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14, March 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: 3 gendarmerie officers among dead in Nguti attack 0
The bodies of three gendarmerie officers including the newly appointed Commander of the Nguti Gendarmerie Brigade, Guy Robert Lontsi have been identified at the Manyemen hospital by family members. The three were reportedly killed on Tuesday morning in clashes between security forces loyal to the Biya regime in Yaoundé and Ambazonian militants. The suspected secessionists’ […]
14, March 2018
Biya regime bans ex minister from leaving country 0
The passport of French Cameroun CPDM baron who also moonlighted as Minister of Water and Energy, Basile Atangana Kouna has been confiscated by security agents in Yaoundé. Cameroon Intelligence Report understands the former cabinet minister has also been barred from leaving the country. The decision to keep Basile Atangana Kouna under surveillance was made public […]
13, March 2018
UN says 100,000 Venezuelans claimed refugee status since 2017 0
Nearly 100,000 people who fled Venezuela have claimed refugee status since the start of 2017, the UN said Tuesday, as it ramped up response plans for a displacement crisis likely to worsen. The UN refugee agency said the number of Venezuelans who have sought asylum has shot up 2,000 percent since 2014, but the most […]
13, March 2018
Cameroonians shocked after seeing images of Late President Ahidjo’s residence 0
Cameroonians were shocked on Tuesday after seeing the dilapidated house of their first and late President, Ahmadou Ahidjo, who was known as the father of the nation. Why it matters: Mr. Ahidjo was in power for 24 years, 8 months and 17 days between 18 February 1958, and November 4, 1982, when he resigned and handed over […]
13, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Struggle: Militants kill police officer in Ashong 0
A police officer was killed over the weekend in Ashong, in the Northern Zone of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia in the midst of fighting between Southern Cameroons separatists and troops loyal to the Biya regime in Yaoundé. Cameroon Concord News gathered that the gendarmerie brigade was attacked around 10 am GMT by armed men […]
13, March 2018
38 students dead in Ethiopia bus crash 0
Ethiopia’s state-affiliated broadcaster says that a bus plunged into a ditch, killing 38 people in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region. Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that the bus veered off the road and went into the trench. It said an additional 10 people were injured. The broadcaster reported that most of the victims were university […]
13, March 2018
US: Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 0
US President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, announcing he will replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, White House officials said Tuesday. In a statement to The Washington Post, Trump praised both Pompeo and Gina Haspel the deputy director at the CIA who will succeed Pompeo at the CIA, becoming the first woman to run […]
13, March 2018
Nigeria struggles to contain dramatic spread of deadly Lassa fever 0
Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already killed 110 people this year. Even as doctors are grappling to contain the threat, health watchdogs are struggling to understand why the deadly virus has spread so dramatically. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) […]
13, March 2018
Nigeria: Buhari admin plans to negotiate for release of 110 abducted Dapchi girls 0
Nigeria’s presidency said on Monday it plans to negotiate for the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in the northeastern town of Dapchi last month, rather than use a military operation to free them by force. The kidnapping is one of the largest since the jihadist group Boko Haram abducted more than 270 […]
14, March 2018
Sierra Leone: Presidential runoff: SLPP’s Maada Bio vs. APC’s Samura Kamara 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
March 27, 2018 has been set as a runoff date to elect Sierra Leone’s next president. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced on March 13 that former foreign affairs minister, Samura Kamara will face Julius Maada Bio, a former military head of state. Kamara who leads the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) came in second […]