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29, September 2016
Douala-Yaounde Highway accident kills 4 0
A traffic accident claimed the lives of four people on Wednesday evening, on the Douala / Yaoundé “ancien route”, Cameroon Concord News has learned from police sources. A tractor reportedly collided violently with a five seater vehicle that had on board 8 people above its carrying capacity. A reporter with the Cameroon Intelligence Report has […]
29, September 2016
Protest erupts in the US state of California following shooting of another unarmed black man 0
Protests have erupted in the US state of California following the fatal shooting of another unarmed black man by police as tensions grow over police violence across the country. Demonstrators gathered in El Cajon on Wednesday to condemn the police shooting of 38-year-old Alfred Olango who was reportedly mentally ill. The Ugandan-born man was killed by […]
29, September 2016
Somalia: US misdirected airstrike kills 22 government troops 0
US forces have been accused of killing 22 Somali troops in what is said to be a misdirected airstrike in the country’s northern regions. On Wednesday, Galmudug states’ Security Minister Osman Issa announced that his soldiers were killed in the airstrike, adding that the attack was launched on a request of from the rival neighboring region of Puntland on […]
28, September 2016
Bamenda: 10 months old baby stolen at Longla handed back to his parents 0
A 10 month old baby boy reportedly stolen at the Longla neigbourhood in Bamenda was rescued at Banjock and has been handed over to his parents. The baby whose name state radio and television gotten as Daniel was carried away from home on the 13th of September 2016 after a shrewd manipulation of his baby […]
28, September 2016
Book on the Camair-Co-Yves Michel Fotso Scandal released 0
Yves Michel Fotso, the son of Cameroonian billionaire, Victor Fotso has been doubly sentenced to life imprisonment for embezzlement of public funds during his time as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Camair-Co, the national airline. The Yves Michel Fotso affair has been revisited by Cameroonian journalist Shanda Tonme in a 311 page document. In […]
28, September 2016
US to supply Cameroon with Caravan aircraft 0
The United States Department of Defence has awarded Cessna a $24 million contract to supply six Caravan aircraft for Cameroon, Chad and the Philippines. They will be configured for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). This follows two contracts in May this year covering the modification of Caravans to ISR configuration for Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the […]
28, September 2016
Russia to deliver attack helicopters to Nigeria, Mali, Angola and Sudan 0
Over the next year, Russian Helicopters will deliver Mi-8/17 transport and Mi-24/35 attack helicopters to Nigeria, Mali, Angola and Sudan. This is according to Yury Demchenko, Rosoboronexport delegation head for the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, which took place at Air Force Base Waterkloof between 14 and 18 September. He said that Russia exported helicopters to […]
28, September 2016
US: White police officer who shot an African-American man will not face criminal charges 0
A white Memphis police officer, who fatally shot an African-American man, will not face federal civil rights criminal charges, a prosecutor says. On July 17, 2015, Officer Connor Schilling shot and killed 19-year-old Darrius Stewart after he engaged in a confrontation with the officer. Schilling stopped a car for a broken headlight, issued a ticket and let the […]
27, September 2016
Gabon: Ali Bongo will never walk alone 0
Despite the controversy surrounding his narrow victory in the presidential elections that held on the 27th of August 2016, Cameroon-info.net has reported that Ali Bongo Ondimba was not totally abandoned by his counterparts today in Libreville. Four African heads of state were in the Gabonese capital for the inaugural event. They were Mohamadou Issoufou of […]
29, September 2016
French Lawyers and the Special Criminal Court in Yaounde: The AGBAW-EBAI DEBATE 0
by soter • Breaking News, Editorial, Headline News
Operation Sparrow Hawk launched by President Paul Biya seems to have attracted a group of prominent French lawyers into the country. The French lawyers who are currently defending the former barons of the Biya regime are now referred to as the “white marabouts in black dress.” Those who have been indexed as luxury prisoners by […]