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28, March 2023
US Vice President Kamala Harris starts Africa tour in Ghana, announces security aid 0
The United States will provide $100 million to Ghana and four other West African countries to help them deal with violent extremism and instability, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday during a visit to Ghana. Harris was in Accra at the start of a week-long, three-nation African tour, the latest in a series of […]
28, March 2023
Global Economy’s “Speed Limit” Set to Fall to Three-Decade Low 0
The global economy’s “speed limit”—the maximum long-term rate at which it can grow without sparking inflation—is set to slump to a three-decade low by 2030. An ambitious policy push is needed to boost productivity and the labor supply, ramp up investment and trade, and harness the potential of the services sector, a new World Bank […]
25, March 2023
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Biya’s party wins all Senate seats 0
The party of President Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon for more than 40 years, unsurprisingly won all 70 seats in the indirectly elected Senate on March 12, the Constitutional Council announced Thursday. The 90-year-old omnipotent head of state must also appoint 30 more senators in the next 10 days. The Rassemblement démocratique du peuple […]
25, March 2023
Flooding in Cameroon: Greenpeace Africa demands effective and rapid government response 0
Cameroon is plunged under water every rainy season. Greenpeace Africa is calling on the government to put in place an effective disaster risk management plan. The return of the rains this August has caused several floods in three regions of Cameroon (Littoral, Far North and Adamaoua). Faced with this situation, which seems to be getting […]
25, March 2023
Confrontation against Yaoundé to last until Southern Cameroons liberation 0
The Ambazonia Interim Government has said that all Southern Cameroons restoration movements including Ambazonian resistance groups will keep up their confrontation against the French Cameroun regime until the complete liberation of the Ambazonia homeland from Yaoundé’s occupation. Dabney Yerima, Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government made the remarks on Thursday during a zoom meeting […]
25, March 2023
UN accuses Russia, Ukraine forces of ‘summary executions’ of prisoners 0
The United Nations said Friday it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said her organisation had documented the killings of “up to 25 Russian […]
25, March 2023
Football: Maidstone United name ex-Indomitable Lions defender Elokobi as manager 0
Maidstone United have appointed George Elokobi as manager until the end of next season after a spell in caretaker charge of the National League club. The 37-year-old former defender, who was born in Cameroon but moved to England aged 16, played in the Premier League during his time with Wolves. Elokobi had been in temporary […]
24, March 2023
French Revolution: Government will not ‘yield to violence’ 0
French President Emmanuel Macron strongly condemned violence that erupted in Thursday’s demonstrations against raising the French retirement age and said he would not give in to it. “We will yield nothing to violence, I condemn violence with the utmost strength,” Macron told a news conference, after an EU Summit in Brussels, on Friday. Macron is […]
23, March 2023
Yaoundé: Court refuses to release Francophone business tycoon facing murder charges 0
The Appeal Court in Yaoundé has rejected Francophone businessman, Amougou Belinga lawyer’s request to release him. Court extended detention of Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga, who is held on charges of murdering journalist Martinez Zogo. Amougou Beliga is being charged with murder of the much respected journalist and whistleblower Martinez Zogo. The prosecution indicated that the […]
28, March 2023
Yaoundé: 7 women killed in 34 days 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Nothing has changed ever since the awful death of a third year law student in the University of Yaoundé II, Soa last year. So, the men who rape, harm and kill women are multiplying and consolidating their gains all over the national territory. President Biya, his government, the police force, the gendarmerie and the judiciary […]