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24, July 2017
Frustration rising against Trump, ruling class 0
US President Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings is leading to a growing movement against his administration and the ruling class in America, says Daniel Shaw, an analyst in New York. Trump has set a new record low for second quarter job approval rating, becoming the least popular president early in a White House term […]
24, July 2017
BBC top female presenters revolt over pay 0
As top female presenters at the state-funded BBC decry gender pay gap at the corporation, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the broadcaster must “look very hard at itself.” Forty female presenters signed an open letter to the director general, Tony Hall, on Sunday, complaining about inequality in men’s and women’s pay. The women included Newsnight […]
23, July 2017
Biya Computer Donation: Nemesis of the Yang Philemon administration 0
The anti Anglophone Minister for Higher Education, Fame Ndongo has once again revisited the President Biya laptop computer controversy. This time around, the so-called cabinet minister noted that the distribution of the computers promised by the President of the Republic could start at the end of 2017. Jacques Fame Ndongo (to use his three names) […]
23, July 2017
Will Cameroon be ready to host a bigger Africa Cup of Nations? 0
We reported earlier about the decision by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to expand the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) from 16 to 24 teams and moving the competition to June/July. Implementing the changes for the next tournament, less than two years away, heaps more pressure on the hosts of Afcon 2019 Cameroon. Caf […]
23, July 2017
DR Congo: One fifth of mining revenue ‘goes missing’ 0
Anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness says 20% of mining revenue in the Democratic Republic of Congo, $750m (£576m) over the last three years, has failed to reach the country’s treasury. “For years revenues have leaked from Congo’s mining sector into offshore shell companies. Now we can see that even revenues paid to government bodies in […]
23, July 2017
Nigerian camp hit by air strike ‘was not marked on maps’ 0
Nigeria’s air force accidentally attacked a refugee camp in January because the site was not marked in its maps, the military told the Reuters news agency. Reuters adds that the investigation into the mistake found that the air force saw people gatehring in the area on satellite footage and assumed they were Boko Haram Islamist […]
23, July 2017
Bakassi Peninsula: Here is how to lay claim to another Cameroon island 0
A leader of the Bakassi community has accused the Nigerian government of failing to relocate residents of the peninsula to a new island he said was recently discovered. The paramount ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area, Cross River State, Etim Edet, said the government was “foot-dragging” on the matter. He said the island, called Dayspring, […]
22, July 2017
China donates meteorological systems to Cameroon 0
The Government of Cameroon is now equipped with 23 new weather stations worth over CFA one billion. The meteorological equipment is a donation from the Chinese Government. Receiving the package on behalf of Government on the 21st of July 2017, the Minister of Transport, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o lauded the excellent relations between Cameroon and […]
22, July 2017
Putin says ‘undecided’ on standing for president in 2018 vote 0
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has not yet decided whether to stand for re-election in 2018, promising not to change the constitution so as to allow him to keep on running for Russia’s political leadership indefinitely. “I have not decided yet if I should continue my work in this capacity. I will see. The […]
24, July 2017
Biya regime to ban Amnesty International 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
The regime in Yaounde has accused Amnesty International of supporting the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram and of hostility towards the Cameroonian nation. The Cameroon government has also revealed that military experts were studying Amnesty’s latest report, with a view to considering either prosecution or banning the NGO on Cameroonian territory. In its latest report, […]