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7, July 2022
UK Politics: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign 0
Boris Johnson is expected to resign his position as Conservative party leader today but stay on as Prime Minister until the fall, British media sources report. He is slated to make a statement in the early afternoon on Thursday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Queen Elizabeth as a courtesy ahead of an […]
7, July 2022
UN Security Council to vote on extending Syria cross-border aid 0
The United Nations Security Council votes Thursday on extending its authorization of aid transfers across Syria’s border without approval from Damascus, with Russia seeking a six-month prolongation while Western nations want a full year. The UN resolution permitting aid deliveries across the Syrian-Turkish border at Bab al-Hawa has been in effect since 2014, but is […]
7, July 2022
Who could succeed Paul Biya in Etoudi? 0
In some African countries that are striving to move forward, their constitutions are very strong and their leaders weak. In Francophone Africa, Cameroon included, leaders are very strong and constitutions are very weak. It is common knowledge that the one important job of a constitution is to limit the power of the leader. However, this […]
7, July 2022
Sustainable Development Goals: How is Africa fairing? 0
Sustainable development is development efforts which aim at meeting today’s needs and those of future generations without damaging the social, economic, cultural, and physical environments. Indeed, sustainable development is holistic development which is fair and inclusive in the short and long term. There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) goals derived from lessons learned from […]
6, July 2022
King of Pop: Three disputed Michael Jackson songs pulled from streaming sites 0
Three Michael Jackson songs have been removed from streaming sites following longstanding claims that they are sung by someone else, Sony and the late singer’s estate said Wednesday. “Breaking News,” “Monster” and “Keep Your Head Up” appear on the 2010 compilation album “Michael,” released a year after Jackson’s death from a drug-induced cardiac arrest. Some […]
6, July 2022
CAF President Motsepe confirms postponement of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations 0
CAF through its President, Patrice Motsepe, made the announcement on Sunday The 2023 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) initially billed to take place in Cote d’ Ivoire from June 2023 has been postponed to January 2024. The decision was one of the key decisions taken during the Confederation of African Football(CA) Executive […]
6, July 2022
Senior UK cabinet ministers Sunak and Javid resign, plunging govt into chaos 0
Britain’s finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what looked to be the final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s premiership after he had tried to apologise for the latest scandal to dog his administration. Both finance minister Rishi Sunak and health minister Sajid Javid resigned in what appeared to be a choreographed release […]
6, July 2022
Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for largest hajj 0
The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began kicks off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers expected to circle Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca. One million fully vaccinated Muslims, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year’s hajj, a major break from two years of drastically curtailed numbers […]
6, July 2022
IMF team visits Cameroon, says outlook is clouded with considerable uncertainty! 0
An IMF team was recently in Cameroon to share economic perspectives with the country’s authorities. As part of the visit, the IMF team reached a staff-level agreement with the country’s authorities on the economic and financial policies which could support the approval of the Second Review of the program under the ECF and EFF arrangements. […]
8, July 2022
Amnesty International says Yaoundé should end threats against activists who exposed violations and abuses in Southern Cameroons 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Cameroonian authorities must ensure that human rights defenders are able to work free of intimidation and reprisals, Amnesty International said today after receiving reports that activists are being targeted with death threats for exposing human rights violations and abuses in Anglophone regions. The individuals targeted include seven human rights defenders and a cyber-activist, all […]