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3, October 2022
Corrupt France: Justice Minister Dupond-Moretti faces trial on conflict of interest charge 0
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti will have to stand trial in a conflict of interest case that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron’s government, his lawyers said Monday, adding they immediately appealed the move. Eric Dupond-Moretti, who was one of France’s most famous criminal lawyers before President Emmanuel Macron made him justice minister, […]
3, October 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Kumba Amba General warns all Francophone soldiers to leave 0
Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces in Meme Division have put all Cameroon government soldiers operating in Kumba and its neighboring villages on notice, warning that they will be targeted as long as Yaoundé continue with its military operations in the Ambazonia homeland. Speaking during celebrations marking October 1 Major General Transporter said Francophone army soldiers will […]
30, September 2022
Southern Cameroons Hospital Workers Say They’re Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality 0
Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon’s military entered the hospital and arrested or killed some of their fighters. Hospital workers tell VOA both military troops and rebels abused them. Cameroon’s Bui Unity Warriors separatists say they abducted five health […]
30, September 2022
Ukraine: Putin officially recognizes Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions as ‘independent states’ 0
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday recognized the eastern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as independent sovereign states, in what the Kremlin calls “accession treaties”. “I order the recognition of the state sovereignty and independence” of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in southern Ukraine, Putin said in presidential decrees issued late on Thursday. In the documents, […]
29, September 2022
Skin whitening products remain popular in Cameroon despite risks 0
Wearing a large hat protecting her face from the sun’s rays in Cameroon, 63-year-old Jeanne now bitterly regrets using skin whitening products after being diagnosed with skin cancer. She is one of many women in Cameroon who use the controversial products that have been banned after social media outrage. “I am embarrassed when people look […]
29, September 2022
Understanding the Francophone Franck Biya’s supporters who want him to succeed his father 0
Although ‘Franckists’ are not very well organised, they nevertheless manage to make themselves heard. Who are they and why do they want Franck Biya, the son of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, to come to power one day? The text has the feel of a religious sermon. Published on Facebook on 24 September, it speaks about […]
29, September 2022
Biya regime bans public gatherings in Bamenda 0
Cameroonian authorities have banned public gatherings in Bamenda, the capital of the restive Northwest Region, where armed separatist conflicts are underway. Simon Emile Mooh, the prefect of the Mezam division where Bamenda is located, said in a statement issued Wednesday that “undeclared meetings and public manifestations” have been banned in the city until further notice. […]
28, September 2022
French Cameroun: Lucky Man Who Married 4 Women 0
This is a celebrated French Cameroun polygamist that even other polygamists from the Ocean Division in the South Region of La Republique du Cameroun disapprove of his ways. He hails from the South region just like the renowned Professor Joseph Owona a former Biya regime cabinet minister who lives in three homes right next to […]
28, September 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Barrister Agbor Balla calls on Biya to open talks with Sisiku Ayuk Tabe 0
The founder and head of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa Barrister Agbor Balla has said that the solution to the crisis in Southern Cameroons requires dialogue between the Francophone dominated Biya regime and the jailed Ambazonian leaders. The armed conflict is now into its sixth year and nothing seems to change […]
3, October 2022
Stadium disaster tarnishes Indonesia’s sporting ambitions 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Indonesia’s hopes of hosting world sports events in future will depend on the credibility of its investigation into the weekend’s football stadium disaster and safety reforms, analysts have warned. The tragedy on Saturday in Malang left 125 people dead and more than 300 injured after police fired tear gas in a packed stadium to quell […]