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6, April 2018
Southern Cameroons Genocide Cover Up: Yaounde arrest Rwanda genocide suspect wanted in France 0
A former Rwandan policeman has been arrested in Cameroon on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a judicial source in France, where he is wanted over the killings, said. Philippe Hategekimana was arrested in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, on March 30 under an international warrant issued by French magistrates specialising in crimes against humanity. […]
6, April 2018
Did Gadaffi fund Ukraine opposition leader’s failed presidential bid? 0
Corruption investigators in Ukraine are looking into allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave a multi-million euro donation to the presidential campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2010, Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Ariev said. Tymoshenko denies the claims, but reports of past illicit campaign financing could damage the Ukrainian opposition leader, who is currently beating President […]
6, April 2018
Spain: Pro-independence Catalans celebrate as Puigdemont granted bail 0
Pro-independence Catalans celebrated the decision by a German court to release on bail the former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont but also protested for the freedom of other jailed separatists in Spain. The state court in Schleswig, Germany said the 55-year-old ex-president could leave a prison in northern Germany with a 75,000-euro ($92,000) payment. It […]
6, April 2018
Yaounde: CPDM gov’t bans the sale of arms and ammunition in six regions 0
Cameroon has banned the sale of arms and ammunition in six regions of the country, including the two English-speaking regions where a deep socio-political crisis has played out for over a year, the authorities announced Thursday. The Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has decreed “the prohibition, until further notice, of the sale of […]
5, April 2018
CPDM crime syndicate “wins” 90% of elective senate seats 0
Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM), the country’s ruling party has swept an overwhelming majority of seats in the senate after the March 25 polls. According to official results from the elections body, ELECAM, CPDM won 63 out of the 70 seats available. The remaining seven seats went to the main opposition, Social Democratic Front (SDF). CPDM won in nine […]
5, April 2018
Yaounde: Issa Tchiroma’s kidnap and rescue account disputed by tour operator 0
African Adventures, a tour operator in Cameroon says the government’s official statement that a dozen foreign tourists had been rescued in a military operation was not accurate. Government said on Wednesday that security forces had rescued a dozen foreign tourists and six locals kidnapped in the restive Anglophone region. The foreign contingent were said to […]
5, April 2018
France ‘to launch European military crisis force in June’ 0
France says it will “launch” a deployable European military crisis force in June, with French defense officials confirming that the army would work outside of existing European Union efforts. French Defense Ministry sources revealed on Wednesday that the French government had been in touch with a dozen countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, […]
5, April 2018
Liverpool fans bombard Man City bus with bottles 0
Liverpool fans threw bottles and cans and aimed fireworks at the Manchester City bus as it arrived at Anfield ahead of Wednesday night’s Champions League game. In the video, Liverpool fans can be seen launching bottles at Manchester City’s bus before the game on April 4. Liverpool won the game, 3-0. (Source: AP)
5, April 2018
Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio wins Sierra Leone presidential runoff 0
Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio has won a narrow victory in a run-off election to become Sierra Leone’s next president, according to official results by the country’s electoral body. The National Electoral Commission announced at 10:00pm local time that Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won 51.8 percent of a total of […]
6, April 2018
South Korea ex-president Park jailed for 24 years 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader, who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months which ended with Park being found guilty on […]