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11, September 2023
Cameroonian nurse is Italy’s boxing champion 0
A 31-year-old Cameroonian nurse from Bologna became Italian lightweight boxing champion Friday night just a year after getting Italian citizenship. Pamela Noutcho’s dream has come true after she beat her challenger in Casoria (Naples) in the match for the belt. Pamela Malvina Nooutcho Sawa has lived in Italy since she was 8 years old, after […]
11, September 2023
Fr Lado says African Synod delegates likely to resist pro-LGBTQ+ ideas 0
A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month at the Vatican may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Writing in The Tablet last month, Fr. Ludovic Lado, S.J. reflected critically about how negatively the church in Africa has been receiving […]
11, September 2023
FECAFOOT Crisis: Eto’o juggles with a CAS ruling 0
At the Fédération Camerounaise de Football (Fécafoot), the implementation of the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport declaring the resolutions of the General Assembly of August 27, 2022 “null and void” is meeting with resistance. Fécafoot and its president continue to resist CAS resolutions In Cameroon, the ball isn’t always rolling. The stadiums […]
11, September 2023
Cameroonian Troops Dislodge Pro-Biafra Militants From Bakassi 0
According to eyewitnesses, Cameroon’s Rapid d’intervention Battalions (BIR) also recaptured Abana from the pro Biafra militants. Members of a pro Biafra separatist group, Black Marine, from Abana town, former capital of Bakassi Peninsula, have been dislodged by Cameroonian troops. This incident was said to have occurred on Sunday morning. According to eyewitnesses, Cameroon’s Rapid d’intervention […]
11, September 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Explosion kills 1 in Limbe 0
At least one person has died after an improvised explosive device exploded in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest, local and security sources said on Saturday. The incident occurred late Friday in the seaside tourist town of Limbe in the region. “The explosion was dropped at a junction not far from a popular bar where […]
9, September 2023
Catholic Peace Entity Allays Fears of “a possible coup” in Cameroon 0
The Cameroonian government has put in place the system of “divide and rule”, which makes attempts by the country’s military to overthrow President Paul Biya impossible, a Catholic peace entity has said, allaying fears of “a possible coup” in the Central African nation. Following recent military coups in Africa, particularly the July 26 one in […]
9, September 2023
Football: Brazil’s Neymar overtakes Pele goals record in win over Bolivia 0
Neymar has surpassed Pele as Brazil’s male all-time top scorer with two goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia. The forward, 31, who went into the World Cup qualifying match tied with legend Pele on 77 goals, missed a penalty before scoring twice in the second half on his 125th appearance. “I never imagined reaching […]
9, September 2023
Chief Buthelezi, South Africa’s Inkatha leader, dies aged 95 0
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the once-feared Zulu nationalist and historic leader of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which presided over South Africa’s deadliest violence ahead of the first all-race elections, died Saturday aged 95, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced. “I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi … Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch […]
9, September 2023
Over 600 people killed as powerful earthquake hits Morocco 0
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Morocco, killing at least 632 people and injuring 329 others. The quake struck at 44 miles (71 kilometers) southwest of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT) Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake’s epicenter was in a remote area of the High […]
12, September 2023
Yaoundé: Detained spy chief comes under attack in Kondengui Prison 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, who has been in pre-trial detention since 4 March 2023 following the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo was verbally abused by a staff member of the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison, witnesses told Cameroon Concord News. The incident occurred on September 9 as Eko Eko was having a walk around the prison […]