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1, November 2017
Obituary: Manyus pay tribute as Besongabang community announces Lady Agborbock’s death 0
The Besongabang Community in Mamfe and in the Federal Republic of Germany has issued a statement announcing the death of Mama Eyong Johana Arrey Agborbock. “Our hearts are heavy, laden with pains and grief, at the announcement of the passing on to glory of Lady Eyong Johana Arrey Agborbock , the wife of late Pa […]
1, November 2017
Eight dead, several injured in New York terror attack 0
At least eight people have been killed and several others injured after a vehicle plowed into a pedestrian and cycle path in New York City, US police and local residents say, with reports of gunfire heard in the area. The incident took place in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday, when a pick-up truck drove the wrong […]
1, November 2017
Calabar: 3,000 Southern Cameroonians awaiting UN refugee registration 0
Thousands of people have fled Cameroon’s violence-hit anglophone regions into neighbouring Nigeria in recent weeks, the UN said Tuesday, adding it was preparing to help 40,000 refugees from the unrest. The UN refugee agency and Nigerian authorities have so far registered some 2,000 Cameroonians who have fled into southeastern Nigeria since October 1, while another 3,000 were awaiting registration.
31, October 2017
UN says US likely to comply with Paris accord 0
The head of the UN environment program said Tuesday the United States is likely to live up to the Paris climate deal despite President Donald Trump’s planned pullout, because “all the big American companies” are working toward greener operations. UN officials are increasingly citing the role of companies in the fight against climate change. “There […]
31, October 2017
Hollywood shaken by sex scandal involving Kevin Spacey 0
Sexual allegations against renowned Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey have shaken the US movie industry, which was already struggling to cover up a similar expose against powerful producer Harvey Weinstein. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Monday that it would not “honor” Spacey by giving him the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award […]
31, October 2017
Yaounde Military Tribunal sentences opposition leader to 25 years 0
A military court in Cameroon has sentenced an opposition party leader to 25 years in prison following trial that has been branded as unfair by Amnesty International. Aboubakar Siddiki, President of the main opposition party in northern Cameroon, ‘Mouvement patriotique du salut camerounais’, has been convicted of charges including hostility against the homeland, revolution and […]
31, October 2017
Kenyan President Kenyatta wins 98 percent of vote in repeat election 0
Incumbent Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of the east African country’s election re-run, amid fears of further violence in flashpoint opposition strongholds. Kenya’s electoral commission announced on Monday that Kenyatta had garnered 98.2 percent of the vote in the October 26 repeat presidential election, in which the voter turnout was almost […]
31, October 2017
Yaounde: Another government likely soon, Biya to replace Philemon Yang 0
It has been reported that members of Government have lost sleep, since the return of President Biya from Geneva. The cause of their insomnia is the imminence of a cabinet reshuffle which some sources say Mr. Paul Biya would have carefully studied during his recent stay abroad. The much anticipated shakeup was expected some few […]
31, October 2017
Obasanjo-Biya Comment: Nigerian High Commissioner holds talks with Senate Speaker 0
Nigerian High Commissioner to Cameroon, Lawan Abba Gashagar has met the so-called Speaker of the Senate, Marcel Niat Njifenji over comments made by former Nigerian Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo on the Southern Cameroons crisis. Niat Njifenji and Ambassador Lawan Abba reportedly held a meeting on Friday, October 27, 2017. Lawan Abba Gashagar, recalled […]
1, November 2017
Resolution of the 4th SCACUF Conclave held from the 27th – 31st of October, 2017 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Mindful of UN General Assembly Resolution 1608 (XV) of 21st April 1961 endorsing the independence of the Trust Territory of the British Southern Cameroons with effect from October 1 1961; Mindful of the inalienable right of the people of Southern Cameroons under international law to selfdetermination and independence; Mindful of the 56 long years of […]