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9, July 2022
Southern Cameroons: Deadly floods in Fako point to a looming climate emergency 0
Flash floods triggered by sudden rains swept through the Likomba-Mutengene main road in Fako Division in the early hours of Saturday. The Saturday disaster came with no warning. “The local Likomba River was flooding with massive boulders. The trees were falling! It was terrifying” Cameroon Concord News Buea Bureau Chief said. Likomba and Mutengene are […]
9, July 2022
University of Buea lecturer kidnapped 0
The Department of Engineering and Technology of the University of Buea was yesterday visited by gunmen who disrupted the writing of exams in that department and kidnapped a lecturer who was invigilating the exam. The gunmen, suspected to be amba boys, came with the intention of disrupting exams and they succeeded in doing that, a […]
8, July 2022
ID Card: Biya regime has detained over 5000 Anglophone teenage boys and girls 0
Cameroon Concord News Group office in Yaoundé has revealed that the Francophone dominated military forces arrested some 5000 Southern Cameroons teenagers amid continued aggression against Ambazonia Self Defense Forces. Concord’s Yaoundé Bureau Chief Rita Akana wrote in a write up that there were minors as young as 16 among the detainees. Many of the children […]
8, July 2022
Angola: Former president Dos Santos dies at 79 0
Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said Friday. Dos Santos died at 11.10am Spanish time at the Barcelona Teknon clinic following a prolonged illness, the presidency said. The announcement said dos Santos, who ruled Angola for […]
8, July 2022
Football: Pogba heading to Turin before Juventus return 0
Paul Pogba is travelling to Turin on Friday ahead of the France midfielder’s return as a free agent to Juventus, the Serie A club where he made his name. The 29-year-old all-but announced his comeback on Friday when he posted on social media a video filmed on the airplane taking him to Italy from Miami, […]
8, July 2022
Swiss court acquits Blatter, Platini in FIFA corruption trial 0
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona. Platini, a former France national team captain and manager, was […]
8, July 2022
Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister Abe pronounced dead after shooting 0
Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old has died after being shot during a campaign event on Friday. Abe was a sprightly 52 when he first became prime […]
8, July 2022
French Cameroun: Bafoussam mushroom growers looking beyond the kitchen 0
Grilled on skewers, dried or used in hair oil: farmers at Bafoussam in western Cameroon are seeking to take the lowly mushroom, grown on agricultural waste, beyond the kitchen. Fungiculture, or the cultivation of edible mushrooms, is long-developed in the West, while China has become by far the world’s largest producer. But it remains very […]
8, July 2022
PCC-Rev Fonki Affair: If it’s true, Moderator should go and go now 0
In the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 31 vs 29, Moses, the servant of the Lord, said, “I know that after my death, you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what […]
9, July 2022
Wimbledon: Jabeur to do it for Mama Africa 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Ons Jabeur can become Africa’s first Grand Slam women’s singles champion on Saturday, admitting the seeds of her history-making charge to the Wimbledon final were sown 12 months ago when she pledged: “I’m coming back for the title.” Jabeur became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the modern era when […]