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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 […]
30, December 2022
Football: Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Al Nassr football club in Saudi Arabia 0
Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025. “I can’t wait to discover a new football league in a different country,” said the former Manchester […]
30, December 2022
1,668 journalists killed in the past 20 years (2003-2022), average of 80 per year 0
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform”, said the Paris-based media rights […]
30, December 2022
Brazil starts three days of mourning for legendary footballer Pelé 0
Brazil starts three days of national mourning on Friday for football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at age 82. The death of “The King” who transcended football triggered a wave of tributes around the globe from the sports world and also […]
29, December 2022
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Delays, extortions, and voter exclusion: national biometric ID card conundrum 0
Ashu M. just clocked 20 years this November, the legal age for voting in the central African nation of Cameroon. The enthusiastic young man is looking forward to enlisting his name on the biometric voter roll in preparation for the next general elections coming up in 2025. However, this will only be possible if Ashu […]
29, December 2022
At 17, Pele conquered the world 0
Pele burst onto the global stage at just 17 with dazzling goals as Brazil won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958. “I have good and bad stories from World Cups. The ’58 World Cup was a dream. I was a kid. Nobody was expecting it. Nobody believed in us. I […]
29, December 2022
Pele, Maradona, Messi: Who is the greatest of all time? 0
When FIFA declared Pele and Diego Maradona jointly the players of the 20th century, and effectively the best of all time, they side-stepped but did not resolve a heated debate that has grown more complicated as Lionel Messi has dominated the 21st century. Just who is the greatest? Pele, who died on Thursday, and the […]
29, December 2022
Brazilian football legend Pelé, who won a record three World Cups, dies at 82 0
More than six decades after he first wowed the world on the football pitch, Pelé is no more. The superstar Brazil nicknamed “O Rei” – the King – and winner of three World Cups died on Thursday at the age of 82 after a battle with colon cancer. His death caps a storied life as […]
31, December 2022
Southern Cameroonians in Calabar mock Biya over killing of Ambazonia commanders 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
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 […]