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23, April 2017
The Holy Father likens refugee centers in Europe to concentration camps 0
by soter • Headline News, Religion, World
Pope Francis has likened the detention camps set up by European states to hold refugees to concentration camps. “Refugee camps, many of them, are of concentration [conditions] because of the great number of people left there, inside them,” the leader of the Roman Catholic Church said during a sermon at the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew […]
23, April 2017
Southern Cameroons: UN envoy “optimistic, determined” after internet restoration 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
In a statement on Friday; a day after internet services were restored in the crisis-hit North West and South West regions, the special representative of the U.N Secretary-General for Central Africa said the internet restoration will reduce the tension in the Anglophone regions. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa has […]
23, April 2017
French Cameroun: CPDM-style scandal rocks the Ministry of Scientific Research 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News, Technology
Another CPDM-style scandal has rocked the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation. In this new Francophone scandal, two lists were released and reportedly signed by the Minister. The first list was published on the 18th of January 2017 and the second on the 10th of April. Both lists have different names of successful candidates recruited […]
22, April 2017
Biya Francophone gov’t to use the internet as a political weapon against Southern Cameroonians 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
The Biya Francophone government has announced that it will use the internet as a political weapon against Southern Cameroonians. The statement was made public by the Francophone Minister of Communication and so-called government spokesman, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. In a release read over state radio and television, the regime in Yaounde threatened to disconnect internet in […]
22, April 2017
One million displaced in DR Congo’s Kasai due to violence 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Deadly violence between government forces and tribal militias in DR Congo’s central Kasai region has forced more than a million people from their homes over the past eight months, the UN said Friday. The fighting erupted after government troops last August killed tribal chief Jean Pierre Mpandi, also known as Kamwina Nsapu, who had launched […]
22, April 2017
Southern Cameroons: UN Special Representative calls on Biya to promote dialogue and appeasement 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General has reacted to the Biya decision to order the restoration of internet in Southern Cameroons. A statement from the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) said Mr. François Louncény Fall, has learnt of the decision by the 84 year old dictator instructing that internet services […]
21, April 2017
Anglophone Problem: Government Buckles under Pressure 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
The government of Cameroon yesterday restored Internet connection in the Country’s Anglophone region following pressure from the International community that has clearly frowned upon the government’s decision to roll back the English-speaking minority into the dark ages. The Internet disconnection which lasted some one hundred days, has brought untold hardship and pain to companies and […]
21, April 2017
Anglophone Crisis: The Preaching Bishop addresses Christians in the Mamfe Diocese 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Headline News, Religion
MESSAGE TO ALL PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS MEN AND WOMEN, MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S LAY FAITHFUL AND PEOPLE OF GOODWILL IN THE DIOCESE OF MAMFE DIRECT SUMMONS TO THE BISHOPS OF BUEA, MAMFE AND KUMBA TO APPEAR IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN BUEA OVER CRIMINAL CHARGES Dear Rev. Fathers, Rev. Brothers and Sisters, All Christ’s Lay […]
21, April 2017
Southern Cameroons: Biya will release Agbor Balla, Neba Fontem soon 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
President Paul Biya has ordered the restoration of internet services to the crisis-hit North West and South West regions in a move widely seen as a step towards unlocking the Anglophone crisis deadlock. The presidential instructions given on Thursday April 20, 2017 come 93 days after the regions were deprived of what the U.N. calls […]
24, April 2017
Anglophone Problem: The solution must be holistic 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Over the last weeks, the government has been bending over backwards to address some of the issues the country’s Anglophone minority had complained about with a view to bringing back peace to the country. Initially, the government felt its authority had been challenged by the English-speaking minority and it was time for it to show […]