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23, March 2023
Several dead, scores missing after migrant boats sink off Tunisia 0
At least five African migrants died and another 33 were missing after four boats sank off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said. Romadan Ben Omar, the official in the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said that […]
22, March 2023
French Cameroun: Mine blast kills four soldiers, Injures several in Far North 0
Four Cameroon government soldiers were killed and several others, including two civilians, were injured by a highway bomb in Amchide and Sabon Gari in the Far North region, where Boko Haram militants are active, military told Cameroon Intelligence Report Wednesday. We gathered that a BIR patrol vehicle hit a mine on the main road linking […]
21, March 2023
Water turmoil in Douala casts shadow over precious resource 0
Dawn breaks in Cameroon’s economic hub, the seething metropolis of Douala, and a crowd gathers at the water spigots by the Guinness brewery in the run-down district of Bassa. They fill up jerrycans and canisters from the only dependable local source of water — a borehole installed by the brewery itself in the absence of […]
21, March 2023
Cameroon a dangerous place to be a journalist 0
In Cameroon, one of the most popular radio talk shows is Embouteillage, aired on the private radio station Amplitude FM, whose anchor was Mbani Zogo Arsène Salomon, better known as Martinez Zogo or “Le Maestro”. On 17 January, reports started trickling in of Zogo’s kidnapping. He was missing for five days before his naked body […]
21, March 2023
Chad jails more than 400 rebels for life after death of former ruler 0
More than 400 rebels in Chad were handed life sentences on Tuesday following the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed in 2021, a public prosecutor told AFP. After a mass trial, they were sentenced for “acts of terrorism, mercenarism, recruitment of child soldiers and assaulting the head of state,” said Mahamat […]
21, March 2023
Football: Mbappé named French team’s captain 0
Kylian Mbappe has succeeded the retired Hugo Lloris as France captain, a source close to the team told AFP on Monday. Paris Saint-Germain forward Mbappe, 24, accepted the proposal after discussions with Coach Didier Deschamps earlier in the day. Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris brought an end to his international career in January after losing the World […]
20, March 2023
Putin meets China’s Xi in Moscow, says open to negotiations on Ukraine 0
China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow for an official three-day visit, during which he will discuss Russia’s ongoing military campaign in Ukraine as well as other issues of bilateral and international interest with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The two leaders greeted one another as “dear friend” when they met for informal talks in […]
20, March 2023
Scramble For Africa: Gunmen kill 9 Chinese at mine in Central African Republic 0
Gunmen stormed a Chinese-operated gold mining site that had recently been launched in Central African Republic, killing nine Chinese nationals and wounding two others Sunday, authorities said. However, the rebel coalition initially blamed by some for the attack put out a statement later in the day. Without providing evidence, it accused Russian mercenaries from the […]
20, March 2023
Brenda Biya Eyenga sued for defamation by singer Dencia 0
A Cameroonian singer is suing a daughter of the president of the plaintiff’s native African country, alleging in a multimillion- dollar complaint that the defendant and her friend defamed her on the social media in 2021 by accusing her of dealing drugs and being involved in identity theft and fraud. Singer Dencia, whose real name […]
23, March 2023
Football: UEFA launch probe into Barcelona refereeing scandal 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
European football’s governing body UEFA said on Thursday it was launching an investigation into claims Barcelona paid for favourable refereeing decisions. UEFA said its ethics and disciplinary inspectors would probe “a potential violation of UEFA’s legal framework by FC Barcelona in connection with the so-called ‘Caso Negreira’”, referring to the Spanish league’s former refereeing chief […]