 2025.
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🇨🇲 Cost of petroleum products in Cameroon to rise as President anticipates reduction of subsidy
Petroleum products will be less affordable for Cameroonians in 2024.
President Paul Biya announced in his annual end-of-year address that prices of petroleum products in the national market will certainly increase. The leader said that despite a cut, the subsidy remained a heavy burden on public coffers.
It cost the state around 640 billion CFA francs (about 1 billion dollars) in 2023 down from over 1 000 billion CFA francs (some 1.7 billion dollars) in 2022.
"We will most certainly have no choice but to reduce it further, we will ensure that the requisite adjustments do not significantly impact the purchasing power of households," he promised.
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Petroleum products will be less affordable for Cameroonians in 2024.
President Paul Biya announced in his annual end-of-year address that prices of petroleum products in the national market will certainly increase. The leader said that despite a cut, the subsidy remained a heavy burden on public coffers.
It cost the state around 640 billion CFA francs (about 1 billion dollars) in 2023 down from over 1 000 billion CFA francs (some 1.7 billion dollars) in 2022.
"We will most certainly have no choice but to reduce it further, we will ensure that the requisite adjustments do not significantly impact the purchasing power of households," he promised.
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🇷🇺🇨🇫🇨🇲 25,000t of Russian free wheat destined for CAR reach Cameroon
25,000 tonnes of wheat are unloaded and sent to mills to obtain wheat flour at a quay of the Douala autnomous port, in Cameroon.
The wheat flour will then be sent to the neighbouring Central African Republic. The shipment was promised last July by Russia's president during the 2nd Russia-Africa summit.
The wheat is processed in Cameroon because the CAR lacks the capabilities.
Jean Marie Tchuissang, the Russian honorary consul in Douala who attended this morning the unloading, hailed a win-win parternship. "Nearly all African states are now appreciating Russia for its appoach, its position, its way of doing things," the diplomat said.
"Russia proposes a peer-to-peer partnership, exchange ties that are a win-win for all parties."
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25,000 tonnes of wheat are unloaded and sent to mills to obtain wheat flour at a quay of the Douala autnomous port, in Cameroon.
The wheat flour will then be sent to the neighbouring Central African Republic. The shipment was promised last July by Russia's president during the 2nd Russia-Africa summit.
The wheat is processed in Cameroon because the CAR lacks the capabilities.
Jean Marie Tchuissang, the Russian honorary consul in Douala who attended this morning the unloading, hailed a win-win parternship. "Nearly all African states are now appreciating Russia for its appoach, its position, its way of doing things," the diplomat said.
"Russia proposes a peer-to-peer partnership, exchange ties that are a win-win for all parties."
#Russia #CAR #Cameroon
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🇨🇲 Cameroon launches malaria vaccination programme
Cameroon launched the world's first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease.
Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British drugmaker GSK is meant to work alongside existing tools such as bed nets to combat malaria, which in Africa kills nearly half a million children under the age of five each year.
After successful trials, including in Ghana and Kenya, Cameroon is the first country to administer doses through a routine immunisation programme that 19 other countries aim to roll out this year, according to global vaccine alliance Gavi.
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Cameroon launched the world's first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease.
Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British drugmaker GSK is meant to work alongside existing tools such as bed nets to combat malaria, which in Africa kills nearly half a million children under the age of five each year.
After successful trials, including in Ghana and Kenya, Cameroon is the first country to administer doses through a routine immunisation programme that 19 other countries aim to roll out this year, according to global vaccine alliance Gavi.
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🇨🇲 Stampede kills at least 10 students in Cameroon
At least 21 students were injured and 10 died on Monday following a stampede at a secondary school in Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, according to an official.
According to reports, the stampede was when students who were late for school rushed to enter the school gate which had earlier been closed.
Local and national authorities have been mobilized to deal with this unexpected crisis. Medical teams, law enforcement and psychologists were dispatched to the scene to provide immediate and necessary assistance.
