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Fourteen Cameroonian companies have received approvals for 120 additional products under the CEMAC preferential regime. The total now reaches 1,328 products from 91 companies.
Félix Tshisekedi signed a decree on Sunday, September 13, establishing the National Dialogue Committee for Peace, Cohesion, and State Refoundation. The text initiates the operational phase of the process announced at the end of August.
Ivanhoe Mines has increased the resource estimate for the Makoko copper district in western DRC by 30% to approximately 12 million tons of contained copper. The company is preparing a scoping study for 2027 and a new drilling campaign.
The Cameroonian filmmaker’s debut feature won the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti section and the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival’s closing ceremony.
Congolese designer Kahindo Mateene is opening a pop-up this weekend in Greenwich Village, featuring pieces designed in New York and crafted by artisans in Africa.
ASPAC has successfully launched its African campaign. The Beninese club defeated The Panthers FC (3-1) on Thursday in Douala during the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup 2026-2027, taking a significant advantage ahead of the return leg. ASPAC can smile. In their debut in the Confederation Cup, the Beninese representative achieved an excellent result […]
The U.S. export bank EXIM is preparing a loan of nearly $100 million to Africell to modernize its networks in Angola, Gambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone with American and allied equipment.
Samuel Eto’o is once again at the center of controversy. According to The Times, former officials of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) have referred the ethics commission of FIFA to a payment of €567,570 made by Russia following a friendly match held in 2023. This new case further undermines Samuel Eto’o’s position at the head […]
The Chadian government has banned the export of several grains and reduced import duties on agricultural goods and equipment following episodes of drought and extreme heat that have weakened crops.
Afro Beauty Day in Bukavu will feature hair workshops, fashion, and artistic expressions centered on natural hair and African aesthetics.
A police officer was killed and five teachers were abducted on Tuesday, September 8, in Wum, located in the English-speaking North-West region of Cameroon. Security forces are searching for the assailants and the hostages.
The African Development Bank says the Central African Republic’s recovery remains fragile. Its 2026 country report forecasts growth of 2.9% this year and puts the funding needed for the National Development Plan 2024-2028 at $12.8 billion.
The Congo Mboka Vibe festival brought together music, dance, DJ sets, and urban performances on 5 and 6 September at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts, with Gaz Mawete as the main headliner.
The 2026-2027 school year is severely disrupted in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest, where armed separatist groups have imposed a one-week lockdown. In Bamenda, closed schools, shuttered shops, and reduced traffic contrast with a partial resumption of classes in other localities.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is accelerating the mapping of its subsurface around a 180 million dollar contract and aims to regain control over access to geological data, which has become a strategic asset in the global race for critical minerals.
Gabon’s outstanding debt to the IMF fell to 319.05 million SDRs at the end of August 2026, approximately 247 billion CFA francs, down 10.6% since the end of March.
Equatorial Guinean police officers pointed their weapons at migrants expelled from the United States and held in a hotel in Malabo, according to three witnesses and footage reviewed by Reuters. The incident reignites concerns over U.S. expulsions to third countries.
Four Cameroonians are among more than 100 people killed in the collapse of an artisanal gold mine that occurred on Tuesday, August 18, in Zamboye, in the west of the Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon. The toll, established by local officials and the Red Cross, remained provisional on Thursday as victims were […]
From Paris, on August 17, 2026, Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu called for former president Joseph Kabila and the coordinator of the Congo River Alliance/M23 (AFC/M23), Corneille Nangaa, to participate in the national dialogue announced by Félix Tshisekedi. He believes that the process should involve the key players in the crisis to address its root […]
The World Health Organization still believes it is possible to slow the progression of the Ebola epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo within the next three months, provided that the necessary resources are available. Thierno Baldé, the incident management lead at WHO, stated this on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, […]
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are accused of killing at least 114 civilians in July 2026 in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a report from the Security Barometer of Kivu published on August 18 by the Congolese institute Ebuteli. Nearly half of the recorded killings during the month are attributed to them. […]
After 74 days spent outside Cameroon, President Paul Biya is back in Yaoundé. Arriving from Geneva, Switzerland, the Cameroonian head of state returned to the capital this Thursday late in the afternoon, while his absence had raised many questions about his health. The Cameroonian president Paul Biya is back in the country. The 93-year-old head […]
Residents of N’Djamena say they are still experiencing long power cuts nearly four weeks after the fire on July 26, 2026, at the Farcha 1 power plant. The disaster has reduced the capital’s supply capacity and affects households as well as small businesses that rely on electricity. The fire broke out in the afternoon of […]
More than 100 people died in the collapse of an artisanal gold mine that occurred on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, in Zamboye, in the Nana-Mambéré prefecture, in the west of the Central African Republic. The toll, communicated by local officials, remained provisional on Thursday as victims were still being searched for. The mayor of Garoua-Boulaï, […]
