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8, June 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Human Rights Lawyer Detained on Bogus Terrorism Charges 0
Today marks one week since prominent Cameroonian human rights lawyer, Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus, was thrown behind bars on bogus charges of inciting terrorism. He should be released immediately. Gendarmes arrested Amungwa on May 31 at the Groupement Territorial de la Gendarmerie in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, while he was assisting a client. According to Amungwa’s lawyers, […]
8, June 2021
Bundes: Angela Merkel’s CDU party gains victory in key state poll ahead of national election 0
The Christian Democrats (CDU) party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won the vote in a key state, giving the conservatives a big boost ahead of the national election. Election results in Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany showed CDU won around 37 percent of the votes on Sunday in the last regional poll before the general […]
8, June 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Top US Senator says accountability for tragedies is first good step 0
U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded Secretary Blinken’s announcement today that the United States will impose visa restrictions on individuals who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. “For nearly four years, […]
8, June 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: US Secretary of State announces visa restrictions on those undermining the peaceful resolution of the conflict 0
The United States is deeply concerned by the continued violence in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. We continue to call for both the Cameroonian government and separatist armed groups to end the violence and engage in a dialogue without preconditions to peacefully resolve the crisis. It is important that children can attend school and that […]
7, June 2021
T.B Joshua attempted to join Nigerian Army 0
Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly referred to as T. B. Joshua died on Saturday at the age of 57. He died just seven days to his birthday. Here are quick facts about the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN). 1. Joshua was born on 12 June 1963 after he spent 15 […]
7, June 2021
Africa Cup of Nations draw in Cameroon delayed by Covid-19 0
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations draw, scheduled for Yaounde on June 25, has been postponed due to Covid-19, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed on Monday. A CAF official said the delay of the ceremony to an undecided date was due to “logistical reasons related to Covid-19”. The seeded draw will create six […]
7, June 2021
Leader of Boko Haram is dead, says rival militant Islamist group 0
The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, a person […]
6, June 2021
Biya regime battles vaccine hesitancy as only 11% of jabs used 0
Authorities in Cameroon are battling vaccine hesitancy with only eleven percent of doses received since April dispensed most of them due to travel requirements. Cameroon’s government and clergy have been struggling to get the public to accept that the vaccines are safe. A group of 70 Cameroonian Muslims gathered at the Djoungolo government hospital in […]
6, June 2021
Burkina Faso: More than 130 killed in deadliest attack 0
Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said Saturday. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced an attack near the borders with Mali and Niger, where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have […]
9, June 2021
But why does the UK ingratiate itself with the Biya regime? 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Trade deals being negotiated by Britain reveal cynicism, a disregard for public health and a strange sense of priorities. The UK-Australia trade deal has received attention because of its negative implications for the British livestock business, animal welfare concerns and deforestation caused by industrial-scale cattle ranching Down Under. But another recent agreement, this time with […]