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30, April 2017
A new Mike Tyson is born 0
Anthony Joshua emerged victorious from the biggest post-war boxing bout held on British soil by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in front of a 90,000 crowd. The two titans squared off at Wembley Stadium watched on by the cream of Hollywood’s A-list. The British fighter was floored in the sixth round but fought back to drop […]
29, April 2017
Tanzania fires 10,000 civil servants over fake documents 0
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday fired nearly 10,000 civil servants accused of having falsified academic qualifications to get their jobs. The civil servants have been given 15 days to leave their jobs or risk jail terms of up to seven years. Speaking in the capital, Dodoma, Magufuli described the 9,932 officials as “robbers and […]
29, April 2017
Musonge Commission: The rise and fall of the Peter Mafany Anglophone gang 0
The members of the so-called National Commission for Bilingualism and Multiculturalism have been installed into their functions. The Thursday 27th April 2017 ceremony at the Yaoundé Conference Centre has been rubbished by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium. The team headed by an anti grass-field former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge was commissioned by the […]
29, April 2017
The Situation in Southern Cameroon: A Call for a Halt to Human Rights Repressions 0
The ILA (Nigeria) Committee on Justice and Human Rights, acting under the protective mandate of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, is concerned over the ongoing events in the Republic of Cameroon and has considered it imperative to add its voice to the variously expressed opposition to the wanton violation of the rights […]
29, April 2017
Bilingualism and Multiculturalism: David Abouem says “We are not out to impress Biya” 0
Former Governor David Abouem a Tchoyi has said that the members of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism are not out to impress President Biya. The members were installed on April 27, 2017 by Prime Minister Philemon Yang. Abouem observed that “The President has signed a decree setting out our powers, […]
29, April 2017
Ecobank Cameroon: Gwendoline Nzo-Nguty is new Executive Director 0
Gwendoline Abunaw Nzo-Nguty is the new Executive Director of Ecobank. After a long experience in finance the Cameroonian now finds herself at the head of the bank. In 1998, Gwendoline obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Banking and Finance from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Later in 2003, at the London Metropolitan University […]
28, April 2017
Syria in talks to buy Russian air defense systems 0
Syria says it is negotiating with Russia to buy state-of-the-art Russian missile defense systems to help defend the Arab country against Israeli and American aggression. President Bashar al-Assad made the remarks to Venezuelan channel Telesur. A transcript of the interview appeared on the official Syrian Arab News Agency on Thursday. “It’s natural that we should […]
28, April 2017
Southern Cameroons: 500 patients in Lebialem receive free medical treatment 0
Some 30 medical volunteers from several countries including Cameroon have provided free medical consultation to about 500 patients suffering from epilepsy, diabetes, skin infection and other endemic diseases in Lebialem constituency in Southern Cameroons. The health campaign was orchestrated by a US based organization- the Gabriel Bebong Betchem Foundation for Epilepsy and Mental Health and […]
28, April 2017
French Cameroun: Businessman to challenge the 84 year old dictator 0
A business man who considers himself an advocate of peace, Jean Blaise Gwet has declared his intention to take part in the 2018 Presidential Election in Cameroon. He made the announcement on Wednesday 26th of April 2017 at a press conference organized in Yaoundé. Jean Blaise Gwet, a member of the Patriotic Movement for Change […]
30, April 2017
Archbishop of Bamenda says he does not know who is dragging him to court 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
After a nebulous group known as the consortium of parents dragged the Bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province to court to answer a seven-count charge brought against them, L’Effort Camerounais caught up with the Archbishop of Bamenda to have his reading of the present imbroglio. Excerpts: How do you react to the recent court summons […]