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25, May 2017
UN Secretary General opens channel of communication on safety of journalists 0
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres takes concrete steps on safety of journalists issue, setting up a channel for communication in emergency cases and to better coordinate UN bodies. The office of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decided to establish a direct and continuing channel of communication with a coalition of press freedom organizations on journalism safety. […]
24, May 2017
Filthy and inhumane: Biya regime bans Amnesty International press conference 0
Police banned a press conference today in Yaoundé organized by the Amnesty International office for West and Central Africa. The officials of the renowned body were surprised at the Biya’s regime reaction and informed press men and women that they had respected all legal procedures but “We are extremely surprised at the ban on this […]
24, May 2017
Biafran secessionist protestors arrested in Nigeria 0
Nigeria arrested 55 members of a Biafran separatist movement during protests in the oil-rich south-east, police said. Secessionist sentiment simmered in the region since the Biafra separatist rebellion tipped the country into a civil war that killed an estimated 1 million people. In Enugu, a major city in the south-east, 41 members of a Biafra […]
24, May 2017
Kofi Annan says Trump should engage in talks with Iran 0
Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan urges US President Donald Trump to engage in talks with Iran rather than retaining his current antagonistic stance towards the Islamic Republic. Trump has adopted an invariably harsh tone when talking about Tehran, calling it the “number one terrorist state” and criticizing his predecessor Barack Obama for being too […]
24, May 2017
2 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali 0
Two peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded on Tuesday in an ambush in restive northern Mali, the nation’s UN mission said. The troops were patrolling on foot near Aguelhok, which is close to the border with Algeria, when they were attacked, the mission said in a statement. A military source told AFP that the soldiers […]
24, May 2017
Buea City Council: The sorry record of salaries under Mayor Patrick Ekema 0
Four workers of the Buea City Council in Southern Cameroons have embarked on a hunger strike over unpaid salary. The workers who had earlier suspended their strike last week due to the May 20 parade, on Tuesday May 23, 2017 besieged the premises of the regional delegation for Labour and Social Security before moving to […]
23, May 2017
French Cameroun: CPDM government celebrates “mixed” couples 0
After a failed national day celebration in both French and Anglophone Cameroon, the Biya Francophone regime is now brandishing the names of cabinet ministers who are married to women from outside their regions of origin as a major achievement and a justification that the nation is one and indivisible. , L’Œil du Sahel news paper […]
23, May 2017
Eseka train Disaster: Biya offers 1 billion FCFA to victims, Vindicates Transport Minister 0
Following the rail accident which occurred on 21 October 2016 at Eseka, President Paul BIYA on 25 October 2016, set up a Commission of Inquiry under the authority of the Prime Minister, Head of Government. The said Commission was tasked with determining the causes of the accident and proposing measures aimed at reducing risks of […]
23, May 2017
UK: Prime Minister May’s campaign falls into disarray over social care policy scandal 0
The election campaign of British Prime Minister Theresa May has fallen into disarray after she announced a U-turn on the Conservative Party’s social care policy. May made a reversal on her policy on social care costs, strangely branded as the “dementia tax,” but she claimed that “nothing has changed” since her party’s manifesto was published on […]
25, May 2017
Politicization of Military Justice: La Republique Du Cameroun’s Court-Martial Adjourns Again 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
The Military Tribunal of La Republique du Cameroun May 24, 2017, adjourned the case against Southern Cameroons Consortium leaders and twenty-five Southern Cameroons hostages among hundreds or thousands held in Detention and Concentration Camps in unspecified militarized locations in La Republique du Cameroun to June 7, 2017. The reason provided for the adjournment is to […]