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3, June 2016
Cameroon: Patrick Ekeng goes home to rest 0
The remains of the Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng has been laid to rest at their family compound in Ngousso,Yaounde. Patrick Ekeng died of a suspected heart attack after collapsing on the pitch playing for Dinamo Bucharest on 6th May 2016. The Cameroon football family paid tribute to the player, led by the country’s Minister of […]
3, June 2016
UN voices concern over the recruitment and killing of children 0
by soter • Breaking News, News, World
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concern over a rise in recruitment and killing of children in conflict-hit countries in various parts of the world over the past year. In an annual report on children and armed conflict released Thursday, Ban expressed shock about the dire situation of children in war-torn countries especially in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, […]
3, June 2016
France delivers Mistral warship to Egypt 0
by soter • Africa, Breaking News, News
Egypt has taken delivery of the first of two French Mistral warships as part of a military deal between Paris and Cairo in 2015. France agreed last year to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for $1 billion, which were originally intended for sale to Russia. The first warship, named Gamal Abdel Nasser after Egypt’s […]
3, June 2016
US says Boko Haram-Daesh collaboration on a rise 0
by soter • Headline News, News, Nigeria
The rising collaboration between the Daesh and Boko Haram terrorist groups has raised alarms that the two are working together to wreak more havoc in northern and central Africa. US Brigadier General Donald Bolduc, the commander of the US military’s Special Operations in Africa, said Wednesday that a Daesh weapons convoy departing from Libya was intercepted […]
3, June 2016
Nigeria: Deadly explosion kills 5 0
A deadly explosion has claimed the lives of five people in northeast Nigeria, where the Takfiri Boko Haram militant group has been operating for years.According to Nigerian military officials, the incident occurred on Sunday morning when a rickshaw driving close to a military checkpoint on the outskirts of the town of Biu in the country’s northeastern […]
3, June 2016
Nigeria: Shell and Agip pipelines blown up in Niger Delta 0
Militants have blown up strategic gas and crude pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip as part of a campaign that has cut Nigeria’s oil production in half. A hitherto unknown militant group, calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers, said it had dynamited the trunkline linking the Dutch-British Shell company’s Bonny terminal and the Brass export terminal of the Italian […]
3, June 2016
Cameroon Mourns a Statesman 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Chief Michael Tabong Kima: The Silent Diplomat Goes Home The country lost a true patriot and statesman in the person of Chief Michael Tabong Kima, foremost traditional ruler, quintessential diplomat and humanist. The passing of Ambassador Kima, as he was fondly called, is a great national loss; but it is also an occasion for the […]
2, June 2016
Ivory Coast: Attempted rape of former first lady filmed 0
by soter • Africa, Africa, News, Politics
Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo says she suffered attempted rape while in detention back in 2011, and claims French soldiers deployed in the country also filmed the attempted rape. During the first day of her trial on Tuesday, Simone denied a court’s charges of crimes against humanity during the 2010 wave of violence, saying, […]
2, June 2016
Germany: MPs passes Armenian genocide motion 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
The German parliament has approved a resolution recognizing as genocide the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago, in a move which risks damaging ties between Berlin and Ankara. On Thursday, the lower house of the German legislature, Bundestag, voted overwhelmingly for the motion, which is symbolically significant and has no legal effect. “With […]
3, June 2016
International Friendlies: France 3, Cameroon 2 0
by soter • Africa, Cameroon, Europe, Sports
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have suffered a three goals to two defeat inflicted on them by the French National team. This was during an international friendly match at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes in France in the build to Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on June 3rd, against Mauritania. The international […]