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At least 21 students were injured and 10 died on Monday following a stampede at a secondary school in Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, according to an official.
According to reports, the stampede was when students who were late for school rushed to enter the school gate which had earlier been closed.
Local and national authorities have been mobilized to deal with this unexpected crisis. Medical teams, law enforcement and psychologists were dispatched to the scene to provide immediate and necessary assistance.
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🇨🇲 Deadly attack in western Cameroon as militants enforce 'ghost towns'
At least one person is known to have been killed in an attack claimed by English-speaking separatists in Cameroon's troubled South-West province.
Several other people are reported to have been injured in the attack that happened on Sunday in the city of Buea.
Militants who want to create a breakaway state have been forcing residents to observe so-called "ghost town" protests designed to bring economic activities to a halt.
According to the privately owned news website Journal du Cameroun, five cars were also burnt and businesses destroyed.
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At least one person is known to have been killed in an attack claimed by English-speaking separatists in Cameroon's troubled South-West province.
Several other people are reported to have been injured in the attack that happened on Sunday in the city of Buea.
Militants who want to create a breakaway state have been forcing residents to observe so-called "ghost town" protests designed to bring economic activities to a halt.
According to the privately owned news website Journal du Cameroun, five cars were also burnt and businesses destroyed.
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🇨🇲 Abducted Cameroon official regains freedom
A local administrator who was kidnapped by suspected separatists in Cameroon’s conflict-hit North-West region has regained his freedom, the regional governor has said.
Nicholas Nkongho Manchang and his aides were ambushed on Tuesday in a village in Ndu, as they headed for the installation ceremony of another senior administrator.
Governor Adolphe Lele l’Afrique said on Wednesday that the government official was “freed” in a “swift military operation” ordered by President Paul Biya.
However other members of his convoy are still being held captive.
Cameroon’s two Anglophone regions, the North-West and South-West, have been mired in conflict since 2017.
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A local administrator who was kidnapped by suspected separatists in Cameroon’s conflict-hit North-West region has regained his freedom, the regional governor has said.
Nicholas Nkongho Manchang and his aides were ambushed on Tuesday in a village in Ndu, as they headed for the installation ceremony of another senior administrator.
Governor Adolphe Lele l’Afrique said on Wednesday that the government official was “freed” in a “swift military operation” ordered by President Paul Biya.
However other members of his convoy are still being held captive.
Cameroon’s two Anglophone regions, the North-West and South-West, have been mired in conflict since 2017.
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🇨🇲 Dozens injured in western Cameroon explosion
One student has died and several others were injured after an explosive device went off in Cameroon's restive North-West region.
The incident occurred on Sunday as the students were marching in commemoration of the country’s youth day in Nkambe town.
The regional governor told the state media that one student was killed and 40 people were injured during the incident.
Governor Adolphe Lele L’Afrique said separatist fighters were suspected to have staged the attack.
The Anglophone separatists had imposed a lockdown to disrupt the celebrations.
Attacks against students, teachers and educational institutions are common in Anglophone Cameroon.
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One student has died and several others were injured after an explosive device went off in Cameroon's restive North-West region.
The incident occurred on Sunday as the students were marching in commemoration of the country’s youth day in Nkambe town.
The regional governor told the state media that one student was killed and 40 people were injured during the incident.
Governor Adolphe Lele L’Afrique said separatist fighters were suspected to have staged the attack.
The Anglophone separatists had imposed a lockdown to disrupt the celebrations.
Attacks against students, teachers and educational institutions are common in Anglophone Cameroon.
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🇨🇲 Dozens injured in western Cameroon explosion One student has died and several others were injured after an explosive device went off in Cameroon's restive North-West region. The incident occurred on Sunday as the students were marching in commemoration…
🇨🇲 Cameroon president condemns 'cowardly' attack
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has condemned Sunday’s attack in Nkambe town which killed a teenager and wounded at least 40 others.
