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26, February 2018
Ohio governor John Kasich says US witnessing ‘the end of a two-party system’ 0
The Governor of the US state of Ohio John Kasich says the two-party system that has dominated US politics for over a century might be nearing its end. “We may be beginning to see the end of a two-party system,” Kasich, a Republican, told ABC News on Sunday. “I’m starting to really wonder if we are […]
25, February 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: President Buhari confronting the moral compass 0
Cameroon Concord News Group condemns the abduction of the 110 innocent school girls in the town of Dapchi in Yobe state, North East Nigeria by Boko Haram. Cameroon Concord News stands firmly in solidarity with the families of the abductees in asking for an urgent search and rescue of the abductees. Like the yet unresolved […]
25, February 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Another senior gov’t official abducted, female gendarme killed 0
Animbom Aron Yong, the Regional Delegate for Social Affairs for the North West was reportedly abducted on Saturday by unidentified individuals presented by the Biya regime as Ambazonia secessionist fighters. The kidnapping occurred while the administrative cadre had gone to Nyen, a village in the North West constituency in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. The […]
25, February 2018
70 million guns produced in US since 2008 0
US gun manufacturers have produced over 70 million firearms since 2008, quickly escalating the production of rifles and the types of semiautomatic weapons used in recent mass shootings, according to data from the US government and gun industry. In 2016, the latest year for which data is available, firearms companies sharply increased production, building 11.5 […]
25, February 2018
Fru Ndi says Biya regime bears direct blame for Anglophone crisis 0
Leader of Cameroon’s main opposition party, Social Democratic Front (SDF) Ni John Fru Ndi, officially waded into the security crisis riling the country’s Anglophone regions. In a letter to addressed to President Paul Biya, the SDF leader denounced what he termed “atrocities” committed in the English-speaking areas of Cameroon by government forces. “I must draw […]
25, February 2018
Scuffles break out as France’s Macron visits farm fair 0
Demonstrators from vegan and animal activists group “269 Life France” demonstrated against French president Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, February 24, during his first visit as president to the country’s main agricultural fair in Paris. Macron received whistles and other protests as he met visitors to the fair and journalists. French farmers are discontent over producer prices, European Union […]
25, February 2018
Mexico president shelves plan to visit US after Trump phone call 0
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has shelved a plan to visit the United States following a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, in which the US president reportedly lost his temper. The Washington Post first reported the development on Saturday, citing US and Mexican officials. It said Pena Nieto was planning to visit Washington in February […]
25, February 2018
49-year-old Joshua Osih to face Biya 0
Joshua Osih, a 49-year-old lawmaker has been elected as flagbearer of Cameroon’s main opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF). A native of the country’s southwest region, Osih is an aviation expert. He was the overwhelming choice of delegates at the SDF congress polling 1,021 votes representing 88.4% as against 134 votes (12%) polled by his closest […]
24, February 2018
Intense fighting reported in Southern Cameroons’s Muyenge 0
French Cameroun army strikes against suspected Southern Cameroons fighters in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia have continued after the British Minister left the territory, with intense fighting occurring in the South West Muyenge community, where French Cameroun rockets have reportedly landed on houses. There are reports of massive killings going on in Ngolo, Melima and […]
26, February 2018
German chancellor appoints outspoken critic as minister 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
German chancellor Angela Merkel has named a key opponent of her centrist ideas as a minister in her cabinet for a fourth term in office. Merkel said she would appoint Jens Spahn as health minister in her new government if a coalition deal with center-left Social Democrats (SPD) is finalized. The 37-year-old Spahn, a leading […]