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18, October 2022
Pathways to Peace in Cameroon: Ten Critical Observations for the International Community 0
In October 2022, Cameroon marked a poignant anniversary: six years of an avoidable crisis that escalated to civil war, one which has killed thousands and displaced or severely impacted millions. I wrote an early overview of the crisis for CGAI in September 2018, at which point I had no idea the war would get worse […]
18, October 2022
Cameroon Concord News Chairman devastated following the death of his father-in-law 0
The Chairman and Editor-In-Chief of the Cameroon Concord News Group has announced the sad passing of his beloved father-in-law Chef Anang Zacharias in Wum, Menchum Division. The Right Honorable Soter Agbaw-Ebai described how he was his rock and his inspiration after he got married to Odette Anang. Agbaw-Ebai said that while he is completely heartbroken, […]
18, October 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Wum Mayor’s home set ablaze 0
Ambazonia Restoration Forces have stormed the residence of the mayor of Wum and that of his dad and set both on fire, according to Cameroon Concord News sources in Menchum Division. Cameroon government soldiers reportedly fired on some of the Amba fighters at the residence in Naikom Overside before fleeing. The Francophone army soldiers loyal […]
17, October 2022
Benzema wins Ballon d’Or as Putellas retains women’s prize 0
Karim Benzema was rewarded for his remarkable success with Real Madrid by winning the Ballon d’Or at a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s prize. Benzema, who is the first French winner of the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane in 1998, scored 44 goals […]
17, October 2022
Can Renewable energy address Africa’s perennial energy crisis? 0
Africa is a continent rich in land, water, and energy resources, with a young and fast-growing population. Already the world’s youngest continent, it is expected to grow to nearly 2.5 billion people by 2050, 80% of them in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNPD, 2019). Levels of human and economic development differ widely across the continent, and […]
17, October 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Talks in Canada end in key agreement 0
The talks on seeking possible solutions to the Southern Cameroons crisis which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cameroons have come to an end in Canada; a country which has been seeking to help find peaceful solutions to the fighting that has ruined the economies of Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions. The talks, which […]
16, October 2022
Communist Party’s 20th Congress gets under way, offering clues to China’s future 0
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress kicked off in Beijing on Sunday, an event expected to confirm Xi Jinping as China’s first leader since Mao Zedong to serve three successive terms. Decisions unveiled at the congress – especially the fate of Prime Minister Li Keqiang – will indicate whether Xi plans to continue centralizing power […]
16, October 2022
African Union calls on Ethiopia rivals to ‘recommit’ to peace 0
The African Union on Sunday called on the warring parties in Ethiopia’s conflict to “recommit” to peace talks, as violence intensifies in the embattled Tigray region. The city of Shire in northwest Tigray has been bombarded for several days in a joint offensive by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops, with civilian casualties reported in the push […]
15, October 2022
Silicon Mountain announces 4th edition Conference 0
The Silicon Mountain and its entire community is set to organize the 4th Edition of Cameroon’s biggest Tech event; The Silicon Mountain Conference 2022, with the theme: “Local Solutions for a Sustainable Digital Economy”. The Silicon Mountain Conference 2022 is a three-day mega-conference scheduled for November 10th- 12th 2022 in Buea, the South-west Region of […]
18, October 2022
Fossil Fuel Extraction: Why Africa needs a transition to greener and cleaner energy sources 0
by soter • Headline News, Technology
The world is littered with millions of oil and gas production facilities which include active wells and processing plants. More than 100 million people on the African continent live within half a mile of these sites and they are exposed to pollutants daily. What is more unfortunate is that when fossil fuels get burned by […]