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6, March 2018
Amid probe, Biya bars GM of Camtel, Deputy from leaving the country 0
David Nkoto Emane, the General Manager of Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) – a state-owned telephone operator has been barred from leaving the country. The decision also concerns Richard Maga, the deputy general manager of the company including some of their staff. The decision to prevent Camtel’s officials from leaving Cameroonian territory was taken on the instructions […]
6, March 2018
Italian centre-left leader Renzi resigns after election defeat 0
Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has announced his resignation as leader of the ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) after suffering a crushing defeat in the country’s general election. “I will obviously step down as leader of the Democratic Party,” Renzi told reporters at PD’s headquarters in Rome on Monday, after the party obtained just […]
6, March 2018
Netanyahu arrives in Washington to meet Trump 0
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington for a meeting with US President Trump, deliver a speech to America’s biggest pro-Israel group and resume his critique of the Iran nuclear deal, even as a corruption scandal involving Netanyahu grows in Israel. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greeted Netanyahu and his wife Sara […]
5, March 2018
At least 10 die in Nigeria farmer-herder clashes 0
At least 10 people were killed in several days of violence between herdsmen and farmers in eastern Nigeria, police said on Monday, but the cattle drivers gave a higher toll. Clashes broke out in a number of remote herding villages in the Mambilla district of Taraba state last Thursday and continued throughout the weekend. The […]
5, March 2018
142 Ambazonians Escape to Akwa Ibom Due to Crisis in Southern Cameroon 0
No fewer than 142 Cameroonian are taking refuge in Akwa Ibom State as a result of the crisis rocking the Southern and English-speaking areas of Cameroon, the State Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Livingstone Amadi disclosed weekend. Amadi who made the disclosure during an interview in Uyo said the refugees currently spread across three […]
5, March 2018
Ambazonia Conflict: Curfew in North West Zone extended amid security crisis 0
The curfew in Cameroon’s North West region has been extended by another week by the governor. A March 4, 2018 press release said the extension was to contain growing threats from secessionist activities. The governor “has renewed the regional order restricting the movement of persons and property as from the 3rd of March 2018 from […]
5, March 2018
7 dead in east Congo-Kinshasa raid blamed on Ugandan rebels 0
Seven people died in a raid by suspected Ugandan extremist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a string of deadly cross-border attacks, officials said Sunday. “Six people were shot dead and another was stabbed” in the village of Eringeti in DR Congo’s restive North Kivu province, a Congolese military source told […]
5, March 2018
Nigeria: Cross River government provides succour to Southern Cameroons refugees 0
The Cross River government has provided food and non food materials to over 3,500 Southern Cameroonian refugees camping in Boki local government area of the state. Presenting the items on Saturday to the refugees, Dr Mercy Akpama, Managing Director, Cross River Food Bank Commission, said that the gesture was part of the activities to mark […]
5, March 2018
Cameroonian launches drones for global market 0
Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first “made in Cameroon” drone at his sixth-floor workshop in downtown Douala, minutes from the economic capital’s Atlantic seafront. The 25-year-old, known as a high-flyer after being named one of Forbes’ most promising young Africans under 30, is enthusing about his new unmanned aerial drones […]
6, March 2018
Buhari to visit Yobe state where 110 schoolgirls abducted 0
by soter • Headline News, News, Nigeria
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Yobe, the northeastern state where 110 schoolgirls were abducted by suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram last month, the presidency said on its official Twitter feed on Monday. The presidency said Buhari would visit areas affected by criminality in the last few weeks to meet and console […]