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11, December 2016
Nigeria: Scores dead in church collapse 0
by soter • Breaking News, Headline News, Religion, World
A church collapse in southern Nigeria has taken the lives of a large number of worshipers who had gathered there for a service. Medical officials have so far confirmed 160 people dead, predicting that the final death toll could be much higher. Rescue operations are still underway to find potential survivors. Hundreds of people were […]
10, December 2016
Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh rejects presidential poll a week after conceding defeat 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, Politics
Gambia’s long-time President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the results of the country’s recent presidential election a week after conceding defeat to his rival. “I hereby reject the results in totality,” Jammeh said in a televised address late Friday, insisting that investigations since the December 1 poll have revealed a number of voting irregularities, which he […]
10, December 2016
Cardinal Tumi condemns Philemon Yang, says there is an Anglophone problem 2
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Cardinal Christian Tumi has reacted publicly to the crisis that is shaking the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. In an interview on Radio Balafon, a Douala-based radio station the prelate said that there is indeed an Anglophone problem in Cameroon. The former Archbishop of Garoua and Douala believes it is possible that those who govern us […]
9, December 2016
Fresh fighting in Congo-Brazzaville between government forces and Ninja Nsiloulou rebels 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, Headline News, News
Fresh fighting in the Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, between government forces and rebels has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that fighting in the southeast of the country had displaced an estimated 13,000 people. “We are afraid some 13,000 displaced […]
9, December 2016
Francophone army kills 5 in Kumba 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Francophone army has killed at least five Southern Cameroonians in Kumba, the chief city in Meme Division in the South West region. The Anglophone freedom fighters were killed today Friday during a protest. Government forces have sealed the city and are currently carrying out what eye witnesses have described as a massacre. Several other […]
9, December 2016
Anglophone Problem: Violence begets violence 0
by soter • Breaking News, Editorial, Headline News
The violence that was served to residents of Bamenda on Thursday, December 9, 2016, following demonstrations in the North West regional capital should not be part of the country’s history if the culture of dialogue and tolerance had been sown in the collective psyche. The negotiating table was also designed for Cameroonians and the country’s […]
9, December 2016
Southern Cameroons militant group vows to blow up pipelines in SONARA 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
A Southern Cameroon militant group in Mutengene in the South West region has reportedly given the Biya regime an ultimatum to withdraw all its troops from Bamenda or face severe consequences. Cameroon Concord News has been reliably informed that the group has vowed to blow up pipelines in SONARA. A spokesperson for the group was […]
9, December 2016
Biya mocks anti social network cabinet ministers 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Biya has made a mockery of his cabinet ministers who have been clamoring for a ban on social media. The Cameroonian leader and his wife during a reception on Thursday at the Etoudi Palace in honor of the indomitable Lionesses, finalists of the 10th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations appeared in a […]
9, December 2016
CPDM crime syndicate cancels Bamenda “peaceful rally”, PM still in hiding 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the ruling CPDM have cancelled a planned pro Biya Francophone CPDM rally that was to hold in Bamenda this week. The decision was made public by Jean Nkwete, the Secretary General of the ruling party as he was escorted out of Ayaba Hotel […]
11, December 2016
France 24 reporter arrested in Bamenda 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Headline News, News
Zigoto Tchaya, a journalist with the Paris based international news network, France 24 has been arrested in Bamenda by plain cloth police officers. Cameroon Concord News gathered that Zigoto was picked up immediately after he conducted an interview with Barrister Bobga on the happenings in British Southern Cameroons. France 24 is yet to confirm the […]