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30, September 2017
Shootings leave nearly dozen dead in South Africa 0
Eleven people were killed in a series of overnight shootings in a Cape Town township, police said Saturday, including four victims shot dead when gunmen opened fire in a bar. Extra police officers were deployed to the Philipi district of Cape Town, a city that suffers from regular gang violence and armed clashes between rival […]
30, September 2017
Anglophone Crisis: The die is cast 0
The Anglophone problem that started like a joke has finally reached a critical point with Anglophones set to declare their independence on Sunday, October 1, 2017, despite threats from the Francophone-dominated government that has ruled the country for fifty-six years without regard to the Foumban Agreement that was signed between Southern Cameroons and East Cameroon […]
30, September 2017
UN Human Rights Council extends Burundi abuses probe 0
The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to extend the mission of an international probe into atrocities in Burundi, overriding strong pushback from the government accused of crimes against humanity. The adoption of the European Union resolution to prolong the mandate by a year came a day after the council’s African bloc approved a separate […]
30, September 2017
Cameroon bans pro-independence rallies in Anglophone area 0
Cameroon has banned public meetings and travel in a mainly English-speaking region ahead of a protest to demand independence for the area. The South-West region’s border with Nigeria has also been shut to block “infiltration” by people threatening Cameroon’s unity, officials said. Pro-independence marches have been planned for Sunday, the 56th anniversary of Cameroon’s unification. […]
30, September 2017
Troops deployed ahead of Southern Cameroons independence declaration 0
President Paul Biya has sent in the army to deter Anglophone secessionists from declaring their independence as massive protests break out. But this appears to have done little to weaken their resolve. The Cameroon government has deployed thousands of troops to the anglophone northwest and southwest of the country in an attempt to stop separatist […]
29, September 2017
Southern Cameroons Crisis: “President Biya may have escaped arrest” 0
The former head of the ruling CPDM parliamentary group, Hon. Albert Dzongang, who has been a very close collaborator to President Paul Biya and to whom he remains attached has said that he does not understand why Biya is still abroad at the moment when the Southern Cameroons crisis is aggravating. “How can you be […]
29, September 2017
October 1: UN chief urges all parties to refrain from acts that could escalate tension 0
Expressing “deep concern” over the deteriorating security situation in parts of Cameroon as well as heightened tensions related to planned events this Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called all parties to refrain from acts that could lead to further tensions and violence. According to a statement attributable to his spokesperson, Mr. Guterres encouraged the […]
29, September 2017
2 Cameroonian soldiers killed in the Far North 0
Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Thursday in the Far North following an explosion of an improvised device. The two soldiers were serving with the Joint Multinational Force headquartered in Mora, in the Mayo-Sava Division in Far-North region of La Republique du Cameroun. The service men were killed early in the morning while on patrol […]
29, September 2017
La Republique: Schools yet to resume in Ocean Division 0
Some schools have remained completely closed in La Republique du Cameroun, despite vain attempts by the Francophone Ministers of Basic and Secondary Education to get academic institutions to begin classes in Southern Cameroons. Parents of children are in complete disarray in GHS Makoure and many other secondary schools in the Ocean Division and for good […]
30, September 2017
Southern Cameroons Crisis: National Episcopal Conference calls on Biya regime to accept its wrongs 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
The National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon has joined its voice in the concert of calls for dialogue in the Anglophone crisis. In a press release issued on Saturday, 30 September 2017, the Justice and Peace Commission of the National Episcopal Conference invited the Cameroonian government to acknowledge its wrongs in the building of its so-called […]