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3, January 2023
Tennis legend Boris Becker back to work as Australian Open pundit 0
A month after his release from prison, Boris Becker will return as a consultant for Eurosport during the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the sports television channel announced on Tuesday. “I am delighted that Boris Becker is returning to our Eurosport team at the Australian Open,” said Jochen Gundel, one […]
2, January 2023
Senegalese MPs jailed for attacking female legislator in parliament 0
Two Senegalese opposition MPs were handed six-month jail terms on Monday for physically attacking a female colleague in parliament. In a case that sparked anguished debate about democracy in Senegal, pro-government legislator Amy Ndiaye was slapped and then kicked in the belly during a chaotic session in the National Assembly. MPs Mamadou Niang and Massata […]
2, January 2023
Thousands pay respects as Pope Benedict XVI lies in state at Vatican 0
Thousands of Catholics began paying their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state before his funeral. The queue began to form before dawn in the square in front of the basilica, where Benedict’s body was transferred earlier from the monastery […]
1, January 2023
Football: Aboubakar sends Cristiano Ronaldo message after Mohamed Salah dig 0
Cristiano Ronaldo has been sent an emphatic message by new Al-Nassr teammate Vincent Aboubakar amid the Cameroonian’s ongoing feud with Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. The Portuguese forward sealed a big-money switch to the Saudi Arabian outfit earlier this week having penned a deal worth in the region of £173m per year until 2025. It sees […]
1, January 2023
Football: Clarence Seedorf says Onana will return to play for the Indomitable Lions 0
Former Cameroon coach Clarence Seedorf believes Andre Onana will rescind his decision of retiring from international football. Seedorf thinks the Inter goalkeeper will make international U-turn Onana retired from Cameroon days after being kicked out of World Cup camp. The 26-year-old was accused of indiscipline by coach Rigobert Song Onana retired from Cameroon duty in […]
1, January 2023
In empty speech, Biya plans to intensify graft crackdown 0
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has expressed concerns that corruption is “becoming rife” in the Central African nation and said the graft crackdown will be intensified. “Last year, I talked about the need to strengthen governance in the management of public affairs and to control government spending. Rest assured that this concern is constant and unwavering,” […]
31, December 2022
Southern Cameroonians in Calabar mock Biya over killing of Ambazonia commanders 0
Southern Cameroonians living in parts of Calabar and in other refugee camps in Cross River State have mocked their country’s authorities as well as its military forces for always parading the bodies of Ambazonian separatist forces killed. Early in the week, there were reports in the international media about how the Cameroonian authorities have neutralised […]
31, December 2022
French Cameroun: Soldier killed in ambush in Far North 0
A soldier has been killed and another wounded in an ambush by jihadis in Cameroon’s Far North, military and local sources said Friday. The attack happened on Thursday in the town of Ldaoussaf in a region troubled by jihadi insurgents, the two sources told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. “An army patrol was ambushed,” […]
31, December 2022
Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 0
Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican,” Vatican spokesman […]
3, January 2023
Spain busts group that smuggled thousands of tonnes of electronic waste to Africa 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
Spanish police have broken up a criminal group that smuggled over 5,000 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste from Spain’s Canary Islands to several African countries, authorities said Tuesday. Police arrested 43 people suspected of having illegally shipped 331 containers of used electronics to Africa over the past two years, the finance ministry said in a […]