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6, February 2022
Tunisian president dissolves top judicial watchdog alleging bias 0
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved a top independent judicial watchdog accusing it of bias, the latest controversial move since he sacked the government last year. Saied has broadened his grip on power since July 25, when he sacked the government and froze parliament before moving to rule by decree in Tunisia — the […]
6, February 2022
Salah or Mané? African Cup final revolves around 2 Liverpool stars 0
Egypt or Senegal? Or maybe a more absorbing question for world soccer fans: Mohamed Salah or Liverpool teammate Sadio Mané? Sunday’s African Cup of Nations final in Cameroon will center on two of the continent’s biggest stars, now global stars, when Salah’s Egypt tries to reclaim its lost glory against Mané’s Senegal, which is seeking […]
6, February 2022
Africa Cup of Nations: Remarkable comeback gives Indomitable Lions third place 0
Cameroon have finished 3rd in the Africa cup of Nations after coming from 3 goals down before winning 5-3 in the penalty shootout. Burkina Faso surprisingly beat the host nation 2-nil in the 1st half and Djibril Ouattara scored the 3rd before the hour mark. But, Cameroon responded in a superb fashion as Stephane Bahoken […]
5, February 2022
Money and Stupidity: Biya regime says France will provide $262 million to support budget 0
Cameroon said France had signed a deal valued at 150 billion CFA francs ($262 million) to support its budget. The French Development Agency loan will finance projects up to 2024, Alamine Ousmane Mey, Cameroon’s minister of economy, planning and regional development, said in Yaounde. He didn’t describe the type of projects to be funded. The […]
5, February 2022
Malians storm capital in anti-French mass protest to celebrate envoy expulsion 0
Thousands of anti-French protesters have flocked to the streets in the Malian capital of Bamako to celebrate the expulsion of the former colonizer’s envoy from the African country. Some 3,000 protesters attended the rally in central Bamako on Friday, waving Mali’s national flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of […]
5, February 2022
Queen Elizabeth II attends party on Jubilee eve 0
Queen Elizabeth II made a rare public appearance on Saturday, chatting and cutting cake at a party, a day before she enters her 70th year as monarch. The 95-year-old Queen has rarely appeared in public and has cancelled major engagements since spending a night in hospital for tests last October. Wearing a blue dress and […]
5, February 2022
UK hit by news of record high inflation 0
Come April, many Britons will have to choose between heating and eating. Everything from bus fares to mortgages are going to cost more. Interest rates have gone up twice in seven weeks and 3 more hikes are on the horizon, as the central bank tries to tackle the situation. Meanwhile members of parliament are livid, […]
5, February 2022
The British Southern Cameroonians who don’t enjoy football 0
The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) buzz that has gripped Cameroon, which not even a stampede and eight people dying could damper, has yet to reach some parts of the country even as the tournament reaches its crescendo. In certain areas of the central African nation, watching football is a luxury. While most of Cameroon […]
5, February 2022
Push to free Anglophone journalists jailed in Cameroon intensifies 0
The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday, February 3, joined 26 other civil society organizations in calling on President Paul Biya to release all those arbitrarily detained in Cameroon for acts of free expression, including at least four journalists. The open letter, published during the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, notes that the continent’s […]
6, February 2022
Mane scores winning kick as Senegal beat Egypt in Cup of Nations final shoot-out 0
by soter • Africa, Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 4-2 in a shoot-out to win their first Africa Cup of Nations title after Sunday’s final finished goalless at the end of extra time. Mane had seen Mohamed Abou Gabal save his […]