Catégorie : Politique

Members of the National Assembly have scrutinized the State’s major budgetary orientations during a plenary session for the general debate on the Medium-Term Economic and Budgetary Programming Document 2027–2029.

This follows the review of the document by the Finance and Budget Committee.

Lawmakers raised major concerns such as the execution of public investments and governance in the mining, forestry, and oil sectors.

Different government ministers highlighted their constraints while assuring that efforts are ongoing to improve the living conditions of the population.

The 51st session of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF) started this Tuesday, July 7, 2026, with a meeting of the APF Bureau members.

The meeting was chaired by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie and Senior Vice President of the National Assembly, Hon. Hilarion Etong, at the Paul Biya Glass House.

The Assembly aims to strengthen cooperative relations with the member states of La Francophonie.

Nearly 400 parliamentarians and institutional leaders from some 100 Francophonie parliaments, as well as 100 young parliamentarians, will be participating.

The State is reflecting on ways of transforming diaspora remittances into productive investments through the intervention of Deposits and Consignment Funds.

This was the focus of a high level international panel opened by Finance Minister Louis Paul Motaze insisting that transparency, good governance and risk mitigation must be guaranteed to serve as safeguards.

The event brought together representatives of Deposits and Consignment Funds of Gabon, Sénégal, Niger, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire , Benin and France as well as development partners.

Fifty-one police officers drawn from all ranks of the National Security Force have completed a five-day training course on public order maintenance and crowd management on June 26,2026 in Yaoundé.

The programme, which ran from June 22 to 26, 2026, equipped participants with modern skills in crowd control, operational planning, intervention protocols and public-space management.

The officers, including Police Commissioners, Police Officers, Police Inspectors and Peacekeepers, received theoretical and practical training designed to enhance security during major public events and improve the management of large gatherings.

The closing ceremony at the National Higher Police School was presided over by Baya Dominique, Secretary General of the General Delegation for National Security, representing the Delegate General for National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguélé. Also in attendance was the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Cameroon, H.E. Juan-Pedro Gomez Delaunay.

Addressing the participants, Baya Dominique called on them to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the training with professionalism and responsibility. He further urged them to share the expertise gained with their colleagues and continue promoting best practices in maintaining law and order.

For his part, Ambassador Juan-Pedro Gomez Delaunay praised the professionalism, commitment and spirit of cooperation demonstrated throughout the training. He noted that the programme reflects the growing security partnership between Cameroon and Spain.

The training is expected to strengthen the capacity of National Security personnel to safeguard civil liberties, secure public spaces and effectively manage crowds during demonstrations, sporting events, cultural gatherings and other large-scale public activities.

Egoh Yvonne (Intern)