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From CFA15 billion initially, the Cameroonian government now plans to grant CFA40 billion for subsidies for necessities. This new budget, according

The Mfoundi departmental delegation of the Ministry of Commerce announces the promotional sales of consumer products such as vegetable oils, rice,

Troops from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria have killed 800 militants, rescued 4,500 civilians since late March

Country aims to cut dependence on hydropower amid erratic rainfall and prolonged droughts linked to climate change

With its hydroelectric plants hobbled by drought, the country is courting investors to grow a more stable solar energy supply

With its hydroelectric plants hobbled by drought, the country is courting investors to grow a more stable solar energy supply

* Drought curbs Cameroon's hydropower-heavy electricity supply * Cameroonians suffer near-daily blackouts and power rationing * New solar energy projects will get 10-year tax breaks By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame Before the University of Yaounde 1 got its solar micro-grid in 2018, erratic power supplies in Cameroon's capital meant Adamu Gilbert could not stock the fresh, chilled items he knew his customers wanted when they came to his shop near campus.

Since 2011, violent attacks by armed opposition groups and the counterinsurgency operations of the Nigerian army have forced hundreds of thousands of people from northeast Nigeria to seek refuge in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Cameroons rising inflation is starting to worry the National Institute of Statistics (INS). In a recent note, the public entity warned that if the

Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with the aircraft which was later located in the forest near Nanga Eboko, around 90 miles northeast of the capital Yaounde. (File image)