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31, January 2023
Burkina Faso: A dozen security officers killed as violence spirals 0
Suspected jihadists killed 13 people, most of them from the military, in the lastest such attack in Burkina Faso’s restive north, the army said Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page that a dozen security officers and a civilian were killed Monday in Falagountou in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region during clashes […]
30, January 2023
French FA chief Le Graet ‘no longer has legitimacy’ to stay in post 0
Noel Le Graet, the scandal-hit president of the French Football Federation under investigation for sexual harassment, “no longer has the necessary legitimacy to run and represent French football”, according to a report into governance failings at the body seen by AFP on Monday. The report follows an audit of the FFF ordered by France’s Sports […]
30, January 2023
Douala: Archbishop Kleda links journalist Zogo’s death to 2017 slaying of the Bishop of Bafia 0
Catholic leaders in Cameroon have condemned the Jan. 22 murder of a local journalist, comparing the slaying to the 2017 assassination of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla of Bafia. The lifeless body of Martinez Zogo, 51, was found along the road to Soa, nine miles from the capital city. His remains were in an advanced state […]
30, January 2023
Football: Everton appoint Sean Dyche as new manager 0
Relegation-threatened Everton announced on Monday they had appointed former Burnley boss Sean Dyche as their new manager to replace the sacked Frank Lampard. Dyche has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract and will take charge for the first time for the Premier League club’s clash against leaders Arsenal at Goodison Park on Saturday. “I know about Everton’s […]
28, January 2023
Southern Cameroon: War and No Peace 0
In power since 1982, Cameroon President Paul Biya has ruled autocratically for more than four decades. While Cameroon is officially bilingual, one manifestation of such authoritarian governance is the persistent marginalization of the minority English-speaking population in the Northwest and Southwest regions, the former British Southern Cameroons. Since 2016, in the face of state violence, […]
28, January 2023
Biya regime told to accept Canada’s peace mediation offer 0
The Global Campaign for Peace and Justice in Cameroon has called on the African country’s government to accept the offer of mediation made last week by Canadian authorities with a view to a possible agreement with Anglophone separatists that would end a conflict that has left more than 6,000 people dead since 2017. The current […]
28, January 2023
Yaoundé: Human Rights Watch urges probe over Martinez Zogo’s death 0
Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Cameroon to launch an independent inquiry into the killing of a popular radio journalist who had spoken out against graft. Martinez Zogo, 50, who regularly attacked financial sleaze and cronyism in the central African nation, was abducted on January 17 outside a police station in the suburbs of […]
27, January 2023
The killing of Martinez Zogo highlights a concerning trend of how far Amougou Belinga and his gang are willing to go 0
The body of one of the most prominent journalists in Cameroon was found near the capital of Yaoundé with signs of torture in what appears to be a brutal murder linked to his work. Martinez Zogo’s body was on Sunday found allegedly badly mutilated and his clothes were scattered in the radius of around 100 […]
27, January 2023
Setback in Southern Cameroons shows challenges of Canada’s new Africa strategy 0
An embarrassing setback in a Canadian peace initiative in Cameroon has demonstrated the challenges that could hamper Ottawa’s planned new Africa strategy this year, but federal officials are optimistic the peace talks will still proceed. The federal government is planning to release its Africa strategy in the early months of this year, aiming to boost […]
31, January 2023
Kinshasa: Poverty, but also rumba and resilience: Pope Francis starts long-awaited trip 0
by soter • Headline News, Religion, World
Pope Francis on Tuesday is expected to land in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s largest predominantly Catholic country, for a landmark three-day visit. Here are five things to know about this vast nation: Mineral wealth, dire poverty The DRC is awash with minerals and precious stones, from gold, diamonds and coltan to tin, copper […]