Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
The ruling CPDM party is already active on the ground for the forthcoming presidential election. This morning’s Le Témoin reports that the ‘lieutenant’ of the CPDM’s natural candidate, Manaouda Malachie, made a show of strength yesterday Tuesday in the hall of the Maroua Urban Community. The “eldest daughter of the Renewal” demonstrated her support for the CPDM standard-bearer through an all-out mobilisation of daughters, sons and internal and external elites. A great turnout to announce the colours of the forthcoming elections.
Let’s stay with the 2025 presidential elections, this time to talk about Maurice Kamto. While the authorities have announced that he is out of the running, the national president of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon is constantly reiterating that he will be a candidate, in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Code. With some six months to go before the electoral body is convened, the leader of the Mrc is already being scrutinised like milk on fire. Read about it in today’s Mutations.
Still on the presidential election The Guardian Post features on its front page, Akere Muna the dark horse? Amidst increasing calls, even from prominent Francophone politicians, that an Anglophone should succeed Biya at the Presidency, Akere Muna is reportedly being heavily backed by the international community, especially given his exploits on the global stage.
Meanwhile, Cename is claiming FCFA 1.9 billion from health programmes. According to Echos Santé on newsstands this morning, the Centrale Nationale d’Approvisionnement en Médicaments et Consommables Médicaux Essentiels (CENAME) is being suffocated by a colossal debt accumulated by partner health programmes. The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (PNLT) also has a debt of 292 million CFA francs for the management of tuberculosis drugs. The National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP) has an outstanding balance of FCFA 432 million, jeopardising the distribution of anti-malarial drugs.
“André Onana, completely lost in England“, is the headline in the newspaper L’Essor. The headline says that the Cameroon national team’s first-choice goalkeeper has become an undesirable figure at his club Manchester United, following a series of blunders that have kept his team at the bottom of the table.
The Port Autonome de Douala, Tradex, Total Energies, MTN Cameroon and Neptune Oil are ranked in order of importance by the Banking Commission of Central Africa as generating the most added value to the Cameroonian economy. Read all about it in this morning’s Défis Actuels.
For the third year running, the credit risk assessment agency operating in Africa, Bloomfield Investment Corporation, has just awarded the Port Autonome de Douala long-term “A” and short-term “A2” ratings. These ratings, accompanied by a stable outlook, confirm the company’s financial strength and solvency, despite the challenges of a tense global economic environment. Le Point reports…
We conclude with Cameroun Tribune who titles on its front page Digitization of Civil Status, Urgency Reported. A reflection on the issue took place yesterday in Buea, led by the Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, Georges Elanga Obam. Low registration rates, document falsification, cumbersome and costly procedures are some of the current problems in the system that modernization should solve. Hence the need to accelerate its implementation. Page 3 for the details
Pages 16-17 of the newspaper equally reports on 25 patients of urinary tract cancer are to be operated In Yaounde. Italian and Cameroonian medical experts are using new medical techniques to relieve patients suffering from various ailments affecting the urinary tract. This is part of a week-long low-cost treatment campaign underway at the Yaounde Central Hospital since last Monday.
Thank you for reading and see you tomorrow for this week’s last edition.
