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10, December 2025
Reporters Without Borders names Israel the world’s top killer of journalists for third year 0
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has named Israel the world’s greatest killer of journalists for the third consecutive year, holding it responsible for nearly half of global journalist deaths in 2025, largely in the besieged Gaza Strip. In an annual report on Tuesday, the RSF said that 29 Palestinian reporters were killed by the Israeli military […]
8, December 2025
Nigeria: One hundred abducted schoolchildren released 0
About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state’s police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is in charge of the school as the local leader of the Catholic community, both told the BBC that they had received […]
8, December 2025
Fundong: 2 gov’t soldiers killed in Amba ambush 0
At least two Cameroonian soldiers were killed and several others injured on Friday in an ambush by separatists in the country’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security sources said. The soldiers were at a security checkpoint in Fundong locality of the region when separatist fighters attacked them, a military official in the region confirmed. “The […]
8, December 2025
UN ‘appalled’ by death in custody of Cameroon opposition figure Anicet Ekane 0
The United Nations said Friday it was “appalled” by the death in custody of Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane, who had been arrested in late October. The left-wing nationalist politician, who died on Monday, was arrested in Douala on October 24, on the eve of the publication of presidential election results that returned 92-year-old Paul […]
7, December 2025
Benin coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops, interior minister says 0
The government of Benin says it has foiled an attempted coup by members of the West African nation’s armed forces. “The Beninese armed forces and their leadership, true to their oath, remained committed to the republic,” Interior Minister Alassane Seidou said in a televised address. Earlier on Sunday, a group of soldiers made a broadcast […]
4, December 2025
Provisional results show CPDM crime syndicate leads in regional elections 0
The ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) has won the regional elections held last Sunday, according to provisional results from regional supervisory commissions. The preliminary figures released Wednesday indicate that the CPDM captured the majority of the regional council seats contested in 58 divisional headquarters of the country. “This is a wonderful victory and clearly […]
4, December 2025
South Africa will ‘take a break’ from G20 after US ban 0
South Africa said Thursday it was prepared to wait out next year’s G20 after being barred by the United States and did not expect other countries to lobby for its inclusion. The United States this month took over the year-long presidency of the group of leading economies after largely boycotting South Africa’s tenure, including the […]
4, December 2025
Trump to host signing of peace deal between leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda 0
The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal aimed at ending the long-running conflict in the region at a summit hosted by US President Donald Trump in Washington. Ahead of the summit, there has been an escalation in fighting in resource-rich eastern DR Congo between government […]
4, December 2025
Death in custody of Anicet Ekane deepens post-election crisis 0
Anicet Ekane, president of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (Manidem), died on December 1 in Yaoundé, according to several relatives, including his sister and his lawyer, Me Simh. They said he had been held for more than a month at the Secretariat of State for Defense (SED), where he was considered one […]
10, December 2025
US set to demand five-years of social media data from all foreign visitors 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to require all foreign visitors to the United States to submit their social media histories from the past five years, according to a notice by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The directive, released on Tuesday will be enforced for all new entrants, including travelers from countries that […]