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25, January 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Cardinal Tumi criticizes military violence 0
Cardinal Tumi has spoken out against the recent use of military violence in the Southwest Region against Anglophone separatists, saying local forces need to respect human life. “You don’t bring peace by violence and violence begets violence,” said Cardinal Christian Tumi, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, in a recent video. “I have heard about those destructions […]
25, January 2018
Schools Set Ablaze as Biya regime Vows Crackdown on Separatists 0
Unrest in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions intensified with arson attacks on schools and a city market as the government vowed to quash a secessionist movement whose leaders are in detention in Nigeria, saying it won’t negotiate with terrorists. At least three schools were torched this week in the Northwest region, one of two Anglophone areas in the […]
25, January 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: Gunmen cross from Nigeria, attack Cameroon border post 0
Gunmen attacked a border crossing in Cameroon’s southwest on Thursday, launching their assault from Nigeria, security source witnesses said. No one was killed, the officials said, but the incident is likely to further damage relations between the neighbors, strained over the rise of an Anglophone Cameroonian separatist movement. Five security and administrative agents said the […]
25, January 2018
How the Southern Cameroons crisis killed the English language 0
The Southern Cameroons crisis has taught every Cameroonian where the English language goes to die. Cameroon Concord News is citing the Ambazonian crisis to make it clear that Southern Cameroonians do not regard themselves as blameless in the use of the English language today in La Repubique du Cameroun. But do you ever, like Cameroon […]
25, January 2018
Ambazonia Refugee Crisis: Aid presented by Minister Mengot were foodstuffs seized from Nigerian and Anglophone businessmen 0
The Manyu CPDM food aid meant to feed thousands of Ambazonian refugees and displaced persons was forcefully collected from Nigerian and Southern Cameroons businessmen trading on the Enugu-Bamenda Highway, Cameroon Concord News has learned. The bags of rice, beans and salt were seized from traders by heavily armed Cameroon government troops and part of the […]
25, January 2018
UN says number of extra-judicial killings in Congo-Kinshasa has tripled 0
The United Nations has slammed the Democratic Republic of Congo for its inability to contain a surge in the number of extra-judicial “executions” in the country, saying figures show a three-time increase in two years of such killings by “state agents”. The United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said Wednesday that a crisis in vast […]
25, January 2018
Ex-US gymnast doctor sentenced up to 175 years in jail for sexual abuse 0
The disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing young female gymnasts. Following days of testimony in a Michigan courtroom from about 160 of Nasser’s victims, including Olympic gold medalists, the Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina made the ruling on […]
24, January 2018
What does it take to get the Ambazonian leadership released from Nigeria? 0
The Interim President of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and 10 of his senior aides are being held captive in the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the President Buhari administration. A leading voice in the Southern Cameroons struggle for independence has said the Nigerian action is an “act of aggression” against Ambazonia. […]
24, January 2018
Twin car bombings kill more than 30 in Libyan city of Benghazi 0
Twin car bombings outside a mosque have claimed the lives of more than 30 people and wounded dozens more in Libya’s second city Benghazi. Security officials said on Wednesday that the bombers blew up two cars 30 minutes apart outside the mosque after evening prayers on Tuesday in the central neighborhood of al-Sleimani. Emergency and security […]
26, January 2018
Brazil court orders seizure of ex-president Lula’s passport 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of the left-wing hero. The decision came on the eve of a planned trip by Lula to Africa. It also came a day after appellate court […]