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12, September 2017
Petit Pays cancels Canadian tour 0
The captain of the Indomitable Lions of Makossa, Petit Pays has called off the remaining date of his North American tour in Canada after saying his tour organizer was extremely lacking in entertainment finesse. Omega Rabbi Rabba pulled out of the date in Montreal and has also cancelled a planned press conference appearance in the […]
12, September 2017
Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads 0
Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Downgraded to a tropical storm early on Monday, Irma had ranked as one of the […]
11, September 2017
Congo conflict forces more children to leave school 0
More and more children are being deprived of education in the Republic of the Congo over a protracted conflict and the country’s weak education system, an NGO says. The Norwegian Refugee Council said Monday that some 850,000 children have been displaced and 900 schools have been destroyed as a result of intensified violence in Congo’s […]
11, September 2017
Jacky Biho, Sam Fan Thomas to run SONACAM 0
Cameroun has created a new corporation to manage authors’ rights. The organization has been named the Cameroon National Copyright Corporation (SONACAM). State radio and television reported that an executive bureau was also elected headed by the renowned Sam Fan Thomas. The elections that held on Saturday the 9th of September 2017 also witnessed a major […]
11, September 2017
US: Clinton says she is not done with politics 0
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, says she will not run for president again although she is “not done with politics.” The 2016 Democratic nominee, whose new book “What Happened” is set to be published on Tuesday, appeared on CBS on Sunday to announce that […]
11, September 2017
Governing Council Chairman says BBC Mancho issue will remain priority for meeting with Biya 0
The Chairman of the Southern Cameroons Governing Council, Sesekou Ayuk Tabe has met with the Southern Cameroons Diaspora community in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The Chairman of the governing council also visited members of some families whose children were allegedly killed by French Cameroun security operatives during rallies and protests staged by the […]
8, September 2017
Hurricane Irma ‘to devastate the United States’ 0
Hurricane Irma is still “extremely dangerous” and will “devastate” parts of Southeastern United States, federal officials and agencies have warned. “Obviously Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the United States,” Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator (FEMA), said at a press conference Friday morning. “We’re […]
8, September 2017
US deeply divided, losing national character 0
The majority of Americans believe the US is deeply divided and don’t see the United States as an exceptional place to live, according to a new poll. The poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal also finds that the share of Americans who believe that the country has a “strong national character” is […]
7, September 2017
UN says poverty and state abuse, not religion, push Africans toward militants 0
The United Nations says poverty and state violence, not religion, are driving young Africans to join militant groups as a number of Takfiri extremist groups are wreaking havoc across the continent. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a statement on Thursday that it was easiest for terrorist outfits like al-Shabab and Boko Haram to recruit […]
12, September 2017
French Cameroun media “buys” the silence of the Consortium leaders 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
French Cameroun media houses are worried about the deliberate silence maintained by the leaders of the outlawed Cameroon Anglophone Civil Consortium. Several Francophone newspapers have questioned the “silence of the lamb” attitude adopted by Dr. Barrister Agbor Felix Nkongho and Dr. Neba Fontem Neba including Lord Justice Ayah Paul Abine. A sea of Francophone tabloids […]