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4, May 2017
Soldiers representing U.S. Army Africa currently in Cameroon 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Soldiers representing U.S. Army Africa are currently in Cameroon for exercise Unified Focus 17, the second accord event of the year. The accord series is composed of four major events scheduled to take place intermittently on the African continent through the beginning of August. Exercise Justified Accord 17 was held in Ethiopia last month, and […]
4, May 2017
Nigeria army bombed Sambisa forest to distract from Buhari deteriorating health 0
by soter • Headline News, News, Nigeria
The Nigerian army has said that its air force carried a raid near the Sambisa forest that wounded the crazy Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau and killed one of his deputies. The Nigerian military also stated that the northeastern Nigeria air raid was staged last Friday in Balla, a village some 40 km from Damboa. […]
3, May 2017
Southern Cameroons: Hopes fade for deal as Lawyers protest continues 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Southern Cameroon lawyers did not respect the call from the so-called President of the Bar Association of Cameroon Jackson Francis Ngnie Kamga to put an end to their strike action on Tuesday, May 2. In Bamenda and Buea the courts remained empty and work has not resumed. The Anglophone lawyers had warned Barrister Kamga to […]
3, May 2017
EU to stop Schengen controls by November 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
EU countries that imposed border controls in the passport-free Schengen area because of the migrant crisis should end them by November, Brussels said Tuesday. Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and non-EU Norway introduced the ID checks in 2015 and have been allowed to repeatedly prolong them at set intervals. Sweden said earlier Tuesday that it was […]
3, May 2017
Biya expected in China 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
President Paul Biya will visit China at the invitation of the Chinese President. The information was made public by Wei Wenhua the Chinese Ambassador to Cameroon. It would be Mr.Biya’s sixth trip to a country whose volume of trade with Cameroon now stands at 1, 96 billion US dollars. Ambassador Wei Wenhua told local newsmen […]
3, May 2017
Equatorial Guinea Minister says Biya only sheltering thieves 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
A Cameroonian senator, Francois-Xavier Ondo has reportedly extorted the sum of 465 million FCFA from a senior political figure and aide to the Head of State of Equatorial Guinea in one of the biggest 419 scams in the country’s history. Edjo Avomo Melchor Esono, a former Minister and current senator in Equatorial Guinea was rolled […]
2, May 2017
Archbishop Kleda’s letter: Unnecessary and unwarranted 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
There is a letter in circulation from the Catholic Bishops of Cameroon signed by the Arch Bishop of Douala. This is a second letter written by the Bishops of Cameroon. Like the first letter, this letter fails to clearly identify the problem the writers purport to be concerned about. I find the use of contentious […]
2, May 2017
French PM warns of EU death if Le Pen wins presidency 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has warned that the European Union will not survive if far-right leader Marine Le Pen becomes president. “The European Union, weakened by Brexit, would not be able to withstand the new shock that would be constituted by the arrival in power in France of a government that is openly europhobic,” […]
2, May 2017
French speaking Cameroonians celebrate Labour Day in style 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
French speaking Cameroonians joined the International Community and commemorated the International Labour Day on the 1st May 2017. Commemorative activities held under the theme, “Securing Decent Work for Sustainable Social Economic Development.” The major highlight of the day was their usual march past organized in the regions. Also on the program was the award of […]
4, May 2017
Anglophone journalists protest police harassment, media crackdown 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Some news reporters grouped under the National Union of Cameroon Journalists, SNJC converged in Buea and demanded the immediate release of all Southern Cameroon journalists arrested during the current Anglophone uprising. They marched through the streets of Buea from the University junction to Miss Bright Inn brandishing placards which called on the Francophone government to […]