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Cameroon

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies. The CEMAC zone appears to be paying the price for playing junior partner over the past decade to UEMOA, its West African twin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Hayatou dynasty lets Garoua throne slip away

The election of Captain Ibrahim El Rachidine to the throne of the Lamido of Garoua was facilitated by infighting among the Hayatou family. This dynasty, which had until now controlled the great chieftaincy, includes a former king of African football and several of President Paul Biya's ex-ministers.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

Cameroon's C-130s grounded for months due to unpaid bills

Cameroon's defence ministry is unable, due to lack of funds, to meet its contractual obligations to Marshall Aerospace and Aeromec, which have been contracted to maintain the air force's three C-130 Hercules aircraft.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 14.05.2021

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arabian Construction Co (ACC), having lost its position as the leading construction contractor in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, has been redeploying in Africa since last year and recently sent a delegation to Cameroon and later to Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2021

Jean-Claude Ayem Moger, Yaoundé's favourite troubleshooter

Jean-Claude Ayem Moger, Paul Biya's technical advisor, was just named to two key roles.

Subscribers only Business 03.05.2021

New US ambassador set for baptism of fire

Joe Biden's administration, which is keeping a close eye on the Anglophone crisis, has nominated human rights expert Christopher Lamora as ambassador to Yaoundé. The diplomat, who is plugged into Democratic networks, will have his work cut out mending fences with President Paul Biya.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2021

The new US Ambassador to Cameroon, Christopher John Lamora.

Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

The 88-year-old Cameroonian president will not let his fellow executive members retire out of fear that their retirements could raise unspoken questions about his own position as head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2021

Marcel Niat Njifenji, Speaker of the Senate with Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, President of the National Assembly (left to right), on March 6, 2018 in Yaounde.

Yaounde's dispute with ex-Lions coaches rages on

A salary row dating back several years involving two former coaches of the national team, Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert, could end up being extremely costly for the Cameroonian Football Federation.

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2021

Former Cameroon coach Clarence Seedorf (left) and former assistant coach Patrick Kluivert during the 2019 African Cup of Nations.

Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Fearful of attracting the ire of a Biden administration that is already rather ill-disposed towards Yaoundé, the Cameroonian foreign ministry is staying silent in the wake of the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the United States over allegations of ill-treatment.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.04.2021

While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

While the president and his chief of staff Samuel Mvondo Ayolo draw up secret plans for his succession behind palace walls, Cameroon's political bigwigs are making moves in the shadows. Out in the open, the possibility of his son Franck Biya taking over is causing a buzz online.

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2021

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Active in banking and private education, the Cameroonian Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga is trying to raise funds for a pan-African television channel that would be the successor to Télésud, which has been in liquidation since 2019.

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2021

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

MobiWire, Dermalog, Idemia, Veridium and Thales are among the firms interested in a contract with the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) to fingerprint holders of mobile payment account holders with telecoms operators in the region.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.03.2021

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Cameroon has hired consultancy Drake & Bart to design an institutional framework that would help wean the country off World Bank help in managing its mining cadastre.

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2021

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

France's Sisco, which has been battling to recover $26m since 2015 from the Cameroonian state for work done to decontaminate military sites, plans to unleash its lawyer on the justice ministry to move the case forward.

Subscribers only Business 10.03.2021

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

In France, Victor Fotso's heirs have delayed disclosing the accounts of the companies that control the family's real estate holdings, while in Cameroon, investigators have searched the offices of the notary who handled the oligarch's will.

Subscribers only Business 09.03.2021

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

After the Vatican made its voice heard, Paris has reminded the Cameroonian government of its concerns about the continuing crisis in the English-speaking provinces. European Union states hope that the new US administration, which purports to put human rights at the heart of its foreign policy, will come to their help.

Subscribers only Politics 05.03.2021

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

French mining company Eramet just finished its second exploration phase on Cameroonian rutile mine, Akonolinga, which it acquired late 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2021

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

After having pleaded for a suspension of interest payments on its sovereign debt with one hand, Cameroon is preparing with the other to call on the the banks to loan it more money to enable it to complete construction of the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to be the centrepiece of next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2021

The Paul Biya stadium construction site.

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

The Chadian government, which is mired in debt and badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis, wants to speed up the sale of part of its shares in the COTCO oil pipeline to Cameroonian state-owned oil company SNH.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2021

The Chad-Cameroon pipeline, which connects the Doba oil fields to the port of Kribi.

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Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Despite pressure from the European Union, and more recently the Vatican, the Cameroonian government is still in favour of a military response to the crisis in the country's Anglophone regions and is only half listening to negotiation options.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2021

Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé at the end of January.

Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

When Paul Biya turned 88 last weekend those in his inner circle tried to outdo each other in paying their respects to a president who still has the reins of state firmly in hand.

Subscribers only Politics 17.02.2021

With Atlantic Cement, Koné Dossongui wants to muscle in on Dangote's patch

Not content with building a cement works in Abidjan in partnership with China's Jiangsu Pengfei, Ivorian businessman Bernard Koné Dossongui's Atlantic is now planning to set up a factory in Douala, a stronghold of Nigerian giant Dangote Cement.

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2021

Sky falls in for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo's business airline

The Cameroonian authorities have brought the curtain down on the operations of the business travel specialist Global-S-Aviation. And its founder, the vastly wealthy businessman Mohamadou Dabo, is facing prosecution over the contract to upgrade Garoua airport.

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2021

New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Numerous financial and political obstacles are preventing New Age from beginning production on Etinde block, agreement of principle or not.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2021

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Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Hayatou dynasty lets Garoua throne slip away

Cameroon's C-130s grounded for months due to unpaid bills

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Jean-Claude Ayem Moger, Yaoundé's favourite troubleshooter

New US ambassador set for baptism of fire

Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

Yaounde's dispute with ex-Lions coaches rages on

Biya treads gingerly with Washington

While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

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Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Hayatou dynasty lets Garoua throne slip away

Cameroon's C-130s grounded for months due to unpaid bills

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Jean-Claude Ayem Moger, Yaoundé's favourite troubleshooter

New US ambassador set for baptism of fire

Paul Biya keeps fellow octogenarians in power whatever the cost

Yaounde's dispute with ex-Lions coaches rages on

Biya treads gingerly with Washington

While rumours of his son's ambitions rage online, Paul Biya plots his succession

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Spotlight Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

With Atlantic Cement, Koné Dossongui wants to muscle in on Dangote's patch

Sky falls in for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo's business airline

New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

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Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis