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10, March 2018
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Fame Ndongo appoints another corpse in Maroua University 0
It appears there is no limit to the odium Cameroonians will suffer at the hands of Paul Biya and his “untouchable” Higher Education Minister, Fame Ndongo. After the scandal involving Biya’s laptop computers, Fame Ndongo, in a communique signed and published March 7, 2018, appointed Prof Teyabe Marcelline née Dama to head the Language Sciences […]
10, March 2018
Yaounde releases women arrested over protesting Anglophone crisis 0
The government of Cameroon has released women that were arrested on Friday for protesting killings in the Anglophone regions of the country. The women marching in the capital Yaounde, were led by the national coordinator of Cameroon People Party (CPP), Edith Kahbang Walla, also known as Kah Walla. Kah Walla said the protest march was […]
9, March 2018
Civil society groups uncertain about Biya regime’s capacity to resolve the Ambazonia crisis 0
The reconstitution of the Cameroonian government on March 2, many not be enough to calm tensions in some English-speaking regions of the country. In Bamenda, the northwestern part of the country, for example, some residents have protested against the retention and appointment of certain English-speaking personalities. Civil society groups say this realignment is not a […]
9, March 2018
UN says 2 million children face starvation in Congo-Kinshasa 0
More than two million children suffer from severe malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are at risk of dying if they do not get the needed assistance. That is what the United Nations has warned. In Geneva, Jens Laerke, a UN spokesman, said during a briefing on Friday that the UN’s humanitarian […]
9, March 2018
On This Day In 2002: FIFA Bans Cameroon’s Sleeveless Shirts 0
On a holiday last year, whilst I lay back on a sun lounger with a cold pint of Greek lager on the beautiful island of Kefalonia, from behind my sunglasses I spied an elderly (ish) man taking up residence on the opposite side of the swimming pool. Nothing odd about that as the hotel I […]
9, March 2018
US troops in Cameroon to receive ‘danger pay’ 0
U.S. forces deployed to Niger, Mali and Cameroon will now receive “imminent danger pay,” which will be awarded retroactively to some troops who operated in those countries, according to a Defense Department memorandum. The decision to grant danger pay comes five months after an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers. For […]
9, March 2018
Russia slams ex-spy poisoning claims as ‘propaganda’ 0
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses as “propaganda” accusations that Moscow was behind a nerve agent attack on a former double agent residing in Britain. British media and politicians have said the attack on Sergei Skripal, who came to Britain in a spy swap in 2010, bears the hallmarks of a Russian operation. “They’re leveling […]
9, March 2018
Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta calls opposition leader Raila Odinga “his brother” 0
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta called opposition leader Raila Odinga “his brother” on Friday and promised “we will begin a process of bringing our people together” after last year’s contentious elections. Odinga told national television “it is time to resolve our differences,” as the two politicians made their first public appearance together since the Oct. 26 […]
9, March 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: North West Governor imposes total ban on motorbikes 0
Governor of Cameroon’s North West region has issued an order suspending the total circulation of motorbikes within certain subdivisions of the region. The regional order dated March 8 was made considering: the exigencies of security, the preservation of peace and maintenance of law and order. The main sections of the order read: “As from the […]
10, March 2018
Prominent Nigerian lawyer says Buhari admin maltreated, deported Southern Cameroonian refugees unjustly 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
The conflict in Southern Cameroun following the declaration of the Republic of Ambazonia has created a humanitarian crisis with thousands of Southern Cameroonians fleeing into Nigeria. In this interview published by The New Telegraph, a lawyer and human rights activist, Abdul Oroh, examines the plight of the members of the Interim Government and other deportees […]