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1, June 2018
Explainer: Anglophone Cameroon’s separatist conflict gets bloodier 0
Clashes between insurgents fighting for a breakaway republic in Cameroon’s English-speaking region and security forces have killed scores of people and displaced tens of thousands more since the conflict intensified late last year. In the bloodiest incident to date, Cameroonian forces surrounded and killed more than two dozen suspected separatists in the town of Menka, […]
1, June 2018
CAMEROON BILINGUALISM: A MIGHTY FRAUD AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS! 0
One of the things imperial Cameroon brandishes to the world as a success is its bilingualism. No one seems to see that Cameroon bilingualism is an act of fraud; that it disrespects the Anglophone component of the imposed nation; that it is an arch example of colonization and assimilation; that nowhere else in the whole […]
1, June 2018
Trump attacks attorney general Sessions as fight builds over Russia probe 0
US President Donald Trump says he regrets naming Jeff Sessions as attorney general, as pressure on the White House grows from a special counsel’s probe into possible campaign collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice. After The New York Times reported that Trump pressured Sessions to reverse his recusal from overseeing the Russia probe in […]
1, June 2018
The 2 years Southern Cameroons war may never end 0
The United Nations and some renowned media houses in the West have started reporting on the deteriorating situation in Southern Cameroons barely two years into the conflict. Prof Patrice Nganang in a recent televised interview described the war in Southern Cameroons as an eroding stalemate in which the Ambazonian Interim Government and its Self-Defense Council […]
1, June 2018
Uganda imposes tax on social media use 0
Uganda’s parliament has imposed a tax on the use of social media in a bid to raise revenue but opponents of the law say it aims to stifle criticism of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. Users will be charged 200 shillings ($0.0531) per day for services such as Facebook, Twitter […]
1, June 2018
Nigeria: Conviction of former governor boosts anti-corruption hopes 0
The conviction of former governor Jolly Nyame has boosted hopes of change in Nigeria which has battled against corruption for a long time. Nigerian lawyers and activists on Thursday welcomed the jailing of a former state governor for corruption, hoping it will set a precedent for a string of other high-profile suspects. Jolly Nyame was […]
31, May 2018
Repression is worsening in Cameroon- The Economist 0
THE parade featured singing schoolchildren and goose-stepping soldiers. A giant presidential portrait was wheeled along the boulevard. To some observers it must have looked like a comic sketch about an event staged by an African dictator. But no one dared snigger. The celebration of Cameroon’s national day on May 20th was lorded over by President […]
31, May 2018
Letters to the editor: Why Biya will fall 0
The 85 year old murderer and war criminal is taking the last kicks of a dying horse. It is obvious that this disgusting animal has committed the vilest and atrocious acts in Southern Cameroons that the face of the earth has ever seen. He has killed and tortured thousands of Ambazonian men and women and […]
31, May 2018
Naija: Buhari approves Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill 0
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, 75, has approved a law to reduce age limits to serve in political office, making it easier for younger candidates to run in next year’s election. The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill says a 35-year-old can serve as president – the previous threshold was 40. Anyone who is 25 or above can be state […]
1, June 2018
As Cameroon prepares for the African Cup of Nations, trees fall 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Sports
“Cameroon’s ability to host the 2019 Africa football Cup of Nations depends on the availability of adapted modern infrastructure,” said Oumarou Tado, secretary general of Cameroon’s Ministry of Sports and Physical Education. “It is regrettable that many of these new projects have led to vast deforestation – but we had to meet the strict (guidelines) […]