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5, December 2022
Qatar 2022: Japan wins over Germany and Spain count for nothing after World Cup exit, says Doan 0
Forward Ritsu Doan said Japan’s historic World Cup wins over Germany and Spain counted for nothing after the Blue Samurai were eliminated by Croatia in the last 16 on Monday. Japan missed out on a first-ever place in the quarter-finals after a 3-1 penalty shootout defeat to the Croatians, following a gruelling encounter that finished […]
5, December 2022
Defiant Sisiku Ayuk Tabe asserts his authority in Ambazonia, insists on demilitarization 0
The Southern Cameroons leader, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, defied the Biya Francophone regime efforts to declare him irrelevant by addressing the people of Ambazonia via a French Cameroun newspaper, confirming that he is still committed to the liberation struggle of British Southern Cameroons. In an interview with Le Jour newspaper President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe repeated his […]
5, December 2022
Former French President Sarkozy seeks to overturn corruption conviction at Paris appeal trial 0
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sought to convince a Paris court to overturn his March 2021 conviction for bribery and influence-peddling in an appeal hearing that started on Monday. The initial trial saw Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, in a stunning fall from grace for a man who served […]
5, December 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaoundé welcomes US indictment of suspected Amba Sponsors 0
Cameroon’s government is praising U.S. authorities for arresting three Cameroonian Americans accused of supporting separatist violence in the country’s western regions. The three, arrested a week ago and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice, allegedly raised funds to abduct persons and use weapons of mass destruction in a foreign country. Cameroon’s government has for […]
4, December 2022
FIFA World Cup: Atmosphere is different without alcohol 0
World Cup fans in Qatar say the atmosphere is different without alcohol — but they are divided over whether that is good or not. Some say the absence of booze in stadiums and its limited availability elsewhere in the Arab nation has detracted from the atmosphere inside and outside stadiums. Others say it has made […]
4, December 2022
FIFA World Cup: France beat Poland to reach quarter-finals 0
France proved too strong for Poland on Sunday as a Kylian Mbappé brace and a record-setting goal by Olivier Giroud made for a 3-1 victory in the World Cup last 16. Giroud became France’s all-time leading scorer with 52 goals, eclipsing the mark he shared with Thierry Henry.
4, December 2022
All what Biya the Monarch wanted was a party in Paris befitting his rule 0
Paul Biya is the longest serving president on the African continent, longer than even Yoweri Museveni. He came to power in 1982, when the founding president of that unlucky country, Ahmadou Ahidjo, stepped down after he had presided over his country’s decline since 1960. There was some drama in that changing of the guard. Ahidjo […]
3, December 2022
Mbappe and Lewandowski face off as France take on Poland at World Cup 0
There is arguably no more thrilling player at this World Cup than Kylian Mbappe, who leads France into their last-16 clash on Sunday with a Poland side whose own hopes of pulling off a famous upset will depend to a large extent on Robert Lewandowski. It is a sobering thought that Mbappe, not 24 until […]
3, December 2022
Yaoundé: Disabled Ask for Greater Inclusion in Public Office and Political Life 0
Scores of Cameroonians with physical disabilities petitioned the government on Friday for better representation in public office and political parties. Meeting in the capital Yaoundé, ahead of the International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3, activists said parties resist fielding disabled candidates. They also noted that not a single disabled person is in parliament […]
5, December 2022
Samba returns as Brazil brush aside South Korea to reach World Cup quarters 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Neymar returned from injury to help inspire Brazil to a 4-1 victory over South Korea on Monday as the favourites cruised through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The world’s most expensive player had sat out his team’s last two matches with a sprained ankle suffered in their first game in Qatar, a 2-0 […]