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14, February 2024
International Crisis Group calls on the AU to put Southern Cameroons war on its 2024 agenda 0
The Anglophone conflict in Cameroon is entering its eighth year with no resolution in sight. Insurgents in the North West and South West – the country’s two Anglophone regions – are still attacking government soldiers but increasingly one another as well. Civilians bear the brunt of the fighting. Killings, abductions and sexual violence are almost […]
14, February 2024
Ambazonia: Vice President Yerima makes statement on Ngarbuh 0
REMEMBERING THE MASSCRE OF NGARBUH Paul Biya’s genocidal war in Ambazonia brought and continues to bring the destruction of lives, families, and communities just as we witnessed at Nkambe central Donga Mantung County a few days ago. Today marks four years since the Ngarbuh massacre. Let us reflect on that incident which at least 22 […]
14, February 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Still No Justice for Ngarbuh Victims and Families 0
On February 14, 2020, Cameroonian soldiers and armed ethnic Fulani raided Ngarbuh, a village in Cameroon’s North-West province, killing at least 21 civilians, including 13 children and a pregnant woman, and burning and looting homes. It was a brutal day that shocked even those who had long become numb to increasing violence in the region. […]
14, February 2024
How Biya destroyed democratic principles in Cameroon 0
Elections even under the one-party state in the days of President Ahmadou Ahidjo stood as the cornerstone of government establishment and security, grounded in the foundational principle of freedom. However, immediately Mr. Paul Biya took office in 1982, Cameroon’s electoral landscape suddenly became a distressing narrative and today; the nation is grappling with the erosion […]
14, February 2024
North Korea fires several cruise missiles into Sea of Japan 0
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un. So far this year, Kim has declared South Korea his country’s “principal enemy”, jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach, and threatened war over “even […]
14, February 2024
Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours 0
Cash, houses and honours are being bestowed on footballers from Ivory Coast and Nigeria, after Sunday’s riveting Africa Cup of Nations final. Every player in Ivory Coast’s winning squad will pocket $82,000 (£65,000) and get a villa worth a similar amount, the presidency announced. “You have brought happiness to all Ivorians, bravo, bravo,” said President […]
13, February 2024
Patrick Mboma’s son Kenji Mboma selected in the first division club FC Cincinnati 0
Cameroonian footballer Patrick Mboma’s son Kenji Mboma is selected in the first division club FC Cincinnati for the 2024 MLS super draft. He is a left-footer player and has played very well for his long range goals and exceptional dribbling skills. Mboma had played for Dayton and has a record of scoring nine goals and […]
13, February 2024
Russia puts Estonian Prime Minister Kallas on a wanted list 0
Russia has put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on a wanted list, an official register showed Tuesday, as tensions soar between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Kallas’ name appeared on the Interior Ministry’s register of people wanted in connection with criminal charges. It didn’t specify what charges Kallas was facing. It is the first […]
13, February 2024
Geneva: Paul Biya’s Bodyguards Guilty Of Assaulting Journalist 0
Switzerland’s appeal court has upheld guilty verdicts against six bodyguards of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya for the 2019 assault of a journalist, the Keystone-ATS news agency reported Monday. The judges, whose ruling was confirmed by Robert Assael, a lawyer for one of the six, rejected their claims that they had immunity as they were protecting […]
14, February 2024
Eto’o among 24 players to win the Champions League with more than one club 0
by soter • Cameroon, Europe, Sports
Here are the 24 players to have won the Champions League with more than one club, with some select notes. Note: we haven’t included the likes of Frank Rijkaard, Vladimir Jugovic and Dejan Savicevic, who won the first of their European Cups in the pre-Champions League era (1992 onwards). Toni Kroos – Bayern Munich (2013), […]