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12, April 2024
Nearly 100,000 people have fled Haitian capital since March due to gang violence 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Some 95,000 people have fled rampant gang violence in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince since early March, the United Nations said Friday. Insecurity is “pushing more and more people to leave the capital to find refuge in provinces, taking the risks of passing through gang-controlled routes,” according to the International Organization for Migration. Source: AFP
12, April 2024
Russian air defense system, trainers arrive in Niger 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger with an air defence system and other equipment as part of the West African nation’s deepening security ties with Moscow, state television announced late on Thursday. Niger’s military government agreed in January to step up security cooperation with Russia, after expelling French forces that were helping fight jihadist […]
12, April 2024
Southern Cameroons Crisis: 6 killed in military offensive in Bui Division 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
At least six people, including a soldier and five separatists, have lost their lives following a Cameroonian military raid on a locality in the war-torn North West region, local and security sources said Thursday. The raid occurred on Wednesday night in Bamfem, situated in the Bui division. Government forces launched a coordinated assault on a […]
11, April 2024
Biya regime unveils first enclosed gold processing unit in Central Africa 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
The Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Technological Development of Cameroon has officially opened the country’s first enclosed gold ore processing unit in the town of Kana, Eastern region. This groundbreaking facility, a first for Central Africa, was announced on April 5 by the acting head of the ministry, Fuh Calistus Gentry. The project, spearheaded by […]
11, April 2024
Douala: Célestin Tawamba elected first president of unified business federation 0
by soter • Africa, Business, Headline News
During the significant electoral meeting on April 9 in Douala, Célestin Tawamba was elected with an overwhelming majority as the first president of the Cameroon Business Consortium (Gecam), garnering more than 98% of the vote. He was the only candidate. Tawamba, who leads Cadyst Invest, takes on the presidency in the aftermath of a highly […]
11, April 2024
O.J. Simpson former NFL star dies aged 76 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
O.J. Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” […]
11, April 2024
Ethiopia: U.S Senator Cardin Statement on the Killing of Bate Urgessa 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the killing of Bate Urgessa, a leader of the Oromo Liberation Front, in Meki in Oromia. “The killing of Bate Urgessa on Tuesday night was shocking and upsetting. I offer my deepest condolences to the family for their […]
10, April 2024
Louisette Ngo Yebel: Son guilty of killing journalist 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A Journalist’s son confessed to have slaughtered his mother in Yaoundé the nation’s capital whose death recently sparked national anger. Batek Yebel Landry a notorious drug addict and gambler admitted to murdering Louisette Ngo Yebel his mother a few hours after he was arrested by police officers. Many wrongfully thought the killing was ordered by […]
9, April 2024
Football: Real Madrid and Man City draw 3-3 in Champions League thriller 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Real Madrid and Champions League holders Manchester City shared a pulsating 3-3 draw in a rollercoaster quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Bernardo Silva put City ahead with a low free-kick but Ruben Dias’ own goal and Rodrygo Goes helped Madrid dramatically and swiftly fight back. Manchester City’s own quick-fire double in the second half through […]
13, April 2024
Cameroonian Catholic Priest Who Died in Rome Remembered for His “serenity in accepting the Lord’s will in suffering” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Fr. René Gaston Ayihi Tsimi, a member of the Clergy of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Obala, who died on Monday, April 8 in Rome after an illness, is being remembered for his “serenity in accepting” the will of God in his life amid suffering. He was aged 31. In a statement issued Friday, April 12, […]