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16, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Behind the Facade 0
The crisis that has thrust Cameroon into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons is unfortunately getting worse by the day. The country that was known as an oasis of peace in a desert of chaos has itself become the epitome of chaos. Human rights abuses are legion. The country’s English-speaking population is being depleted […]
16, March 2018
Amnesty says Shell, Eni negligent on Nigeria oil spills 0
Amnesty International on Friday accused international oil majors Shell and Eni of negligence when addressing spills in Nigeria. Describing their actions as “serious negligence,” Amnesty said the companies were “taking weeks to respond to reports of spills and publishing misleading information about the cause and severity of spills, which may result in communities not receiving […]
16, March 2018
French Cameroun holds first cabinet meeting since 2015 0
Cameroon’s ageing president has called his first cabinet meeting since 2015. Paul Biya, who has ruled the country since 1982, has called his council of ministers to Unity Palace, news agency Reuters said. However, it is not known what they will be talking about at the closed door meetings. Reuters suggests little discussion is expected, […]
16, March 2018
Nigeria: Two female suicide bombers die and nine hurt in attack on Maiduguri 0
Two female suicide bombers have been confirmed dead after a failed suicide attack in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria. The attack took place on Wednesday evening and injured nine civilians. Local reports say the women detonated their vests after being denied entry into the are by security personnel. The attack took place on Wednesday evening. […]
16, March 2018
Several killed when bridge collapses at Florida university 0
Several people were killed and cars crushed when a newly installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday in Miami-Dade County, officials said. “Several people were killed. I just don’t know how many,” Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol said in a telephone interview. There […]
15, March 2018
CAF boss Ahmad marks anniversary, how has he fared? 0
Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar celebrates one year as CAF president Friday having caused a shock last March by ending the 29-year reign of Cameroonian Issa Hayatou. It has been a hectic time for the previously largely unknown Malagasy with plenty of changes to the African football landscape and numerous meetings with heads of state. After […]
15, March 2018
Yaounde: Biya to pursue crackdown on Southern Cameroonians 0
Cameroon’s long-ruling President Paul Biya today convoked a rare cabinet meeting and vowed to push ahead with a military crackdown on English-speaking separatists in the francophone country. The west African country has had a tortuous colonial history that saw it pass from German rule to French and British hands and the anglophone minority complain of being marginalised by the […]
15, March 2018
Biya says the government is winning the war against Ambazonia 0
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, on Thursday held his first cabinet meeting since 2015 and on the back of a recent reshuffle. The event took place at the Unity Palace (presidency) in the capital Yaounde. According to a statement on the website of the presidency, Biya’s address to his appointees centered around security, decentralization, upcoming elections […]
15, March 2018
Two killed in day 3 of Guinea protests 0
A senior police source in Guinea has said two people were on Wednesday shot dead during riots in the Guinean capital as authorities clashed with anti-government protesters. The circumstances of the two civilian deaths were not yet clear, but they occurred in the Wanindara suburb of Conakry , where witnesses say police and gendarmes clashed […]
16, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Village chief found dead 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A Manyu traditional authority in the Awanchi-Betieku clan is among the latest casualty in La Republique’s war against the people of Southern Cameroons that have already claimed thousands of lives since President President Biya launched the anti-secessionist war last year. Killed by still unidentified assailants, Chief Boniface Atchu Njang of Mbeme was a well-known man […]