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5, July 2017
Russia may deploy troops to police Syria’s de-escalation zones 0
Russia has announced that it may deploy troops to de-escalation zones in Syria after agreement from Turkey and Iran. Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev made the announcement during talks being held in the Kazakh capital Astana on Tuesday. “Overall, (the agreement) provides for the presence of Russian military police in the buffer zones, but once again […]
5, July 2017
Half Americans trust CNN more than Trump 0
A new opinion poll shows that half of all Americans have more trust in the CNN news outlet than President Donald Trump, as tensions escalate between the US administration and the media. The online poll, conducted by Survey Monkey and reported by Axios Media Company on Tuesday, found that 50 percent of the respondents believed […]
4, July 2017
Lake Chad Basin Intelligence Chiefs in Yaounde 0
Security experts and military advisers from member countries of the Lake Chad basin Commission and Benin are holding a meeting in Yaoundé ahead of the Defense Chiefs of Staff and Intelligence and Securities Chiefs forum. The experts from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Benin are drafting proposals to be presented to the Ministers of Defense and […]
4, July 2017
Why won’t the Biya regime release first autopsy report on late Bishop Balla? 0
The Procureur General of the Centre Court of Appeal has signed a communiqué today the 4th of July 2017, updating the public on investigations relating to the death of the Bishop of Bafia. The press release states that two separate autopsies were carried out on the remains of Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Bala. After health […]
4, July 2017
London: May to decide whether to publish report about foreign funding of extremism 0
British Prime Minister Theresa May is yet to decide whether to publish details of a report about foreign funding of extremism in the UK with a focus on Saudi Arabia. The outcome of the Home Office investigation is not yet released, which “leaves question marks over whether their decision is influenced by our diplomatic ties,” […]
4, July 2017
Nigerian National Assembly decries forceful repatriation of refugees in Cameroon 0
Rep. Sani Zorro, Chairman, House Committee on IDPs, Refugees and North-East Initiatives, on Monday, decried the forceful repatriation of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon. Zorro said this when Volker Turk, the United Nation Humanitarian Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, visited the Minister of Interior in Abuja. He said that Nigerians returning back […]
3, July 2017
Anglophone Problem: Skating on thin ice 0
The lull in the Anglophone problem that has rocked Cameroon for more than eight months seems to give onlookers the impression that things are gradually returning to normal in Cameroon. This is not the true picture of things. The truth can only be found out if you scratch beyond the surface. The reality is that […]
3, July 2017
Ask A Cameroonian Farmer How To Teach Your Kids Self-Control 0
In the the 1960s, a Stanford psychologist ran an experiment to study children’s self-control. It’s called the marshmallow test. And it’s super simple. Kids ages 3 to 5 choose a treat — an Oreo cookie, a pretzel stick or a marshmallow. Then researchers give the child brief instructions: You can eat the treat now … […]
3, July 2017
Man charged over plotting to kill French President Macron on Bastille Day 0
French prosecutors have charged a man with plotting to assassinate President Emanuel Macron during an upcoming parade in Paris. A judicial source said Monday that the 23-year-old man was charged on Monday with plotting to commit a terrorist act. He was arrested at his home in the northwest Paris suburb of Argenteuil on Wednesday. Police […]
5, July 2017
Cameroon military morale at rock bottom and sinking at catastrophic rapidity 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Since the beginning of the war against the Nigerian Islamic sect, the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime has not spent a single franc on programs aimed at improving morale within the Cameroonian military, which is currently shouldering two major combat deployments in the Central Africa Republic and Boko Haram. The regime’s recruitment policy of mainly […]