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14, August 2023
Biya is 90: Whether or not he runs for another term in 2025, succession is clearly an inevitable question 0
Since 2016, the conflict in Cameroon between armed separatists and government forces has killed more than 6,000 people and displaced over 500,000 in the country’s north west and south west regions, where 2.2 million people need humanitarian assistance. The government’s hybrid approach to the crisis, combining political and security measures, has failed to appease local […]
14, August 2023
What Difference Does Jesus Christ Make? (Part Three) 0
We ended our previous section by pointing out that human brokenness, or existential wretchedness, could often time serve as the raw material thanks to which the need for God enters into the drama of human existence. As disheartening as the state of sin is, when we have the courage to turn to God, human sinfulness […]
14, August 2023
Indomitable Lions: Swansea confirm departure of midfielder Olivier Ntcham 0
Swansea have confirmed the departure of Cameroon midfielder Olivier Ntcham. The 27-year-old joined Swansea on a free transfer in September 2021 following a four-year spell at Celtic and scored 12 goals in 82 appearances. “All regulatory paperwork required to be submitted by Swansea City regarding the player’s exit has now been completed,” the Sky Bet […]
13, August 2023
Pope Francis prays for peace in Cameroon 0
During Sunday’s Angelus, the Holy Father Pope Francis prayed for dialogue and peace in Cameroon. In his greetings following the recitation of Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis revealed that tomorrow on the eve of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a peace pilgrimage will take place in Bafoussam, Cameroon, a nation still […]
12, August 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Rest in Peace Grand National Dialogue 0
The Yaoundé initiative that was designed to resolve the crisis in Southern Cameroons, officially known as the Grand National Dialogue, is now, for all practical purposes, dead. Just like the Tripartite in the days of the late Ni John Fru Ndi and the SDF, this deal is no more. It has gone to meet its […]
12, August 2023
Grand National Dialogue: Dion Ngute in Buea with same old rhetoric 0
The war in Southern Cameroons is demonstrating that there appears to be widespread concerns that something fundamental is wrong with the union with French Cameroun not only in terms of perceived political marginalization, but also in terms of socio-economic exclusion and ensuring justice in all spheres. Few including Prime Minister Dion Ngute and the Minister […]
12, August 2023
Football: PSG sideline Mbappe for season-opener as Dembele arrives 0
French superstar Kylian Mbappe has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s season opener on Saturday deepening the stand-off between the France captain and the Ligue 1 champions. As Mbappe’s contract dispute with the Qatari-backed club rumbles on PSG announced a new signing – Ousmane Dembele on a five-year-deal from Barcelona. He is the ninth summer […]
11, August 2023
With Niger war imminent: Rescue ship saves 600 migrants in Mediterranean 0
Rescue ship Ocean Viking has saved more than 600 migrants adrift in the Mediterranean over the last two days, the organisation that runs it, SOS Mediterranee, said on Friday. The rescues took place southwest of Lampedusa, in the waters between the Italian island and Tunisia, the organisation said. An earlier statement referred to more than […]
11, August 2023
FECAFOOT Crisis: Eto’o’s lawyer attacks CAF 0
At a time when CAF has opened an investigation into allegations of improper conduct in the management of Samuel Eto’o within the presidency of the Cameroon Football Federation, the Indomitable Lions legend’s lawyer denounces the soccer governing body’s communication, which he deems “pernicious and toxic”. Soccer in Cameroon is in a tense state, with a […]
15, August 2023
West Africa military chiefs to discuss Niger crisis this week 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS will meet in Ghana this week to discuss a possible intervention in Niger, a spokesperson for the regional group has confirmed. The meeting on Thursday and Friday – originally scheduled for last weekend but then postponed – comes after ECOWAS leaders last week approved deployment of a […]