In a statement, he described the incident in the conflict-hit North-West region as a heinous act committed by "cowardly criminals".
"I convey my sincere condolences to the family of Cherish Limnuyu, a 15-year-old student of GHS Nwangri," Biya said, adding that: "I equally wish a speedy recovery to the injured".
Students were celebrating Youth Day when an improvised explosive device planted by separatist fighters went off near a ceremonial square.
The separatists had ordered a "ghost town" stayaway strike and wanted to block the government-organised youth event from going ahead.
Three suspects have been arrested, according to the regional governor
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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has condemned Sunday’s attack in Nkambe town which killed a teenager and wounded at least 40 others.
In a statement, he described the incident in the conflict-hit North-West region as a heinous act committed by "cowardly criminals".
"I convey my sincere condolences to the family of Cherish Limnuyu, a 15-year-old student of GHS Nwangri," Biya said, adding that: "I equally wish a speedy recovery to the injured".
Students were celebrating Youth Day when an improvised explosive device planted by separatist fighters went off near a ceremonial square.
The separatists had ordered a "ghost town" stayaway strike and wanted to block the government-organised youth event from going ahead.
Three suspects have been arrested, according to the regional governor
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🇨🇲 Cameroon journalist's suspected killers to stand trial
Reports from Cameroon say 17 people will stand trial for the kidnap and murder last year of the popular radio journalist, Martinez Zogo.
Court papers are said to name suspects including a former head of the secret service and Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga - an influential businessman arrested two weeks after the killing.
Martinez Zogo was a critic of corruption. He had accused Belinga of graft.
The journalist was abducted in front of a police station outside the capital, Yaoundé.
His badly mutilated corpse was found days later.
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Reports from Cameroon say 17 people will stand trial for the kidnap and murder last year of the popular radio journalist, Martinez Zogo.
Court papers are said to name suspects including a former head of the secret service and Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga - an influential businessman arrested two weeks after the killing.
Martinez Zogo was a critic of corruption. He had accused Belinga of graft.
The journalist was abducted in front of a police station outside the capital, Yaoundé.
His badly mutilated corpse was found days later.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon government deems two opposition groups 'illegal', issues warning ahead 2025 election
The Cameroonian government has described two political groups seeking to create opposition coalitions as illegal.
A statement from the Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji named "The Political Alliance for Change (APC) and the Alliance for Political Transition in Cameroon (ATP) and described them as no political parties under the law.
The statement also expressed concern over "pseudo-associations ahead of the 2025 presidential election". The minister recalled that only legally recognized political parties have the right to exercise political activities at the national level and ordered the ban on any demonstration associated with these associations.
Spokesperson for the APT took note of the decision while noting confusion and exaggerations in the minister's comments while the APC dismissed the statement calling it "curious threat which indicates panic". The alliance said it was "ready to face the elections victoriously" next year.
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The Cameroonian government has described two political groups seeking to create opposition coalitions as illegal.
A statement from the Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji named "The Political Alliance for Change (APC) and the Alliance for Political Transition in Cameroon (ATP) and described them as no political parties under the law.
The statement also expressed concern over "pseudo-associations ahead of the 2025 presidential election". The minister recalled that only legally recognized political parties have the right to exercise political activities at the national level and ordered the ban on any demonstration associated with these associations.
Spokesperson for the APT took note of the decision while noting confusion and exaggerations in the minister's comments while the APC dismissed the statement calling it "curious threat which indicates panic". The alliance said it was "ready to face the elections victoriously" next year.
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🇨🇲Cameroon President Paul Biya has postponed parliamentary and local elections to 2026.
Voting will take place after the 2025 presidential elections. According to Presidential Minister Delegate François Wakata Bolvinet, this is necessary to facilitate the election calendar, as four elections were originally scheduled for one year.
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Voting will take place after the 2025 presidential elections. According to Presidential Minister Delegate François Wakata Bolvinet, this is necessary to facilitate the election calendar, as four elections were originally scheduled for one year.
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