Paul Biya, Cameroon's wily veteran leader

Paul Biya has barely made a public appearance on the campaign trail in his bid for an eighth term as president of Cameroon aged 92 and after more than four decades in power. While the 11 rival candidates crisscrossed the central African country...

At least 20 children under age of five die after taking contaminated cough syrup

The World Health Organization expressed 'deep concern' over India’s 'regulatory gap' in screening medicines sold domestically(Image: Getty Images) At least 20 children - all under the age of five - have tragically died in central India after...

At Least 20 Children, All Under the Age of 5, Dead After Consuming Contaminated Cough Syrup: Reports By Becca Longmire 39

NEED TO KNOW Dozens of children in India have died after allegedly consuming contaminated cough syrup, according to multiple local news reports Reuters stated that Tamil Nadu-based company Sresan Pharmaceuticals' Coldrif syrup contained toxic...

Five things to know about Cameroon

Ruled with an iron fist by President Paul Biya for 43 years, Cameroon is central Africa's most diversified economy. In recent years, the country has battled violence from a separatist movement among its English-speaking minority in the western...

The world's oldest president seeks an eighth term in Cameroon as youth grumble

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Elvis Nghobo tried to get into four different professional schools in Cameroon but could not make it. Frustrated, the 34-year-old turned to selling food at a market in Yaounde, the country's seat of power. Nghobo blames his...

World's oldest leader tipped for 8th term in Cameroon vote

A fractured opposition of 11 candidates is standing against the 92-year-old in the vote, whose credibility and fairness rights groups have called into question. Most of the 7.8 million Cameroonians called to the ballot box can remember no leader...

Young Cameroonians weigh future as election day nears

Most Cameroonians heading to the polls on Sunday have known only one president in their lifetime. But days before the vote, young people in the central African nation appeared torn between hope and resignation as 92-year-old Paul Biya, who has...

Injury To Cameroonian Democracy By Paul Biya Is Injury To African Democracy

When Paul Biya took over the leadership of Cameroon in 1982, many across Africa hoped that the quiet technocrat would usher in an era of stability and reform. More than forty years later, that hope has curdled into disillusionment. Cameroon under...

Ted Cruz blames Nigeria for ‘mass murder’ of Christians: What’s the truth?

United States Senator Ted Cruz has accused Nigeria’s government of enabling a “massacre” against Christians, citing a rising number of attacks against the community in the country’s troubled centre. In an X post on Tuesday, Cruz said 50,000...

Biya Makes Rare Campaign Appearance in Cameroon

Cameroon’s 92 year old President Paul Biya held his first campaign rally Tuesday in the country’s restive Far North region, marking a rare public appearance as the world’s oldest head of state seeks to extend his 43 year rule. Addressing...

‘Progress and Stagnation’: Pomme Rouge CEO’s View of Cameroon’s Business Climate (Interview)

(Business in Cameroon) - A chemist by training, Salamatou Bantse made a successful shift into corporate services when she founded Pomme Rouge SARL. Her company offers high-end mobility solutions at affordable rates for major firms in Cameroon,...

'A Market of 350 Million Awaits': A World Bank Veteran's Candid Look at Cameroon

(Business in Cameroon) - With a career spanning more than four decades, Emmanuel Noubissie Ngankam has worked across multiple areas of economic policy and development. His professional journey has taken him from economic journalism and advisory...

October 8, 2025: Cameroon’s Lone Woman Candidate Challenges Paul Biya’s 43-Year Rule, Red Cross Says 200 Eastern DRC Clinics Are out of Medicine, Mali Faces Fuel Shortages

NEWS OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. Cameroon Democratic Union (UDC) presidential candidate, and the mayor of the city of Foumban, Hermine Patricia Tomaino Njoya, is the only woman in...

At Platinum Jubilee of Garoua Archdiocese in Cameroon, Apostolic Nuncio Urges Strong Faith “even in trials”

Archbishop Bettencourt honoured the contributions of early missionaries — French, Canadian, Polish, Italian, and local — who, he said, “gave themselves without counting the cost.” Addressing the people of God, he said, “It is now your turn to...

Cameroonian man wanted for drug smuggling caught in Bangkok

Thai Immigration police arrested a 40-year-old a Cameroonian man wanted by Interpol for international drug trafficking after he evaded authorities for more than a year while living illegally in the capital. Acting on intelligence that a...

The woman who wants to end Cameroon president's 43-year rule

There was great surprise when Cameroon's electoral commission announced the 12 candidates for the October 12 presidential election. For the third time in Cameroon's political history, one of the contenders running for the highest office in the...

As Cameroon election approaches, LGBTQ+ people face increasing violence

Violence against queer people has become acute in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions Cameroon President Paul Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth term in elections happening October 12. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty) By Jean Jacques Dissoke As Cameroon...

Cameroon’s UNDP leader Beloboumama Egari to challenge Paul Biya in Presidential race

Nearly eight million Cameroonians will head to the polls on October 12, 2025, in an election that could mark a turning point in the country’s political history. Among the candidates is Beloboumama Egari, president of the National Union for...

Platinum Jubilee of Cameroon’s Garoua Archdiocese: Apostolic Nuncio Urges Unity, Faith

Archbishop Bettencourt honored the contributions of early missionaries — French, Canadian, Polish, Italian, and local — who, he said, “gave themselves without counting the cost.” Addressing the people of God, he said, “It is now your turn to...

World News | Pakistani Arms Smuggler Sentenced to 40 Years in US for Trafficking Missile Parts to Yemen's Houthis

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): A Pakistani arms trafficker who employed a fishing vessel to transport ballistic missile components from Iran to Houthi forces in Yemen received a 40-year prison sentence in the US after being convicted on...