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1, May 2017
Thousands of Southern Cameroon workers have boycotted celebrations to mark the International Workers’ Day 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
Thousands of Southern Cameroon workers have boycotted celebrations to mark the International Workers’ Day. Labor unions in Anglophone Cameroon have often demand better working conditions from La Republique du Cameroun and are presently seeking an independent state of West Cameroon. The International Workers’ Day, also known as the May Day, is marked on May 1 […]
1, May 2017
Storms in US South and Midwest kill at least 14 people 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Deadly weekend storms have left at least 14 dead in the Midwestern and Southern United States, according to officials, as eastern regions faced potential damaging winds and isolated tornadoes into Monday. Severe weather devastated homes, overturned cars and felled trees, with the National Weather Service confirming at least four tornadoes in Texas. The mayor of […]
1, May 2017
Blair to ‘get his hands dirty’ with UK politics again 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has announced his plan to “get his hands dirty” with domestic politics again, 20 years after beating John Major to enter Downing Street. In an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper published on Monday, Blair said he is returning to politics in order to fight against the UK leaving […]
30, April 2017
Douala: Soldier charged after 2 women stabbed to death 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A soldier serving with the Rapid Intervention Battalion, BIR has stabbed two women to death in Douala. Military sources revealed that the serviceman carried out the evil act on the night of April 27th to the 28th at Ndogpassi, a popular district in Douala, the economic metropolis. According to Cameroon Concord News sources, the soldier […]
30, April 2017
War on terror: Fighting erupts in Kolofata District, casualties reported 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A dozen of Boko Haram fighters were killed during a heavy gun battle in the Kolofata district in the Mayo-Sava Division, the Far-North region. The militants of the Nigerian Islamic sect armed with war rifle and on motorcycles attacked the village of Ndaba located at a border crossing in Nigeria forcing people to flee. Cameroon […]
30, April 2017
Archbishop of Bamenda says he does not know who is dragging him to court 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
After a nebulous group known as the consortium of parents dragged the Bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province to court to answer a seven-count charge brought against them, L’Effort Camerounais caught up with the Archbishop of Bamenda to have his reading of the present imbroglio. Excerpts: How do you react to the recent court summons […]
30, April 2017
A new Mike Tyson is born 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Anthony Joshua emerged victorious from the biggest post-war boxing bout held on British soil by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in front of a 90,000 crowd. The two titans squared off at Wembley Stadium watched on by the cream of Hollywood’s A-list. The British fighter was floored in the sixth round but fought back to drop […]
29, April 2017
Tanzania fires 10,000 civil servants over fake documents 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday fired nearly 10,000 civil servants accused of having falsified academic qualifications to get their jobs. The civil servants have been given 15 days to leave their jobs or risk jail terms of up to seven years. Speaking in the capital, Dodoma, Magufuli described the 9,932 officials as “robbers and […]
29, April 2017
Musonge Commission: The rise and fall of the Peter Mafany Anglophone gang 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
The members of the so-called National Commission for Bilingualism and Multiculturalism have been installed into their functions. The Thursday 27th April 2017 ceremony at the Yaoundé Conference Centre has been rubbished by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium. The team headed by an anti grass-field former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge was commissioned by the […]
2, May 2017
Nigeria navy arrests ten suspects on ship of stolen oil 0
by soter • Headline News, News, Nigeria
The Nigerian navy has arrested 10 suspects after intercepting a vessel carrying stolen crude oil off the coast of the Niger Delta, a senior military official said on Wednesday. The suspects – a Nigerian, two Pakistanis, three Ghanaians, one Indonesian, one Beninois and two Ukrainians – had siphoned about two thousand metric tonnes of crude […]