20111019
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Preliminary results for Cameroon's presidential election showed a widely expected landslide victory for incumbent Paul Biya, a member of the national vote counting commission told Reuters on Tuesday.

20111018
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Seven opposition candidates who took part in Cameroon's presidential election asked the Supreme Court on Monday to annul the October 9 vote and call a fresh one within six months.

20111010
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Opposition leaders and voters in Cameroon have complained of delays at polling booths and other organisational shortfalls at a presidential election expected to seal a new term for incumbent Paul Biya.

20111009
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Voters in Cameroon head to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent President Paul Biya tipped to extend his 29-year rule over the central African state by beating more than 20 rivals from a fragmented opposition.

2011108
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A top member of Cameroon's electoral body Elecam was sacked for gross negligence and violation of oath of office days ahead of a presidential poll in the Central African country, state radio said on Friday.

20111007
Reuters
DAKAR (Reuters) - Cameroon's president, Paul Biya, on course to win Sunday's election, will use a new term to try to build a favourable legacy to his decades in power with major construction projects, and to anoint a successor, analysts say.

20110930
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Gunmen dressed in military fatigues opened fire in Cameroon's economic capital Douala on Thursday in an apparent protest against President Paul Biya days before he seeks re-election, a security official and local media said.

20110923
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's fuel subsidy bill may top $600 million by the end of the year, 25 percent over budget, as the central African nation seeks to shelter the public from rising global energy prices in an election year.

20110922
Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's fuel subsidy bill may top $600 million by the end of the year, 25 percent over budget, as the central African nation seeks to shelter the public from rising global energy prices in an election year.

20110513
afrcanews

Some 1863 cases of cholera have been reported in the Southwest Region of Cameroon with 33 deaths, following the increasing cholera cases in the region. The country's Public Health Minister, Andre Mama Fouda, health officials and administrative authorities visited the municipalities of Tiko, Buea and Limbe to assess the situation.

20110406
reuters

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Former Central African Republic (CAR) president and runner-up in a January presidential poll Ange Felix Patasse has died in a hospital in Douala, Cameroon at the age of 74, Cameroon state radio said on Tuesday.

20110319
reuters

DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed up to nine people and stole an undisclosed sum of money in an overnight raid on banks in Cameroon's port town of Douala, a security source and local media said on Saturday.

20110225
africanews

It was a total carnage along the Douala-Yaounde highway in Cameroon on at about 9:30 am when thirty people lost their lives to a ghastly car accident. It was an ugly scene; once again thirty Cameroonians were dragged in to their graves because of a human error.

20110208
africanews

The crop of home-based players of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, flying the nation's flag at the on-going African Nations Championship in Sudan have started the competition on a good note. The Cameroonian team thrashed their counterparts from the DR Congo two nil at the El Merriekh stadium in Oumduman, Sudan.

20110111
reuters

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - The sole challenger to Cameroon President Paul Biya for the ruling party's 2011 presidential nomination said on Tuesday he had resigned from the party after receiving death threats.

20101216
africanews

Cameroon captain and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o could not hide his joy when Congolese club side TP Mazembe made it to the first African final in the Club World Cup.

20100927
africanews

The coach of the Simbas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Frenchman Robert Nouzaret has published a list of 23 players, including 16 local players for the October 9 game against Cameroon. The list, made public since September 16 has been described by some football enthusiast as 'intriguing.'

20100909
africanews

Inter Milan and Cameroonian-born goal poacher, Samuel Fils Eto'o is the second-highest paid footballer in the Italian Serie A, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.

20100810
africanews

Indomitable Lions captain, Samuel Fils Eto'o has described former captain's retirement from international football as not befitting, considering his contribution to the team. Eto'o made the observation in an open letter he wrote to Rigobert Song, from the US where he is currently on pre-season tour with his club Inter Milan.