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25, June 2024
French court backs Douala port in Bolloré dispute 0
On June 19, the Court of Cassation in Paris ruled in favor of the Port of Douala (PAD) in its dispute with the French group Bolloré over container terminal concessions. The court overturned a previous decision by the Paris Chamber of Commerce, which had ordered the port to pay €58.6 million to a Bolloré subsidiary […]
25, June 2024
Indomitable Lions: Samuel Eto’o and MINSEP at it again 0
The Cameroon football scene has become entrenched in a crisis with no immediate resolution in sight. The language between Samuel Eto’o, FECAFOOT, and MINSEP has notably changed since the Marc Brys affair. Tensions remain high despite the FIFA window for World Cup 2026 qualifiers and the “Indomitable Lions’” relatively favorable results. President Paul Biya had […]
25, June 2024
Yaoundé: Biya regime slashes public sector job openings by half in 2024 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph Lé, has recently authorized a series of recruitment competitions for the public sector. A total of 1,210 positions are available for 2024, marking a nearly 50% decline from the 2,235 positions opened in 2023. This reduction comes after the number of openings surpassed 2,000 for the […]
25, June 2024
Wikileaks founder Assange freed after US plea deal 0
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from a high-security British prison after he reached a plea deal with the US authorities that ends his 12-year legal battle and allows him to return home to Australia. “Julian Assange is free,” Wikileaks said in a statement posted on social media platform X on Monday. According to […]
24, June 2024
Buea: Development displaces Great Soppo Market Traders 0
Many vendors at the Great Soppo Market, popularly known as “OIC Market”, have been displaced from their business locations by Buea municipality authorities. An ongoing road construction project is underway at the Bakweri town stretch in Great Soppo, which has led to the closure of the main road which leads to the area. Currently, vehicles […]
24, June 2024
Seven, including children, killed as over 100 abducted in gunmen attack in Nigeria 0
Gunmen have attacked a village in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least seven people and abducting more than 100 others, residents and police say. The attack took place in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state on Saturday night, residents and police said. According to residents, gunmen on motorbikes arrived in Maidabino village in the Danmusa local government area […]
24, June 2024
Rapper Julio Foolio shot dead in Florida 0
Florida rapper Julio Foolio has been killed in a shooting in Tampa, his lawyer says. Police said four people were hit with gunfire in a hotel car park early on Sunday. One person died, whom they believed to be Foolio pending a medical examination. The 26-year-old victim, whose legal name was Charles Jones, was identified […]
24, June 2024
Vice President Yerima’s statement on the burning of taxis in Ambazonia 0
The recent incidents of taxis being burned on our streets are deeply troubling. Taxis represent not just a mode of transportation but a vital source of livelihood for many in our communities in Ambazonia. These acts of destruction do not advance the cause of liberation or justice; instead, they harm the very people we seek […]
23, June 2024
Malian singer Rokia Traore detained in Italy over child custody case 0
Malian singer Rokia Traore has been arrested in Italy over an outstanding two-year prison sentence in Belgium handed down in a child custody dispute, prosectors in Brussels said Sunday. The singer and guitarist was sentenced in absentia in October on charges of parental abduction, after fleeing France in 2020 when she was due to be […]
26, June 2024
Undisputed heavyweight world champion Usyk vacates IBF belt 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Oleksandr Usyk has confirmed he will vacate his IBF title just weeks after he became undisputed world heavyweight champion. The Ukrainian, 37, became the first heavyweight to hold the IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC belts when he beat Tyson Fury on a split decision in Saudi Arabia last month. With Usyk now contracted to a […]