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Jul
01
2024
By OLIVER OCHIENG, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Cameroon’s Chomche breaks new ground in the NBA

Cameroon’s Chomche breaks new ground in the NBA

BASKETBALL
CAMEROON’S Ulrich Chomche from NBA Academy Africa has become the first prospect across all three of the league’s NBA Academies to be drafted directly out of an NBA Academy after he was selected 57th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2024 NBA draft. He also becomes the first player to be drafted after participating in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). According to Silalei Shani, former captain of Kenya’s women's national basketball team and sports director at IMG Kenya, enlisting Ulrich Chomche means something positive is happening in basketball courts in Cameroon, which other African countries must take notice of…
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Jun
13
2024
By MARK GLEESON
Six of the best as Morocco win handsomely in World Cup qualification

Six of the best as Morocco win handsomely in World Cup qualification

FOOTBALL
STRIKER Ayoub El Kaabi netted a hat-trick as Morocco stormed to a 6-0 win over Congo in World Cup qualification, maintaining their 100% start to the African preliminaries for the 2026 finals in North America. But other leading contenders, Cameroon and African champions Ivory Coast, were held to away draws on a busy day of action around the continent. El Kaabi kept up the goalscoring form that helped Olympiakos win the Europa Conference League last month with his hat-trick as Morocco made it three wins out of three in Group E. The thrashing of Congo in Agadir started with a…
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Jun
09
2024
By The African Mirror
Cameroon put turmoil behind them with emphatic win

Cameroon put turmoil behind them with emphatic win

FOOTBALL
CAPTAIN Vincent Aboubakar scored twice as Cameroon put weeks of turmoil around their national team behind them to beat the Cape Verde Islands 4-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Yaounde. They moved level with Libya at the top of Group D on seven points from three matches. In Saturday’s other qualifier in Africa, Gambia hammered the Seychelles 5-1 in Group F, a winning start for their new Irish coach Johnny McKinstry. Centre-back Michael Ngadeu marked his return to the team after a two-year absence to put Cameroon into a 13th-minute lead, rising to power home Nicolas Ngamaleu’s corner. The…
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May
23
2024
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
Cameroon’s appointment of Brys as manager suspended by sports tribunal

Cameroon’s appointment of Brys as manager suspended by sports tribunal

FOOTBALL
CAMEROON'S appointment of Belgian Marc Brys as head coach was suspended by the country's top sports tribunal on Tuesday following the petition of an amateur football club. The country's sports ministry stirred controversy last month when it named 61-year-old Brys as manager of the Indomitable Lions without consulting the football federation (FECAFOOT). The move sparked a dispute between the sports ministry and FECAFOOT, which said the government had made a unilateral decision. In response, it asked its president Samuel Eto'o to propose a national coach and other management staff for the national side within 72 hours, deepening its standoff with the sports ministry. Eto'o kept Brys…
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May
22
2024
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
Mayor, two others killed in Cameroon amid National Day celebrations

Mayor, two others killed in Cameroon amid National Day celebrations

NEWS
GUNMEN in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day, the regional governor said, the second ambush in two weeks targeting government officials. Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique said Mayor Ngong Innocent Ankiambom of the town of Belo, as well as his deputy mayor and an inspector of basic education, were shot dead as they made their way to the celebrations. "I will like to express deep concerns and ask the population to remain calm," the governor said, adding that a manhunt had been launched to apprehend and…
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Apr
07
2024
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
Cameroon government defends imposition of coach on national football team

Cameroon government defends imposition of coach on national football team

NEWS
CAMEROON'S sports minister has written to the National Football Federation (FECAFOOT) to defend the appointment of a new national soccer team coach after FECAFOOT expressed surprise the decision was taken without its input. In the letter seen by Reuters, minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said the ministry had acted in accordance with national and international regulations when it appointed Belgian Marc Brys to take over as coach of the Indomitable Lions after the dismissal of Rigobert Song in February. FECAFOOT on Wednesday said the ministry had appointed Brys unilaterally and vowed to seek an explanation for this "regrettable situation". Any dispute between the government and…
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Mar
14
2024
By The African Mirror
Cameroon suspend player over alleged identity fraud and face Cup of Nations ban

Cameroon suspend player over alleged identity fraud and face Cup of Nations ban

FOOTBALL
CAMEROON have suspended a player they took to the Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast earlier this year for allegedly falsifying his name and date of birth, which could see them face a future ban from the tournament. The Cameroon federation FECAFOOT on Monday named Wilfried Nathan Douala among 62 players suspended from the league over administrative irregularities, mostly double identity and age cheating. There was considerable surprise ahead of January's Cup of Nations finals, where Cameroon went out in the second round when coach Rigobert Song picked the 17-year-old Douala, an unheralded player from second-division club Victoria…
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Mar
02
2024
By AUGUSTINE ABOH
Nigeria’s security problems deepen as Anglophone insurgency in Cameroon spills across border

Nigeria’s security problems deepen as Anglophone insurgency in Cameroon spills across border

NEWS
OVER the past two decades, Nigeria has grappled with multiple and complex national security threats, each posing a significant challenge to its stability. The nation finds itself fighting a violent militancy in the Niger Delta, conflicts between farmers and herders across multiple regions, terrorism and insurgency in the northeast, banditry in the northwest and secessionist campaigns by groups such as the Indigenous People of Biafra in the southeast. AUGUSTINE ABOH, PhD candidate in Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts Now a new layer of complexity has emerged in the form of the Ambazonian secessionist group from Cameroon. This…
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Jan
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Cameroon, Guinea share spoils in Cup of Nations draw

Cameroon, Guinea share spoils in Cup of Nations draw

AFCON 2023
CAMEROON came from behind to share the points with 10-man Guinea in a 1-1 stalemate in the first game for both teams at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast on Monday. Franck Magri equalised early in the second half after Guinea had taken a 10th-minute lead through Mohamed Bayo but then had captain Francois Kamano sent off. The draw at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in the Ivorian capital followed the opening Group C game where holders Senegal easily disposed of Gambia 3-0. Cameroon were without Andre Onana in goal but he did arrive ahead of the…
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Dec
19
2023
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Africa’s Big Christmas Spenders: Cameroon and Zimbabwe

Africa’s Big Christmas Spenders: Cameroon and Zimbabwe

NEWS
AFRICAN households will focus on gifts and decorations as they take a more cautious approach to their Christmas holiday spending this year, on the back of a rising cost of living, according to the Cost of Christmas report. A new ‘Cost of Christmas’ study by WorldRemit shows Cameroon (US $650 and Zimbabwe( US$ 254) will be the continent’s biggest spenders this season, with bulk of their expenditure going to gifts and decorations. While Kenyans will spend the most to buy gifts to friends and families at 56% of their monthly household income, Zimbabwe comes second at 41% ,South Africa (38%)…
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