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20, January 2022
Former pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child sex abuse investigation 0
A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in Germany, with former pope Benedict XVI among those in the spotlight. The report by law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl (WSW) will analyse how abuse cases were dealt with in the archdiocese of Munich and […]
20, January 2022
President Biden warns of ‘disaster for Russia’ if Putin invades Ukraine 0
U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a move into Ukraine and said Russia would pay dearly for a full-scale invasion, with its businesses possibly losing access to the U.S. dollar. “My guess is he will move in,” Biden told a news conference. “He has to do something.” […]
20, January 2022
Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria impress once more with 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau 0
After swatting aside Mo Salah’s Egypt, then Sudan, Nigeria entrenched their status as top contenders to win the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations with a confident 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau. Nigeria easily topped Group D with three straight wins – and in this latest match they kept their momentum going with pertinacity and creativity alike. […]
19, January 2022
Attack on AFCON in Southern Cameroons: Yerima says French Cameroun received Amba fighters’ message of strength 0
On the fourth day of the Africa Cup of Nations in the Fako County, Ambazonia Revolutionary Guards acted on the threat that was made public by the Southern Cameroons Interim Government. A dozen Amba fighters fired AK-47s into the air less than a quarter-mile from where the Malian national team was practicing, spooking the players […]
19, January 2022
Four French soldiers injured in Burkina Faso bomb blast 0
Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France’s military told AFP Tuesday evening. “(Their) off-road vehicle activated an IED as it left Ouahigouya airport,” the army said in a statement, adding the unit was part of the Barkhane operation, Paris’ deployment in the Sahel against a jihadist […]
19, January 2022
Africa Cup of Nations: Five killed in Yaounde-Ebolowa accident 0
At least five people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday in an accident involving a bus and a truck on the outskirts of Cameroon’s capital city of Yaounde, according to the police. The accident occurred on the Yaounde-Ebolowa highway precisely at the Mengueme locality by 10 a.m. when a 30-seater bus lost control […]
19, January 2022
Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal, Guinea advance, Ghana going, going, gone 0
Senegal was held 0-0 by Malawi in another African Cup of Nations shock on Tuesday, though the Senegalese still squeezed through to the knockout stages. Zimbabwe, which had already been eliminated, provided a double surprise by upsetting Guinea 2-1 in the other Group B game. Despite the loss, Guinea also advanced behind group winner Senegal […]
19, January 2022
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Leadership is an issue! 0
Nobody ever imagined that the Southern Cameroons revolution which shook the Yaounde government to its core when it all started to play out in almost all the towns and villages of the country’s two English-speaking regions would one day flounder given the determination with which Southern Cameroonians engaged in battle with the Yaounde government. A […]
18, January 2022
Africa Cup of Nations: CAF boss Motsepe donates $200,000 to a church in Mvog-Ada, Yaounde 0
The President of the Confederation of African Football, (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe has donated $200,000(Sh440 million) to the Catholic church in Yaounde on behalf of the Motsepe Foundation. The South African billionaire, who is overseeing the organisation of the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, (Afcon), announced the donation during a mass he […]
20, January 2022
Political Africa Cup of Nations holding in the middle of ongoing Amba conflict—and is still fighting for the world’s respect 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
Two and a half years later than planned, Cameroon is hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The tournament was moved to Egypt in 2019 over concerns about Cameroon’s readiness in terms of infrastructure, and in 2021, it was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameroon’s hosting privilege has been controversial due to the country’s […]