Medical Setbacks Strike Again as UFC 320 Loses Promising Fight Days Before PPV Event

Fight week is supposed to build anticipation, but UFC 320 has already been hit with a setback instead. Just days before Saturday’s event in Las Vegas, one of the prelims’ most anticipated matches has been scrapped, leaving a rising contender...

Medical issue causes UFC 320 withdrawal

UFC 320 is down a man. Ozzy Diaz is out of Saturday's fight vs. Ateba Gautier at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he announced Monday on Instagram. Diaz (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) cited a medical issue that caused him to be pulled from the bout, but he did...

Cameroon’s national park sees wildlife resurgence — but human pressures threaten fragile gains

The sound of splashing hippopotamuses along the Faro River is once again a familiar echo in Cameroon’s North Region. After years of decline, wildlife is showing signs of resurgence in Faro National Park, a sprawling 330,000-hectare sanctuary on...

Sixers host youth basketball clinic in Abu Dhabi ahead of preseason matchup against Knicks

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) looks on after the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center. Photo Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images After arriving in Abu Dhabi on Monday, the Sixers participated in a local youth...

Trump gutting protected status for immigrants will strain US healthcare, Democrats warn

The US healthcare system faces a “perfect storm”, more than 100 members of Congress warn today, as Donald Trump’s administration risks exacerbating pressure on its workforce by stripping nearly one million US immigrants of work authorization and...

Yaounde: Stakeholders exchanging, networking at Connected Cameroon Forum

The three-day event, which wraps up today, is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany and Goethe-Institute in Cameroon. For three days, the high-level gathering will facilitate and encourage encounters and exchanges between...

‘No legal prescription’: How trans women in Cameroon access hormones

Faced with transphobia in the country’s healthcare system, trans women in Cameroon looked across Africa for solutions to access Hormone Replacement Therapy. An informal network is adopting these interventions. When she was 21 years old, Chanelle...

REI Cameroon secures Cameroon’s first ...

REI Cameroon CEO (second from left) flanked by ARSEL officials at signing ceremony The authorisation grants REI Cameroon the right to produce and distribute electricity in off-grid communities. The milestone deal was signed in Yaounde on August...

Cameroon govt critic says opposition has failed to unite against president

High-profile government critic Maurice Kamto said Friday the opposition had failed to unite against Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya in the wake of his own exclusion from the election. Earlier in the month, Kamto had urged the 11...

Cameroon’s Camrail launches CFA319 bln consultation for rail upgrades

(Business in Cameroon) - Camrail launched on September 23 in Douala a preliminary consultation for the renewal of the Douala–Yaoundé and Bélabo–Ngaoundéré lines. The step aims to outline project phases and technical requirements, identify...

Cameroon’s Absent President: Biya Seeks Re-Election While Abroad

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — As Cameroon heads into a tense election season, its most prominent candidate is nowhere to be seen. President Paul Biya, 92, who has ruled the country since 1982, left for Europe days before campaigning began and has not been...

Cameroon's president Biya: absent candidate in election

As campaigning starts on Saturday for Cameroon's election, the nation is puzzling over the whereabouts of the lead candidate: its 92-year-old leader, Paul Biya -- the world's oldest head of state. In power since 1982 and seeking an eighth term in...

Cameroon Targets 1.1 Million Tonnes of Milk by 2035 With a $500 Million Public Funded  Push

(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon plans to raise annual milk output to 1.15 million tonnes by 2035, part of a 305.7 billion CFA francs ($500 million) dairy strategy launched last year to cut reliance on imports, according to the Ministry of...

Cameroon Housing Agency Secures Funding for $42 Million Douala Luxury Complex

(Business in Cameroon) - Société Immobilière du Cameroun (SIC), Cameroon’s state-owned real estate company, is preparing to build a high-end residential complex in Douala with an estimated investment of 25 billion CFA francs (about $42 million),...

Cameroon’s Transformation Hinges on Public-Private Collaboration, Says Jacques Jonathan Nyemb

(Business in Cameroon) - Educated in the United States, Jacques Jonathan Nyemb is a business lawyer in Douala and the founder of The Okwelians, a network with thousands of members across four continents. He is also the author of Le Livre Vert,...

Cameroon 2018-2025: Diaspora Moves from Remittances to Strategy

(Business in Cameroon) - The period from 2018 to 2025 marked a significant turning point for relations between Cameroon and its diaspora, a community of about 6 million people spread across five continents. Now representing nearly 15% of the total...

October 12 presidential election: what are investors focused on?

Cameroon’s voters will decide on October 12 whether to grant 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, an extension of his four-decade rule. Here is what investors are watching in the race to lead central Africa’s biggest...

Yaoundé: Divided opposition seeks to stop the world’s oldest leader after 43 years in power

With weeks to go until an election that could extend the world’s oldest president’s 43 years in power, Cameroon‘s opposition is struggling. Its most popular figure has been barred from running, and the 11 candidates remaining are likely to divide...

Cameroon: Cocoa plantations grapple with black pod disease

Cameroon's southwest region, one of the country's top cocoa belts, is grappling with black pod disease that is ravaging its cocoa plantations. A fungal disease, brown rot, or black pod disease, ravages cocoa pods and trees and can thrive in wet...

Cameroon gets AI career advice

[DOUALA, SciDev.Net] In Cameroon, as in many low-resource settings, further education and careers guidance for students is rarely a top priority. “As a teacher and mathematician, I saw many students struggle because they lacked proper academic...