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15, November 2022
World Cup 2022: Bryan Mbeumo awaits ‘crazy’ emotions in Qatar 0
Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo says he will go “crazy inside” should he have the honour of starting a game for Cameroon at the World Cup. The 23-year-old was called up for the finals in Qatar, where the Indomitable Lions face Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland, despite only making his debut in September. Having called it a dream […]
15, November 2022
English-speaking children denied education in Cameroon’s anglophone crisis 0
Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Cameroonian Civil War, has been raging between the country’s government and Anglophone separatist parties in the north- and southwest since 2016. The separatist parties have been accused of kidnapping and attacking innocents, but the nation’s administration has also been heavily criticized, accused of human rights violations including torture […]
15, November 2022
Qatar 2022: England and Netherlands arrive in Qatar as Infantino calls for focus on football 0
England and the Netherlands will be the first World Cup heavyweights to arrive in Qatar on Tuesday as FIFA President Gianni Infantino again urged teams to focus on the football. The pleas from football’s world governing body have struggled to be heard in some countries as the countdown to Sunday’s kick-off has intensified the focus […]
15, November 2022
Football: Man Utd ‘considering response’ to Ronaldo ‘betrayal’ claims 0
Manchester United said on Monday they were “considering their response” to an interview given by star forward Cristiano Ronaldo where he said he felt “betrayed” by the club. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been a peripheral figure on the field for United since Erik ten Hag took charge as manager in May. Ronaldo was […]
14, November 2022
Biden tries to ‘manage differences’ with Xi in first face-to-face meeting as president 0
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met on Monday for long-awaited talks that come as relations between their countries are at their lowest in decades, marred by disagreements over a host of issues from Taiwan to trade. The two, holding their first in-person talks since Biden became president, met on the Indonesian […]
14, November 2022
US urges Ukraine to consider peace talks with Russia 0
Senior US officials have reportedly begun prodding Kiev to consider peace talks with Moscow, fearing winter may stall its momentum after scoring a key victory in retaking Kherson in the persisting Ukraine war. Despite continued pledges of support for Ukraine from the US and its allies, “top officials in Washington are beginning to wonder aloud […]
14, November 2022
US: Three dead, two injured in University of Virginia campus shooting 0
A shooting on the campus of the University of Virginia late Sunday left three people dead and two wounded, university police said in a tweet, adding that the suspect was still at large and “armed and dangerous”. The university police identified a student, Christopher Darnell Jones as the suspect, and said multiple agencies were engaged […]
12, November 2022
Cameroon lost 67 million dollars to corruption in 2021 0
Cameroon lost about 44 billion xaf (about 67 million US dollars) to corruption last year, according to statistics released Thursday by the Cameroon Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC). The amount represented an increase of over 26 billion xaf compared to 2020, the report said, adding that police and local government officials were among the worst offenders, with […]
12, November 2022
Manyu: Happy Birthday song now in Ejagham Language 0
The tune to the song ‘Happy Birthday to you’ is used in many different languages around the globe. There are also a number of other birthday songs, some of which use the same tune but different words. ‘Happy Birthday to you’ was written in 1893 by Patty and Mildred Hill, teachers in Louisville, Kentucky in […]
16, November 2022
Third World Politics: Donald Trump announces his run for presidency in 2024 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals. Seeking a potential rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump made his announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida a […]