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18, March 2018
Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope’s letter 0
The Vatican bowed to pressure Saturday and released the complete letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis after coming under blistering criticism for selectively citing it in a press release and digitally manipulating a photograph of it. The previously hidden part of the letter provides the real explanation why Benedict refused to provide […]
18, March 2018
White House staffer left encrypted email passwords at bus stop 0
Ryan McAvoy, a staffer working for the administration of US President Donald Trump, reportedly left the passwords to his encrypted email account at a bus stop in Washington, DC. The aide left his ProtonMail passwords at a bus stop near the White House, according to a report by The Intercept, which obtained and verified them on a […]
17, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Self-Defense Unity: Cho Ayaba and the Akwanga gang reject collaboration 0
A very important history making event took place last weekend, Saturday March 10. A group of Ambazonian self-defense leaders for the first time under the auspices of the Interim Government came together and agreed to work collaboratively under the direction of the IG. The meeting took place in the USA, and witnessed in attendance, leaders […]
17, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Mancho Bibixy’s case on hold 0
Mancho Bibixy, a broadcaster and anglophone activist accused of “threatening Cameroon’s sovereignty” for his role in protests, has had his trial adjourned for the thirteenth since his arrest over a year ago. He first appeared in a coffin at a protest in the western city of Bamenda in November 2016, saying the vessel was symbolic […]
17, March 2018
Who will be Ethiopia’s next prime minister? 0
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition is due to meet soon to choose its next leader. That person will automatically become the prime minister. They will be taking on the role at a time of bitter internal wrangles and violent protests. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced on 15 February that he would resign as both the chairperson of […]
17, March 2018
Banana disease behind Mozambique job losses 0
Mozambican authorities say a fungal infection which eats at banana plants is to blame for at least 2,400 people losing their jobs. They say Panama disease has hit planations in the northern provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado, across an estimated area of 1,300 hectares. The country says it is looking for alternative banana varieties […]
16, March 2018
57,000 people flee violence in Congo-Kinshasa to Uganda 0
The United Nations refugee agency says more than 57,000 people have fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda this year. The UNHCR said in a statement on Friday that most of the 57,000 displaced people were women and children. UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva that the figure […]
16, March 2018
South Africa: Former President Zuma to be prosecuted 0
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, has been charged with fraud, racketeering, illegal arms dealing and much more. Zuma, 75, resigned as president last month after he was ordered to do so by his party the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Prosecutors said on Friday that there were 16 charges in total listed in Zuma’s indictment, […]
16, March 2018
Soldier loyal to Biya regime gun down in Kumba 0
Cameroonian secessionists on Wednesday shot dead a soldier in Kumba, a city in the Southwest region also known as K town. 25-year old Sardi Juvinal, a former student of Maroua high school in Cameroon’s far north, was murdered at his security post by heavily armed secessionists who have been demanding independence from the West African country for […]
18, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Top Civil Servant Abducted, Four Hurt 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Suspected separatists abducted a top civil servant Saturday in the English-speaking region of Cameroon while security sources said four people were hurt in an attack on a ministerial convoy, adding to months of recent unrest. Ivo Leke Tambo, recently-appointed chairman of Cameroon’s anglophone educational board, GCE, was abducted just outside the southwestern town of Lewo. A video was later circulated by sources […]