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7, July 2016
Sino-Cameroon relations: No visa restrictions for holders of diplomatic and service passports 0
Holders of diplomatic and service passports from Cameroon and China will soon travel between both countries without any visa restrictions. The visa exemption is in line with an agreement signed on the of 7th July 2016 between Cameroon’s Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella and Chinese Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E. Wei Wenhua. The Chinese […]
7, July 2016
Poultry farmers hold massive demo in Yaounde 0
Poultry farmers have held a massive demonstration today in Yaounde. The farmers blocked the entrance to the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries (MINEPIA), protesting against what they termed the destruction of the national poultry industry following the poor management of the bird flu crisis. Cameroon Concord News understands the farmers were led by […]
7, July 2016
Russian military tech chief says robots will determine outcome of future wars 0
Robots will replace conventional soldiers on the battlefield in the future, says the Russian military’s tech chief. “I see a greater robotization [of war], in fact, future warfare will involve operators and machines, not soldiers shooting at each other on the battlefield,” RT quoted Lieutenant General Andrey Grigoriev, the head of Russia’s Advanced Research Foundation (ARF), […]
7, July 2016
Nigeria receives additional Sentinels 0
Nautic Africa recently delivered two Sentinel vessels to a Nigerian customer, which has received a number of other vessels from Nautic. The 35 metre vessels, Aquashield I and Aquashield II, were launched during a ceremony in Cape Town on 24 May and delivered on 16 June, Nautic Africa told defenceWeb. They will be used in […]
6, July 2016
Understanding the Anglophone Problem: Chief Charles Taku writes to Ntemfac Ofege 1
Ntemfac, I am concerned that this question of proving an alleged consent of parties out side a treaty framework conflates the international law basis on which the creation of states and the right of trust territories to independence clearly laid out in the UN treaty regime must firmly be considered. The voting pattern of the […]
6, July 2016
Argentina and Barcelona footballer Messi sentenced to 21 months in prison 0
Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud. His father, Jorge Messi, was also given a jail term for defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.5m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2009. They also face millions of euros in fines for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal […]
6, July 2016
FBI decision on Clinton: Trump says US political system totally rigged 0
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says the FBI’s decision to not recommend criminal charges against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state underlines once again that the US political system is “totally rigged.” Trump made the comments at a rally on Tuesday […]
6, July 2016
Sexually transmitted diseases notably on the rise in the UK 0
British Health officials are warning of a dramatic rise in the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) of syphilis and gonorrhea in the United Kingdom since 2012. New figures published in a report by Public Health England (PHE) on Tuesday revealed that between 2012 and 2015, cases of syphilis rose by 76 percent, from 3,001 to 5,288, while […]
6, July 2016
Muslims celebrate end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan 0
Muslims from across the world, including in Iran, are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, Iranian people turned out en masse throughout the country to take part in Eid al-Fitr mass prayers. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei led the Eid al-Fitr prayers at […]
7, July 2016
Former UK Prime Minister: World’s worst terrorist 0
by soter • Breaking News, Editorial, Headline News, News, World
The sister of a British soldier killed in the Iraq war has called former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair the world’s “worst terrorist” after hearing the Chilcot inquiry report into the UK role in the 2003 Iraq invasion. “There is one terrorist that the world needs to be aware of and his name is Tony Blair, […]