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16, February 2018
The Nigerian Air Force and COIN operations 0
Nigeria has been trying to contain the insurgency confronting it with all possible means. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has started playing a major role in this mission and has intensified air operations in North Eastern Nigeria. NAF operations from December 20-22, 2017 neutralized scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) in Tumbun Rago, a settlement […]
16, February 2018
“Biya regime and the Ambazonia Interim Government have one surprising thing in common” 0
While the search continues to find the sub-prefect of Batibo, a locality in the Momo constituency in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia abducted last February 11 by unidentified gunmen, the Francophone governor has installed an acting Divisional Officer leading political commentators to opine that the Biya regime and the Ambazonia Interim Government have one surprising […]
16, February 2018
Fru Ndi withdraws from presidential election 0
The leader of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), Ni John Fru Ndi has announced his decision not to contest the 2018 presidential elections, which according to the ruling CPDM crime syndicate should be held between the 14th of September and the 14th of October. The 77 year old Southern Cameroonian who is also the founder […]
15, February 2018
South Africa parliament elects Ramaphosa as new president 0
South African lawmakers formally named wealthy former businessman Cyril Ramaphosa as new president Thursday after scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma resigned under intense pressure from his own party. Ramaphosa, the only candidate, was approved without a vote by the parliament in Cape Town, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng told assembled lawmakers to loud cheers. Zuma announced his resignation late […]
15, February 2018
US Senate unveils immigration plan, defying Trump 0
A bipartisan group of US senators in Congress have unveiled a compromise plan to protect so-called “Dreamers” and boost border security, defying President Donald Trump’s demand to embrace his more hardline plan. The potential breakthrough, reached Wednesday after hours of closed-door deliberations, would protect from deportation 1.8 million immigrants brought to the United States illegally […]
15, February 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis worsen: Reports 0
The crisis in Cameroon is getting worse each day as fighting between separatist groups degenerates with casualties on both sides. The situation has been disturbing following the kidnapping of a senior government official in the English speaking north western town of Batibo by the separatists. Source: Channel Africa
15, February 2018
Gun nightmare in US schools: Shooting every 60hrs 0
The Wednesday mass shooting at a high school in Florida was the 18th shooting at a school since the beginning of 2018, that is one shooting every 60 hours. There has been over 6,500 shooting incidents across the US so far, leading to the death of over 1,820 people and injuring more than 3,100 other. The […]
15, February 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: Biya appoints Ernest Nkwandze as interim DO of Batibo 0
The 85 year-old President Paul Biya has appointed Ernest Nkwandze as interim Divisional Officer for the Batibo constituency in Momo Division following the abduction of Namata Marcel Diteng on February the 11th by unknown gunmen. Ernest Nkwandze was installed on February 14, 2018 by the North-West Governor, Adolphe Lélé Lafrique. The governor reportedly held a […]
15, February 2018
French raid in Mali leaves at least 10 dead 0
French air power on Wednesday killed at least 10 jihadists in northeast Mali near the border with Algeria, local and foreign military sources said. “French forces on Wednesday led at least one raid near Tinzaouatene, at the Algerian border, against the terrorists,” a local Malian military source told AFP. “There were at least 10 deaths and […]
16, February 2018
Ethiopian PM resigns ‘to enable reform’ 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suddenly resigned on Thursday in what he described as a bid to smooth reforms, following years of violent unrest that threatened the ruling party’s hold on Africa’s second most populous nation. The resignation — unprecedented in Ethiopia’s history — followed a wave of strikes this week in towns near the […]