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24, March 2022
12 cholera-related deaths reported in Southern Cameroons 0
Health authorities in the Southwest region said on Wednesday, at least 12 people have died within 72 hours and over 400 cases were reported in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping across the region. The chief town of the region, Buea and the touristic seaside resort town of Limbe have been particularly affected, according to […]
24, March 2022
WikiLeaks founder Assange marries long-term partner in ceremony at UK prison 0
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange married his long-term partner Stella Moris inside a British high-security prison on Wednesday at a small ceremony attended by just four guests, two official witnesses and two guards. Assange is being held in jail while U.S. authorities seek his extradition to face trial on 18 counts relating to WikiLeaks’ release of […]
24, March 2022
Global diplomatic community remembers Madeleine Albright, dead at 84 0
Tributes poured in Wednesday from diplomatic players around the world remembering Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and one of the most influential stateswomen of her generation, who has died at age 84. Albright, who came to the United States as an 11-year-old political refugee, rose to serve as the country’s top […]
24, March 2022
Cameroon: In the grip of multiple crises 0
Cameroon has known so many challenges, such as meningitis and terrorist attacks in the north and a civil war that has sent many civilians and soldiers to an early grave in the two English-speaking regions of the country, but by some miracle, the country is still standing on one leg. Despite the massive and destructive […]
23, March 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis will not be resolved in Yaoundé and risks creating a generation of disenfranchised, displaced people nursing a grievance 0
Cameroon is an amalgamation of former French and British territories combined into a single country in 1961. The North-West and South-West Regions (NWSW) of Cameroon are home to most of the country’s English-speaking population (Anglophones), roughly 20% of the total population. The Anglophone Conflict stems from 2016 when Anglophone teachers and lawyers mounted protests demanding […]
23, March 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: What has the government learned? 0
The Southern Cameroons crisis which started with protests by lawyers and teachers in the country’s two English-speaking regions has not only crippled the country financially. It has also created a strange strain of distrust towards the government and this distrust will have dire consequences for the government which has a huge burden of proving that […]
22, March 2022
European Union issues “empty” statement on Cameroon 0
Today the Council approved conclusions on Cameroon stressing the importance that the EU attaches to its partnership with that country, and reaffirming the EU’s readiness to intensify engagement with the government, local authorities and civil society on all areas of mutual interest. In its conclusions the Council encourages the government of Cameroon to ensure a […]
22, March 2022
Biya Regime Blames War Between Russia and Ukraine for Wheat Shortage 0
Cameroon’s government says Russia’s war on Ukraine is responsible for a wheat shortage that has led to a 40 percent increase in the price of bread. The central African state is encouraging local substitutes like cassava and yams to replace the wheat usually imported from Russia and Ukraine. More than 40 consumers are waiting for […]
22, March 2022
Indomitable Lions: Andre Onana involved in car crash 0
Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has reportedly been involved in a sickening car crash on his way to play for the Indomitable Lions in their World Cup play-off against Algeria. Horrifying pictures show two cars smashed into each other at the front, with both bonnets destroyed and the ground covered in debris. Onana had been travelling […]
24, March 2022
Football: Italy humiliated by North Macedonia and miss second successive World Cup 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Italy will miss their second World Cup in a row after slumping to a shock 1-0 play-off semi-final defeat to North Macedonia on Thursday. Aleksandar Trajkovski’s low drive in the second minute of stoppage time stunned the European champions in Palermo and set-up a qualifying final with Portugal in Porto on Tuesday for a chance […]