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14, April 2017
Nigeria marks 3 years since schoolgirls’ mass abduction 0
Nigerians on Friday marked three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled. Activists were expected to rally in the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos to urge President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to do more to free […]
14, April 2017
22 killed in fire at Senegal religious retreat 0
Nearly two dozen people have been killed in a fire that tore through a religious ceremony southeast of Senegal. Government spokesman Seydou Gueye said Thursday that the fire had engulfed a Muslim spiritual retreat in Medina Gounass village a day earlier, killing 22 and wounding several others. Local media reported that makeshift shelters and strong […]
14, April 2017
Cameroon lives and bath in alcohol 0
Cameroon has been ranked first in the consumption of alcoholic beverage in Central and West Africa. The listing was made public following research carried out by LVnextCentury, a firm based in Paris. The ranking was obtained on the basis of the figures provided by the main brewing companies in the various countries of the continent. […]
14, April 2017
Minister Belinga Eboutou meets Biya amid ill health rumours 0
Minister Martin Belinga Eboutou, the Director of the Civil Cabinet at the Presidency of the Republic has reportedly resumed service after a few weeks of unavailability due to poor health. The Biya acolyte re-emerged in public at the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport to welcome the Head of State home after the visit to Italy and a […]
13, April 2017
Nigeria: Four dead in army, police clashes 0
A bloody clash between the army and police in Nigeria’s restive northeastern Yobe State on Wednesday left one soldier and three police dead, a security source told AFP. The police confirmed the fracas in the state capital of Damaturu, but did not say if there were casualties. “The Nigeria police force is abreast of the […]
13, April 2017
La Republique: Government spokesman lied about decentralization 0
The Minister of Communication and governments spokesman, Issa Tchiroma Bakary says the 2015 deadline set aside for the effective transfer of competence and resources to councils has been met successfully. In a statement to the press, Tchiroma revealed that 97% of the competences listed in the law applicable to councils were honored as planned. However, […]
13, April 2017
UN flays Biya regime over arrest of Consortium leaders and internet shutdown 0
The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations has revealed that the world body wants a rapid resolution of the socio-political crisis that has shaken the Anglophone regions of Cameroon for nearly six months. This is the message François Louncény Fall gave to officials of La Republique du Cameroun. During his visit […]
12, April 2017
Manyu Bridge Collapse: Major set back for South West CPDM elites 0
South West CPDM elites have suffered another major setback as the only bridge linking the Kingdom of Ossing in Eyumojock Sub constituency in Manyu headed by General Tataw James via Akak village to Nguti Sub Division has collapsed. The Intersubdivisional highway bridge in Akak village loaded with regular timber trucks dropped more than 60 feet […]
12, April 2017
Joseph Antoine Bell and the Anglophone Crisis: The AGBAW-EBAI Debate 1
Joseph Antoine BELL, the former Francophone footballer maintains that Southern Cameroonians are not marginalized in Cameroon. He recently opined that people from the North West and South West are not under-represented in everything that is done in Cameroon. Bell said in French that “Quand on dit que les Anglophones sont marginalisés il faudrait qu’on nous […]
15, April 2017
Southern Cameroons: Fon Chaffah Isaac comes under attack from villagers 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The people of Bangolan village situated in Babessi Sub division,Ngoketundjia in the North West region have stormed the village square demanding the departure of their Fon Chaffah Isaac XI. Men, women including the youth say the Fon Chaffah is no longer permitted to enter and reside in the chiefdom. The Bangolans also observed that Fon […]