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10, January 2022
Football: Andre Onana signs five-year deal with Inter Milan 0
Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana has signed a five-year deal with Inter Milan. Onana will join the Serie A champions in July 2022 as a free agent from Ajax. This was disclosed by transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, in a tweet via his Twitter handle last night. “André Onana has signed his contract today as new Inter […]
10, January 2022
Cape Verde sink 10-man Ethiopia in Africa Cup of Nations surprise 0
Julio Tavares scored the winner as Cape Verde began their Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) campaign with a surprise 1-0 victory on Sunday over Ethiopia, who played most of the game with 10 men. The Saudi-based striker headed Cape Verde ahead in first-half stoppage time in Yaounde after Ethiopia had defender Yared Bayeh sent off […]
10, January 2022
Hosts Cameroon beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in Africa Cup of Nations opener 0
The long-awaited African football bonanza kicked off with a win for hosts Cameroon as they came back from behind to prevail over Burkina Faso, with two penalties from striker Vincent Aboubakar powering them to victory. Burkina Faso stunned Cameroon in the first half when Gustavo Sangaré gave them the lead with a masterly finish into […]
10, January 2022
Paul Biya: The falling president! 0
His collaborators have always projected him as the strong man, ordained by God to be eternal not only on earth but also on the throne, but the last years have proven that eternity here on earth is simply a mirage and that no man, including Paul Biya, born of a woman, will ever be physically […]
9, January 2022
Russia rules out any concession over Ukraine in talks with US 0
Russia ruled out Sunday any concession at talks with the United States on soaring tensions over Ukraine as Moscow seeks a wide-ranging new security arrangement with the West but faces strong pressure to pull back troops. Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian news agencies ahead of his talks in Geneva the Kremlin was […]
9, January 2022
Armed gangs kill 200 people in Nigeria after military strikes 0
Armed criminal gangs have killed at least 200 people in attacks on villages in northwest Nigeria this week as clashes between the gunmen and the African country’s military forces continue in the restive area, according to residents. Media reports cited the residents as saying on Saturday that an estimated 200 people or more have been […]
9, January 2022
French Cameroonians have high hopes for sixth title as Africa Cup of Nations 2022 kicks off 0
Fifty years after last hosting the Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon kick off the continental showpiece on Sunday targeting a sixth title while hoping the spectre of the coronavirus does not overshadow the tournament. Cameroon, who play 2013 runners-up Burkina Faso in their opening Group A match at the vast new 60,000-seat Olembe Stadium in […]
8, January 2022
Yaounde: Covid 19 testing procedure scandal rocks Africa Cup of Nations 0
Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traore has deplored as “a scandal” coronavirus testing procedures at the Africa Cup of Nations after up to five players and coach Kamou Malo tested positive in the run-up to Sunday’s opener against hosts Cameroon. The Aston Villa forward told a press conference in Yaounde on Saturday: “It’s a scandal, we […]
8, January 2022
CAF president arrives in Cameroon for Africa Cup of Nations opener 0
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe arrived in Cameroon’s commercial hub of Douala on Friday ahead of the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) championship in the country. CAF Secretary General Veron Mosengo-Omba met Motsepe on arrival at the Douala International Airport ahead of Sunday’s start of the tournament. Omba […]
11, January 2022
Africa Cup of Nations a chance for Biya to unite the two Cameroons 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Cameroon has not hosted the Africa Cup of Nations since the 1972. Optimists hope the goodwill generated by the tournament can be used to foster national unity, with the south west of the country still mired in violence. After 40 years in power, President Biya is famously not a man fond of public appearances. But […]