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2, February 2018
Kenya court orders government to lift ban on three TV stations 0
Kenya’s High Court has suspended a government blackout imposed on three private television broadcasters over a live coverage of an opposition rally in the capital Nairobi. Judge Chacha Mwita ordered Thursday that the shutdown imposed on the private stations, namely Kenya Television Network, Citizen Television and Nation Television News, would be suspended for two weeks […]
1, February 2018
Power cut leaves hundreds of gold miners trapped underground in South Africa 0
About 950 gold miners were stuck underground in South Africa on Thursday after a power cut, the mine’s owner said, though the workers were not reported to be in immediate danger. The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said a massive power outage had prevented lifts from bringing the night shift to the surface at the Beatrix gold […]
1, February 2018
Samuel Eto’o joins Turkish Super Lig club Konyaspor 0
Former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o has signed a contract with Turkish top-flight club Konyaspor after parting ways with Antalyaspor. “Eto’o is a very important player in the world and in Turkey. We are happy to see him in Konyaspor,” club president Fatih Yilmaz said. The 36-year-old former Cameroon international, who joined Antalyaspor […]
1, February 2018
French Cameroon soldier kills three civilians 0
A Cameroonian soldier shot dead three civilians overnight in the northern town of Mora, sources close to the security services said on Thursday. The man, a corporal deployed as part of the fight against the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, killed two women and a boy, according to one source. Nine others were injured. Another […]
1, February 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Amba Tigers battle military in various locations in Southern Cameroons 0
The fighting in Southern Cameroons has intensified since the extradition of the Ambazonian President, Julius Ayuk Tabe, on Monday, January 26, 2018, to Yaounde. Many young Southern Cameroonians have stepped up attacks on soldiers and gendarmes in a bid to express their frustration and anger. Early today, two gendarmes – a man and a woman […]
1, February 2018
Train carrying Republican lawmakers hits truck, leaving one dead 0
A train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat has struck a truck in West Virginia, leaving one person dead. The accident happened at about 11:15 am local time on Wednesday in the city of Crozet, according to Amtrak, the passenger railroad service carrying the lawmakers from both chambers of Congress. The lawmakers […]
1, February 2018
Growing EU frustration: Germany warns Israel 0
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has issued a warning to Israel over the EU’s rising “frustration” with the Tel Aviv regime’s policies toward the future of a so-called two-state solution. Speaking at a conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Gabriel noted that several members of the Israeli cabinet were “explicitly against the two-state solution.” He added that […]
31, January 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Francophone fighters join Anglophones 0
Cameroonian authorities have become more concerned about the political and military conflict in the country as it continues to spill out of the control. Rumors making the rounds for some time now that young Francophone fighters are swelling the ranks of Anglophone fighters in Ndian Division are being confirmed by some senior political authorities in […]
31, January 2018
French Cameroun troops invade Nigerian community 0
More than 80 Cameroonian soldiers, early yesterday, crossed the international border between Nigeria and Cameroun and invaded Danare in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, claiming they were fighting Cameroon militants who took refuge in the community. Vanguard learned that more than 3,000 refugees from Cameroun are currently taking refuge in Danare, which […]
2, February 2018
UK sets up EU row over post-Brexit citizens’ rights 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
UK Prime Minister Theresa May says European Union citizens arriving in Britain during its post-Brexit transition period should not be afforded the same rights as those who arrived earlier. The embattled premier appears set for a clash with EU negotiators after telling reporters on a trip to China that “there is a difference between those […]