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27, November 2024
Douala: Barrister Tamfu Richard tortured, kicked and pepper sprayed by gendarmes 0
A video of elements of the Groupement de Gendarmerie in Besseke torturing an Anglophone lawyer Barrister Tamfu Richard has sparked a massive outrage on social media even as the Biya Francophone regime in Yaoundé sought to downplay the incident. The video clip of the high-octane drama surfaced late today Wednesday that showed the Francophone gendarmerie […]
27, November 2024
Yaoundé: Digital rights advocates find gaps in Biya regime’s data protection bill 0
Internet and digital rights advocacy organization, Paradigm Initiative, as well as other rights advocates in Cameroon have hailed the country for introducing a dedicated personal data protection draft legislation, but believe there are gaps and inadequacies that must be addressed before the text is operationalized. Government tabled the bill at the National Assembly on November […]
27, November 2024
UN Committee urges Biya regime to improve prison conditions 0
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) has issued a series of recommendations to the Cameroonian authorities, focusing on improving detention conditions in the country’s prisons. Among its observations, the CAT highlights the poor material conditions of detention in many facilities, including unsanitary and unhygienic environments, lack of ventilation, inadequate food and water supplies—both in […]
26, November 2024
US President confirms Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal agreed 0
US President Joe Biden has announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah The deal will take effect from 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) tomorrow, according to Biden Earlier, Israel launched extensive air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after its military issued evacuation orders in the area Israeli troops began a land invasion of Lebanon […]
25, November 2024
39% of women in Cameroon are victims of gender-based violence 0
On November 25, Cameroon joined the global community in observing the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, shedding light on the prevalence of gender-based violence in the country. According to the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family (Minproff), 39% of women in Cameroon experience gender-based violence. The ministry noted that such […]
25, November 2024
Iran’s Leader says arrest warrant not enough, Netanyahu must be executed 0
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for death sentence for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose arrest warrant has been issued by the ICC amid the regime’s genocide in Gaza and carnage in Lebanon. “The (ICC) arrest warrant is not enough, Netanyahu’s death sentence must be ordered,” Ayatollah Khamenei said […]
25, November 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Amba commander killed in Bamenda 0
Two Amba fighters, including a commander, were killed when government forces attacked their hideout early on Sunday in Bamenda the chief city in the North West region. The Cameroon government military action as confirmed by a source in the North West governor’s office was carried out in the early hours of Sunday. Yaoundé says the […]
25, November 2024
2024 Cameroon Concord Person of the Year: Longue Longue, Eto’o in final list 0
Samuel Eto’o the man who was one of the world’s best strikers in the 2000s, and who was elected president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fécafoot) on December 12, 2021 and singer Simon Longkana Agno, widely known as Longue Longue including the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi have made the final […]
24, November 2024
COP29 final draft proposes ‘at least’ $300 billion for developing countries 0
Negotiators will soon decide whether to accept a proposed $300 billion funding package for poor nations to curb and adapt to climate change — a plan hammered out early Sunday by the head of fractured United Nations climate talks. The deal to be presented to nations of “at least $300 billion by 2035” is a […]
28, November 2024
Yaoundé: Professor Robinson Mbu in tears after being sacked by Biya 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, Health, Life
More than two decades ago, Professor Robinson Mbu then President of the Manyu Elements Cultural Association in Yaoundé told this news reporter that he believed in miracles. Mbu a very brilliant Southern Cameroons student with more than twenty A level points was refused a place in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of […]