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27, July 2021
Vatican: Biggest criminal trial in modern history set to start 0
A financial scandal involving an opaque, loss-making Vatican property deal paid for with charity funds goes to trial Tuesday after a two-year probe that has implicated a once-powerful cardinal. Vatican prosecutors allege that ten defendants, including high-rolling London financiers and church employees, engaged in various crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, and corruption. It is unclear […]
27, July 2021
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Paul Biya Stadium contractor Magil stands by for an $89m lifeline 0
Initially led by the Italian Gruppo Piccini, the construction of the Paul Biya Stadium is now being handled by Magil construction. The Canadian company Magil has been drawing on its own funds to carry out work on the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to welcome the Africa Cup of Nations in January and February […]
26, July 2021
France Afrique: Equatorial Guinea closes its UK embassy 0
Equatorial Guinea announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in London after the United Kingdom imposed sanctions against Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the vice president and son of the country’s veteran president, over for allegedly syphoning state assets into his own bank accounts. Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono told national TV that he did not […]
26, July 2021
At least 57 Europe-bound migrants drown after boat capsizes off coast of Libya 0
At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe. “Horrified by yet another painful loss of life off the Libyan coast,” Federico Soda, the IOM’s Libya mission chief, said on Twitter. “At least 57 […]
26, July 2021
Biya’s deep coma: The silence is deafening in Yaoundé 0
The announcement that Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, will not be returning to the country anytime soon, has sent many of his ardent supporters into a deep depression. The supporters, many of whom are crooks and criminals being supported by a system designed to engineer and sustain corruption of the highest order in the country, are […]
26, July 2021
Football: Terry quits as Aston Villa assistant manager 0
John Terry has left his position as an assistant to Aston Villa boss Dean Smith with the aim of becoming a manager in his own right, the Premier League club announced Monday. Terry, a 40-year-old former Chelsea and England captain, joined Villa ahead of the 2017/18 season and became the skipper of his new side. […]
26, July 2021
Clashes erupt outside parliament after Tunisian president ousts PM, suspends legislature 0
Street clashes erupted on Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis. Saied sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move the biggest political party Ennahdha decried as a “coup”, […]
26, July 2021
Malaysian doctors stage walkout amid worsening Covid outbreak 0
Hundreds of junior doctors at state-run Malaysian hospitals staged walkouts Monday demanding better conditions as the country faces its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Dressed in black and holding signs with slogans including “equal pay, equal rights, equal opportunity” and “we are your future specialists”, they protested at medical facilities nationwide. The doctors are on contracts […]
25, July 2021
Yaoundé: Biya’s return postponed indefinitely and no explanation provided 0
The much-sung Biya’s return to Cameroon today July 25, 2021, has been postponed indefinitely and no explanation was provided by the country’s authorities. Mr. Biya was expected to return today after a so-called private visit abroad which many skeptics say is more of a medical visit than a private visit. A source close to the […]
27, July 2021
Geneva: Biya is in very bad shape 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
More details on the health of Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, are gradually emerging. The 88-year-old is in a very bad shape. Sources close to the Yaoundé dictator have informed the Cameroon Concord News Group correspondent in Geneva that it will be a miracle if the ailing president emerges from his multiple and complicated health challenges. […]