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11, April 2024
Ethiopia: U.S Senator Cardin Statement on the Killing of Bate Urgessa 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the killing of Bate Urgessa, a leader of the Oromo Liberation Front, in Meki in Oromia. “The killing of Bate Urgessa on Tuesday night was shocking and upsetting. I offer my deepest condolences to the family for their […]
10, April 2024
Louisette Ngo Yebel: Son guilty of killing journalist 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A Journalist’s son confessed to have slaughtered his mother in Yaoundé the nation’s capital whose death recently sparked national anger. Batek Yebel Landry a notorious drug addict and gambler admitted to murdering Louisette Ngo Yebel his mother a few hours after he was arrested by police officers. Many wrongfully thought the killing was ordered by […]
9, April 2024
Football: Real Madrid and Man City draw 3-3 in Champions League thriller 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Real Madrid and Champions League holders Manchester City shared a pulsating 3-3 draw in a rollercoaster quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Bernardo Silva put City ahead with a low free-kick but Ruben Dias’ own goal and Rodrygo Goes helped Madrid dramatically and swiftly fight back. Manchester City’s own quick-fire double in the second half through […]
9, April 2024
Dublin: Simon Harris pledges ‘new ideas, energy’ after becoming Ireland’s youngest PM 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
Lawmaker Simon Harris was elected Ireland’s prime minister by a vote in parliament Tuesday, becoming at 37 the country’s youngest-ever leader. Harris takes over as head of Ireland’s three-party coalition government from Leo Varadkar, who announced his surprise resignation last month. Harris, who served as higher education minister in Varadkar’s government, was the only candidate […]
9, April 2024
Eto’o skips Marc Brys unveiling ceremony 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Cameroon’s new coach Marc Brys penned a contract on Monday but the Belgian’s appointment by the government remains contentious as the football federation did not attend the signing ceremony. Brys has been handed a 2-1/2-year contract by Cameroon’s sports ministry but the federation (FECAFOOT) was conspicuous by its absence at the event in Yaounde. Last […]
9, April 2024
Indomitable Lions: Eto’o and Biya regime at daggers-drawn positions 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
A war has reportedly broken out between the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) and the government itself, following the appointment of Marc Brys as coach of the Indomitable Lions. In Monday’s edition of French newspaper Le Monde, it was reported that Samuel Eto’o, the president of Fecafoot, presented a list comprising three names to political leaders, […]
8, April 2024
Minister Narcisse overwhelming verdict on who should become next manager of the Lions 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
The Minister for Sports and Physical Education has officially installed Marc Brys as head coach of the Indomitable Lions in a move described by some football commentators as counterproductive. Cameroon Concord News understands that the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) reportedly interviewed three other managers ever since Rigobert Song was sacked and Marc Brys was not […]
8, April 2024
Champions League: Madrid ‘lacked courage’ against City, says Ancelotti before rematch 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday his team played without courage or personality when Manchester City knocked them out of the Champions League last season, ahead of another showdown with the English champions. Pep Guardiola’s side thrashed Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in last season’s semi-finals and Ancelotti called on his players to show more […]
7, April 2024
Yaoundé: Cardinal Sarah urges 12 newly ordained Catholic Priests in Obala Diocese to “be attentive to the flock” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Robert Cardinal Sarah has called upon the 12 newly ordained Priests for the Catholic Diocese of Obala in Cameroon to be attentive to the needs of the people of God under their pastoral care. In his homily during the Friday, April 5 Priestly ordination, Cardinal Sarah hailed the vocation to the Priesthood and called upon the 12 Deacons to […]
11, April 2024
O.J. Simpson former NFL star dies aged 76 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
O.J. Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” […]