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10, February 2024
Protests in Senegal turn deadly as political crisis deepens over election delay 0
Senegal’s political crisis deepened as a second person died Saturday in increasingly violent protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone upcoming presidential elections. A 23-year-old man died Saturday after being shot during clashes in the capital Dakar, two of his relatives told AFP, while a 22-year-old student died Friday in the northern town of […]
9, February 2024
French Cameroun: 2 killed as fire hits IDP camp in Far North Region 0
At least two people were killed in a fire accident at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Cameroon’s Far North Region, officials and local police said on Friday. The fire, which broke out in a tent on Thursday night, gutted other shelters in the Ndaba locality that hosts the IDPs. Two children who […]
9, February 2024
Ivory Coast’s Haller eyes AFCON glory after cancer battle, Bundesliga agony 0
No single player symbolises Ivory Coast’s remarkable turnaround to reach this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations final quite like striker Sebastien Haller. The 29-year-old was the host country’s match-winner in the semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo in his first start of the tournament after injury. That came after a year marked by a […]
9, February 2024
Who is winning the war in Southern Cameroons? 0
It is more than 6 years since 91-year-old President Biya launched a full-scale attack on the English speaking people of Southern Cameroons — but who is really winning the war in Ambazonia? Frankly speaking, the answer cannot be straightforward. To be accurate, it is also no longer dependent on Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces and […]
8, February 2024
Football: PSG to rest Mbappe before Champions League showdown 0
Kylian Mbappe is expected to sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 meeting with Lille on Saturday as the club does not want to risk his injured ankle with a Champions League last 16 tie looming. The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup last 16 win over Brest on Thursday in which […]
8, February 2024
Kumbo: Cameroon gov’t military attempting to cover up killing of 4 civilians 0
The Senior Divisional Officer for Bui should promptly and thoroughly investigate the killing of four Southern Cameroonians in the town of Kiyan instead of engaging in attempts to cover up the crime, Cameroon Concord News Correspondent in Kumbo said. On Wednesday, February 7, Cameroon government military launched an attack on an Ambazonia fighter check point […]
7, February 2024
Nigeria reach AFCON final after edging South Africa on penalties 0
Nigeria are through to the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations after a pulsating penalty shootout against South Africa. The Super Eagles prevailed 4-2 on penalties following a gripping 1-1 draw over 120 minutes in the city of Bouake. Goalkeeping heroes Stanley Nwabali and Ronwen Williams took center stage at the Stade […]
7, February 2024
Biya regime vows to intensify fight against female genital mutilation 0
Many Cameroonian women still suffer from female genital mutilation (FGM) and it was imperative to intensify campaigns against the scourge, a senior official said on Tuesday. “Mutilations exist and we must come together to eliminate them because it is an atrocious practice which has no justification and rather causes harmful consequences on the life of […]
7, February 2024
41 years of death, destruction, and corruption are Paul Biya’s legacy 0
Paul Biya, the founder of La Republique du Cameroun from the defunct United Republic of Cameroon has set many cruel precedents in Yaoundé. Many of his fake rigour and moralization teachings are still being carried out today and according to one prominent Cameroonian academic, staying faithful to Paul Biya’s ruling party have been the litmus […]
10, February 2024
Michael Jackson: Stake in catalogue sells for $600m 0
by soter • Entertainment, Headline News, Life
Sony Music Group is understood to have paid at least $600m (£475m) for half of Michael Jackson’s catalogue. If accurate, it would mean the singer’s musical assets are worth more than $1.2bn (£950m). The deal would also be the biggest ever for the work of a single musician. Michael Jackson, who died in 2009 at […]