Cameroon Incurs Enormous Cost to Boost Fish farming and Energy Interconnection with Chad. Cameroon Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey has informed the public that on April 6th, he signed a XAF205billion agreement with the African development bank (AfDB). Read More »

Delayed, Chad Stretches out of CEMAC to Push Through with its Railway Project. The tri-weekly L'œil du Sahel has reported delays in the project aimed at extending the Ngaoundere-Ndjamena, Chad railway which they say is due to lags on the side of the administrative authorities. Read More »

AfDB Disburses XAF26 billion for the Interconnecting Logone Bridge between Cameroon to Chad The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank–AfDB have approved a grant of XAF26.2 billion for the construction of a bridge over the Logone River which will connect Yagoua in Cameroon to Bongor in Chad. This grants as stipulated in a report by the project management team to the Bank's Board, the funds will not only be used to co-finance the construction of the bridge but equally the connecting roads as well as the feasibility studies. Read More »

Chad: Army General Sacked for Criticizing President Idriss Deby Ahmat Koussou Moursal, a Chadian army general has been sacked for criticizing the President Idriss Deby. The army general allegedly wrote an open letter in which he detailed everything critical of the Head of State. According to sources, Moursal in the letter is said to have said that the president have abandoned his former colleagues in arms in the South-eastern Chad in a locality called Guera. Read More »

BDEAC Grants to Cameroon and Three other CEMAC Countries CFAF 155.05 billion for Development Projects The Development Bank of Central Africa-DBCAS, commonly known by its French acronym as BDEAC has granted CFAF 155.05 billion to Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, and Chad for development projects. With the above funds, the four countries; Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, and Congo will be able to implement 13 projects. It was on July 10th, 2020, through a videoconference of the BDEAC’s boards of director that this funding was validated, reports Business in Cameroon. Read More »

Chad: President Idriss Deby Appoints 29-Year-old as Women and Child Protection Minister Amina Priscille Longo, a 29-years-old Chadian who is a journalist with keen interest in humanitarianism, has been appointed by Chad’s President, Idriss Deby as the Coubtry’s Minister of Women and Protection of Children. Longo is the Founder of Chad Helping Hands which focuses in Chad is on helping people meet their basic needs - so that they can then focus on building a better future for themselves and their families. Read More »

Cameroon: German Gov’t Disburses Additional FCFA 6 billion to Support Displaced Population’s in Lake Chad In support of the United Nation’s Development Program – UNDP’s Regional Stabilization Facility to support displaced population in the Lake Chad Region, the German Government has disbursed an additional 10.1 Euros or FCFA 6 billion. Read More »