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20, October 2022
Priest from Mamfe Diocese meets Pope Benedict XVI 0
Pope Benedict welcomed Revered Father Maurice Agbaw-Ebai in the Vatican on Thursday making him feel at home and showed great concern for the Catholic community in English speaking Cameroon that is facing difficulties. It was a wonderful feeling meeting Pope Benedict, Fr Maurice Agbaw-Ebai told Cameroon Concord News. Pope Benedict was keen to know about […]
20, October 2022
Putin visits military draft training centre 0
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited a training centre for mobilised Russians for the first time since announcing a partial military call-up on September 21. State television showed Putin visiting a shooting centre in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, dressed in black, shooting a newly developed sniper rifle and hugging military men. Wearing ear […]
20, October 2022
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after six weeks in office 0
British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit on Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. Making a hastily scheduled statement outside her 10 Downing Street office, Truss acknowledged that “I cannot deliver the mandate […]
20, October 2022
Ronaldo axed from Man Utd squad 0
Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped from Manchester United’s squad for Saturday’s clash with Chelsea after his tantrum against Tottenham. Ronaldo stormed down the Old Trafford tunnel with several minutes remaining in United’s 2-0 win over Tottenham on Wednesday. The 37-year-old star reportedly told United manager Erik ten Hag that he did not want to come […]
20, October 2022
Priests abducted in Southern Cameroons last month plead for release in new video 0
A video has emerged on social media that shows five Catholic priests, a nun, and three others who were kidnapped last month in Cameroon’s Mamfe Diocese pleading with their local ordinary to secure their release. On Sept. 16, unidentified gunmen attacked St. Mary’s Catholic Nchang Parish of Mamfe Diocese in Cameroon. Nine people were abducted […]
20, October 2022
Yaoundé battles cholera outbreak as floods ravage border areas 0
Cameroon says a fresh wave of cholera outbreak provoked by ongoing floods in its northern border with Chad and Nigeria has killed at least 17 people and many more are feared dead in difficult-to-access villages within a week. An emergency meeting by government officials and relief agencies on Wednesday ordered the deployment of humanitarian workers […]
19, October 2022
Football icon Shevchenko feels pain and pride in Ukraine’s resilience 0
Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko has admitted in an interview with AFP he cried when he “saw children running through a field strewn with missile craters” in Irpin, a commuter town outside Kyiv which was liberated from Russian control. The 2004 Ballon D’Or winner said he was overwhelmed by the youngsters’ determination to play football […]
19, October 2022
Brazil challenger Lula says Neymar supports Bolsonaro over debt woes 0
Brazilian presidential candidate Lula da Silva criticised football star Neymar’s support of far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, accusing the player of being motivated by a debt “pardon”. Last month, Neymar endorsed hardline conservative Bolsonaro as he fights to win reelection in his October 30 runoff battle against leftist ex-leader Lula. “Neymar has the right to choose […]
19, October 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Separatists agree to continue talking! 0
Separatist leaders flown into Canada from Nigeria to attend the Canada talks have agreed to continue talking with other faction leaders in order to give peace a chance. Some three fighters who obtained their visas from the Canadian embassy in Abuja said they had been mandated by the fighters on Ground Zero to represent them […]
21, October 2022
“In Pope Benedict I felt the closeness of God in a way that I cannot fully communicate in words” Fr Agbaw-Ebai Maurice 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Headline News, Religion
Retired Pope Benedict XVI welcomed Revered Father Maurice Agbaw-Ebai in the Vatican on Thursday making him feel at home and showed great concern for the Catholic community in English speaking Cameroon that is facing difficulties. Cameroon Concord News understands Fr Maurice Agbaw-Ebai was granted unprecedented access to Pope Benedict with no topic on theology off-limits. This […]