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22, December 2021
Football: Man City defender Mendy charged with seventh count of rape 0
Manchester City and France international footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with a further count of rape, a court was told on Wednesday. The 27-year-old defender was already facing six allegations of rape and one of sexual assault but was charged last week with a seventh rape. Restrictions on reporting the latest rape charge were […]
21, December 2021
Prominent Nigerian human rights activists, Sowore, Odinkalu, Agomoh demand release of President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and his top aides 0
Some prominent human rights’ activists in Nigeria have demanded the release of the Vice-President of American University Nigeria (AUN), Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and nine others arrested by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police Force since 2018. Tabe and other scholars were arrested by the then SARS operatives in January 2018 at […]
21, December 2021
Africa Cup of Nations: CAF President reassures that tournament will kick off in Cameroon on Jan 9 0
In his last-minute visit to Cameroon, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has given some reassurances that the Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned after weeks of uncertainty. “We will all be present in Cameroon in a few weeks,” said Motsepe standing in the Olembe stadium, which is scheduled to […]
21, December 2021
Biya regime arrests hundreds for deadly clashes that displaced 100,000 in the Far North 0
Cameroonian authorities say troops have arrested hundreds of armed men blamed for communal violence in the northeast this month that displaced more than a hundred thousand people — most to neighboring Chad. Authorities say they also seized hundreds of weapons as well as cattle stolen during the conflict over scarce resources. Cameroonian authorities say the […]
21, December 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yerima says French Cameroun military solution an illusion 0
The Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government, Dabney Yerima has brushed aside the much talk about French Cameroun military solution to the five year-long conflict in Southern Cameroons as an illusion. The exiled Southern Cameroons leader stated in an interview with Cameroon Intelligence Report late on Monday that the two independent Cameroons are locked […]
21, December 2021
Japan hangs three men on death row in first executions since 2019 0
Japan hanged three prisoners on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, with the government saying it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued “atrocious crimes”. Japan is one of the few developed countries to keep the death penalty, and public support for capital punishment remains high despite international criticism, especially […]
21, December 2021
Omicron now dominant Covid-19 variant in US 0
The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the United States, health authorities reported Monday, as the WHO called for greater efforts to ensure the pandemic ends next year. The new variant has helped fuel record case surges, forcing a return to harsh restrictions in some countries. But in the United […]
20, December 2021
Africa Cup of Nations Uncertainty: FIFA President Infantino is backing player withdrawals 0
Fresh uncertainty has emerged over whether next month’s African Nations Cup in Cameroon will take place following claims that FIFA president Gianni Infantino has intervened. Unconfirmed reports suggest a split within the Confederation of African hierarchy over whether to press ahead, in the wake of the new Covid variant and the threat of multiple player […]
20, December 2021
Ambazonia Interim Gov’t threatens to attack Africa Cup football teams 0
The leadership of the Ambazonia Interim Government has warned they could target the four football teams – including Tunisia – playing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group F matches in Southern Cameroons. Tunisia, Mauritania, Gambia, and Mali will play in the town of Limbe, southern Cameroons, in mid-January, which is a constituency under the control […]
23, December 2021
The butcher of Yaoundé confirms AFCON to go ahead 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Sports
The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, confirmed that the country would continue with preparations to organize the Africa Cup of Nations in January as planned. The announcement followed a meeting between President Biya and CAF President, Patrice Motsepe. The event is scheduled to take place in Cameroon between the 9th of January and the 6th […]