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6, February 2025
Cameroon football legend Pascal Owona dies aged 84 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Former TKC Yaoundé player who captain the Indomitable Lions to their first appearance at an African Cup of Nations in 1970 in Khartoum, Sudan has died aged 84. Pascal Owona passed away on 5 February 2025 in Paris, France following an undisclosed illness. He was one of the most loved players in the history of […]
5, February 2025
Belgium: police hunt for gunmen after Brussels shooting 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
Belgian police are looking for armed men after a shooting was reported outside a metro station in the centre of Brussels. CCTV footage broadcast by local media shows at least two men wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons at the entrance of Clémenceau station in the Belgian capital early on Wednesday. Video from the scene shows […]
5, February 2025
First military flight with migrants deported from US lands in Guantanamo Bay 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
The first US military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday evening, according to a US official. It was the first step in an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the US naval base, which for decades was primarily used to detain foreigners associated […]
5, February 2025
Martin Mbarga Nguele says new National ID system to be out soonest 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Martin Mbarga Nguele, Delegate General for National Security (DGSN), announced late last week that Cameroon’s new secure identification system will launch “in the coming days,” starting with online pre-enrollment on February 17, 2025. Speaking at a New Year’s greeting ceremony with his staff in Yaounde, Nguele said the rollout would follow “a progressive schedule.” Physical […]
4, February 2025
Sweden school campus attack: Police say 10 people killed 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
Swedish police say “around 10” people have been killed in a shooting on a school campus in the central city of Orebro. Police believe the perpetrator is among the dead and that he acted alone, but a motive is not yet clear. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson describes the attack as the “worst mass shooting” in […]
4, February 2025
Bamenda: Anger erupts over death of Caterpillar driver killed by Amba fighters 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The death of a Caterpillar driver in Bamenda, the chief city in the North West region has provoked widespread outrage from road construction workers. Road maintainers in Anglophone Cameroon have a record of unsafe conditions with several reported deaths in the past few years. The horrific death of the Caterpillar driver in Bamenda has devastated […]
4, February 2025
IMF pushes for reform of Cameroon’s investment incentive law 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Cameroon, Headline News, News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not satisfied with how Cameroon has implemented its 2013 law on investment incentives. In a statement released on January 30 announcing an agreement with the Cameroonian government on the latest review of their ongoing economic and financial program, the institution called for a revision of the law. This legislation […]
4, February 2025
Zimbabwe: Cameroonians fined for illegal birth certificates 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Four Cameroonian nationals have been ordered to pay US$400 each in fines after they pleaded guilty of providing false information to obtain Zimbabwean birth certificates. Christiana Boyembe Dumba (39), Emile MuyaMuya (23), Tegha Marvel Ngei (28) and Yvette KumNnam (24) pleaded guilty before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo of contravening the Births and Deaths Registration Act. […]
4, February 2025
Sweden: At least five people injured in school campus shooting, one critically 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
At least five people have been shot on a school campus in central Sweden – four have undergone surgery in hospital, and one is critically injured One of the people in hospital is thought to be the perpetrator, police say More people may be injured, police add. Students and staff were kept inside buildings when […]
6, February 2025
Roman Catholic Bishops increasingly worried as Ambazonia conflict intensifies 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion
Catholic bishops in Cameroon have raised alarm over the ongoing suffering of Cameroonians in the conflict-ridden Northwest and Southwest regions. For eight years, separatists have been fighting to form a breakaway state named Ambazonia. It started with strikes by teachers and lawyers in the two regions demanding autonomy for the Anglosaxon education system and Common […]