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9, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Human rights abuses are ongoing 0
The Southern Cameroons crisis that started in late 2016 has put Cameroon in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, especially regarding human rights abuses. Over the last fifteen months, the country’s English-speaking regions have witnessed huge human rights abuses that have caught the attention of human rights groups and the United Nations. Besides physical […]
8, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Are we losing the message war? 0
Every Anglophone must let the world know that our people are being massacred because of our God-given natural resources. This is a debate the Biya regime and its supporters don’t want because they cannot defend the wanton and systemic pillage and exploitation of Anglophone resources to finance a Beti cabal of tribal jingoists, while a […]
8, March 2018
UN says Biya regime must de-escalate Anglophone crisis, allow human rights monitors 0
The United Nations Human Rights chief has stressed that it is in the interest of the Cameroonian government to de-escalate tensions arising from the Anglophone crisis. In an oral update by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to the 37th session of the Human Rights Council on March 7, 2018; he added that his office had yet […]
8, March 2018
Southern Cameroons Struggle: The Caution by the Interim Government was reasonable and timely 0
The Communication Secretary of the Interim Government, the Right Honorable Chris Anu delivered a very important message to Southern Cameroonians/Ambazonians a few days ago, which require a critical examination in some respects. After critically examining the Chris Anu pronouncements, Cameroon Concord News Group strongly supports the cautionary statements made by the Hon Communication Secretary. Time has […]
8, March 2018
Yaounde: Journalist put in dog kennel at ex-minister Alain Edgard Mebe Ngo’o’s house 0
Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday said a Cameroonian journalist was stripped, slapped and forced in to a dog’s kennel at the house of a former minister. The journalist visited the home of ex-transport minister Alain Edgard Mebe Ngo’o on Saturday, the day after the politician left the top job. “After reporting to a guard at […]
8, March 2018
Biya’s Continued Stay in Power: ELECAM validates 36 lists for the Senate elections 0
Cameroon’s Electoral Commission (Elecam) has made public the lists of candidates selected for the 2018 senatorial elections, which take place on March 25th. Of the 42 lists submitted by 9 political parties in competition, 36 were validated and 5 others rejected. The Social Democratic Front (SDF), the so-called main opposition party reportedly withdrew its list […]
8, March 2018
Mario Balotelli attacks Italy’s first black senator 0
Mario Balotelli, Italy’s most famous black footballer, said on Wednesday a politician who has become the first black person elected to the Senate should be ashamed of himself for representing a fiercely anti-migrant party. Nigerian-born Toni Iwobi moved to Italy in 1976 and joined the League in 1993, serving as a local councillor. He was […]
8, March 2018
US Senate minority leader says White House is getting ‘hollowed out’ 0
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the exit of President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, is another indication the White House is getting “hollowed out.” “One of the problems here is the White House is getting hollowed out and the number of people capable of doing things, of doing real things […]
7, March 2018
Nigeria probes man who attempted to fly with over $375,000 cash 0
Nigeria Customs earlier this month arrested man who attempted to travel with $375,000 cash to the United Arab Emirates. They have since handed the suspect over to the anti-graft body. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday confirmed that Customs had handed over one Adamu Rabiu Mohammed to them for investigations. Adamu was […]
9, March 2018
Congo-Brazzaville: Former Vice President Bemba loses bribery appeal as judges order new sentence 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
War crimes judges at The Hague on Thursday rejected an appeal by former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba against a bribery conviction, calling instead for a new jail term to be imposed. Bemba, 55, was sentenced last year by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to a year in prison and fined 300,000 euros for interfering with witnesses in […]