Cemac

  • Chief Bisong Etahoben

    #COVID19: CEMAC Countries To Experience Weak Economic Growth

    The economic growth of member countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Commission (CEMAC) will be relatively weak during the 2021 fiscal year. The reality was observed during a recent visio-conference of representatives of the member countries, which are: Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Chad, Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea. The growth rate of […]

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  • CEMAC Health Ministers Meet To Choose COVID-19 Vaccine For Their Countries
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    CEMAC Health Ministers Meet To Choose COVID-19 Vaccine For Their Countries

    Health ministers of countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Commission, (CEMAC), have been meeting by videoconference since Tuesday, Jan.19 to brainstorm on which COVID-19 vaccine to acquire for use in their respective countries. Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo Brazzaville are members of the Commission. Also taking part in […]

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  • Greenpeace Commend Cameroon For Rejecting Tax Reduction For Timber Exploiters
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    COVID-19: Price Of Timber Exports From CEMAC Countries Down By 1%

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a negative effect on the economies of the Central African Economic and Monetary Commission (CEMAC) countries and the forestry sector in these nations has been having its own share of white nights. According to the global index of the prices of products exported from the CEMAC zone, the cost […]

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  • Central Africa: Speculations As Plans To Jettison FCFA For The Eco Heightens
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Central Africa: Speculations As Plans To Jettison FCFA For The Eco Heightens

    The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) appears set to abandon the Franc CFA for the Eco currency, after the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). According to very reliable sources in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala, the “CEMAC countries and France have concluded an accord to leave the CFA to the Eco”. This […]

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  • Central African Business Bosses Say Anti-COVID-19 Measures Insufficient
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Central African Business Bosses Say Anti-COVID-19 Measures Insufficient

    Business bosses drawn from the six Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) countries have rubbished initial economic palliatives measures put in place to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic which has devastated the economies of all CEMAC member countries. The six countries are Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, all […]

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  • Poor Countries Cannot Sustain Total Lockdown Over COVID-19 - Experts
    Kunle Adebajo

    Poor Countries Cannot Sustain Total Lockdown Over COVID-19 – Experts

    The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any the world has seen before and presents unprecedented challenges. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended physical distancing measures as a way of curbing the spread of the infectious disease but the world is realising that not all countries have the resources to adequately meet this requirement. Simply put, […]

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  • CEMAC Members Will Suffer 0.9% Budget Deficit Due To COVID-19 - Report
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    CEMAC Members Will Suffer 0.9% Budget Deficit Due To COVID-19 – Report

    If the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly controlled, its negative effects on the budgets of member states of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, known as CEMAC, will record a deficit of 0.9 per cent of the 2020 public investment budgets of the bloc, according to a report. The CEMAC countries are Cameroon, Central African […]

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  • Ngarbuh Massacre: Human Rights Watch Commends Cameroon’s Admission, Calls For Justice
    Kunle Adebajo

    Ngarbuh Massacre: Human Rights Watch Commends Cameroon’s Admission, Calls For Justice

    Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organisation that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, has commended the Cameroonian government for taking “an important first step” regarding the killing of 21 civilians in Ngarbuh in Northwest Cameroon Region. The Central African country had set up a Joint Commission of Inquiry to investigate the event […]

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