Bishop in Cameroon calls on voters to ‘make no mistake’ in this year’s election

Bishop in Cameroon calls on voters to ‘make no mistake’ in this year’s election

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As Cameroon gear up for a presidential election later this year, a Catholic bishop in the central African country has urged citizens to vote their consciences and to avoid errors in their choice of president that they may live to regret. Cameroonians are scheduled to vote in a Presidential election in October, with the country’s 92-year-old President, Paul Biya – in power now for over 43 years – still expected to seek an eigh…

At Annual Pilgrimage, Catholic Bishop in Cameroon Encourages Devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary, “bearer of hope”

At the annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady in Doumelong, Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Bafoussam has recognized the Blessed Virgin Mary as “a bearer of hope” and encouraged devotion to her.  In his homily during the April 12 event, Bishop Lontsié-Keuné reflected on the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the context of the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. “Hope does not disappoint. The Blessed V…

Recently designated the RDPC's political boss in Adamaoua, the MP faces a new major challenge: mobilising a slinging region behind Paul Biya's candidacy for the presidential election.

The historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe gave an interview to France 24, in which he takes a contrasting look at the state of democracy on the African continent, between coups, presidents who stay in power for a long time and democratic alternations. Achille Mbembe calls for the end of the CFA franc and French military bases in Africa, urging to “move on” as quickly as possible. For the Cameroonian intellectual, Françafrica is “objectively o…

Bishop of Bafoussam calls on voters to ‘make no mistake’ in this year’s election – Cameroon Intelligence Report

As Cameroon gear up for a presidential election later this year, a Catholic bishop in the central African country has urged citizens to vote their consciences and to avoid errors in their choice of president that they may live to regret. Cameroonians are scheduled to vote in a Presidential election in October, with the country’s 92-year-old President, Paul Biya – in power now for over 43 years – still expected to seek an eighth mandate. The worl…

Bishop of Bafoussam calls on voters to ‘make no mistake’ in this year’s election – Cameroon Concord News

As Cameroon gear up for a presidential election later this year, a Catholic bishop in the central African country has urged citizens to vote their consciences and to avoid errors in their choice of president that they may live to regret. Cameroonians are scheduled to vote in a Presidential election in October, with the country’s 92-year-old President, Paul Biya – in power now for over 43 years – still expected to seek an eighth mandate. The worl…