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5, June 2018
Saudi Arabia issues first driving license to women ahead of ban lifting date 0
Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licenses to women weeks ahead of kingdom official lifting a ban on women drivers. On Monday, the kingdom’s general traffic directorate starting replacing internationally driving licenses held by women with Saudi ones throughout the country. According to the SPA, ten women were given national licenses after handing in their international ones. […]
5, June 2018
Monkeypox outbreak spreads to five regions in Cameroon 0
The number of cumulative Monkeypox cases in Cameroon has risen to 16 since the detection of the first two cases in the North-West region on April 30. In its latest analysis of the disease outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said nine new cases – including one confirmed – had been reported by May 30. […]
4, June 2018
Yaounde: MINESEC adopts MTN mobile money for school fee payments 0
MTN Cameroon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC) for the use of its mobile money system for the payment of school fees and related charges in Cameroonian secondary schools. Parents will no longer have to move and spend hours in queues to pay their children’s school fees, […]
4, June 2018
US to cut special forces in Africa 0
The United States plans to sharply reduce the number of American Special Operations forces in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy that focuses on countering “rising threats” from Russia and China, according to a report. Defense Secretary James Mattis has ordered a review of America’s elite commando missions in recent weeks which could […]
4, June 2018
Nigeria coach names final World Cup squad 0
Nigeria’s coach named the final 23 man squad that will be representing the country at this month’s World Cup in Russia. The squad was made public on Sunday before the team set off to their training camp in Austria, for their last warm up game against Czech Republic on June 6. The Super Eagles lost a friendly […]
4, June 2018
The fighting in Southern Cameroons will continue to the next generation of Ambazonian children 0
Joseph Orock is a Southern Cameroonian who hails from the Manyu County. He stands regularly on the Nigerian side of the Mfum River- a poorly developed border crossing in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He wears a Manchester United tee-shirt and smiles friendly enough, but he carries an AK-47 by his side. Orock was raised […]
3, June 2018
At least 46 refugees killed as boat sinks off Tunisia coast 0
At least 46 refugees have been killed and 67 have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia. Tunisia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that the refugees were of Tunisian and other nationalities, adding that the rescue operation was still ongoing in the Mediterranean. Some 180 refugees, including 80 from other African […]
3, June 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: French Cameroun soldiers burn down Bekora village 0
French Cameroun soldiers invaded Bekora village in the Ekondo Titi sub constituency in Southern Cameroons on Saturday the 2nd of June 2018 and began burning houses on lame and ridiculous reason that they were hunting down Ambazonian separatists. The heavily armed Francophone soldiers burnt down several houses and destroyed properties worth millions of FCFA during […]
3, June 2018
UN calls for calm as dozens injured in Mali protests 0
The UN has called for calm in Mali after dozens of people were hurt during banned opposition protests in Bamako, sparking calls for the prime minister to resign two months ahead of a presidential election. The opposition said some 30 people were hospitalized — including prominent opposition figure Etienne Fabaka Sissoko who was left “in […]
5, June 2018
Cameroon gov’t actions in Bekora, Menka-Pinyin and Muyenge amount to war crimes 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Cameroon government attacks against Southern Cameroons settlements in Bekora-Ekondo Titi, Menka Pinyin and Muyenge were all in breach of international law. Human Rights groups have opined that the Francophone army deployed to Southern Cameroons have been targeting innocent Ambazonian civilians and they do not take any precautionary measures to minimize civilian casualties. Ever since the […]