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21, April 2021
Emilia Lifaka: A victim of her own super spreader event 0
When the Member of Parliament for Fako in the Southwest region, Emilia Lifaka Monjowa, organised a birthday party to celebrate her 62th birthday, little did she know that her birthday party would double as a farewell party. As a parliamentarian, she was supposed to have known that it was preposterous to organize parties as such […]
20, April 2021
Chad coup d’état: President Idris Deby’s wife escapes to Yaoundé 0
Chad’s former first lady Hinda Deby Itno is no longer standing by her man and has fled the war-torn country with her children to Yaoundé. The wife of President Idris Deby assassinated following a coup in N’djamena crossed the Chad-Cameroun border incognito and has accepted guarantees of protection and financial security from the 88 year-old […]
20, April 2021
Southern Cameroons CPDM MP dies in Buea after falling ill 0
A pro Yaoundé Southern Cameroons politician has died en route to hospital in Buea after she became unwell. She has been named as Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, a member of President Biya’s ruling CPDM party. Emilia Lifaka was reportedly with some family members when she suddenly fell ill on Tuesday evening. It is understood she […]
20, April 2021
Chad: Expect things to get messy as rebels vow to keep fighting 0
The rebels that launched the offensive against the Idris Deby regime have rejected the transition government led by one of Deby’s sons, four Star General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno and have vowed to pursue the offensive. “We categorically reject the transition,” said Kingabe Ogouzeimi de Tapol, spokesman for the Front for Change and Concord in […]
20, April 2021
Idriss Deby’s Death: Is Chad talking to Cameroon? 0
As Chad’s president, Idriss Deby, exits the political scene in uncertain circumstances, many in the world have begun thinking that Chad might be talking to Cameroon. The Chadian president had won a landslide victory in a predetermined presidential election like his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya. The beleaguered Chadian leader was dealing with an insurgency just […]
20, April 2021
Fans slam creation of European Super League 0
Supporters of the six Premier League clubs leading the breakaway European Super League have slammed the controversial plan, branding it the “ultimate betrayal”. Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham are all involved in the new competition, alongside Spanish trio Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Italian clubs Juventus, Inter Milan and AC […]
20, April 2021
Battle For N’djamena: Chad President Idriss Deby has died 0
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. But there are conflicting reports on what actually led to his demise with some political commentators saying it was an inside job. Deby, 68, “has […]
20, April 2021
Cameroon’s former First Lady Germaine Ahidjo dies in Senegal hospital aged 89 0
The wife of the first president of the Republic of Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo has reportedly passed away in the main hospital in Dakar (Senegal), at the age of 89. First Lady of Cameroon from 1960 to 1982, Germaine Habiba Ahidjo was born in Mokolo in 1932. In 1942, she obtained her school certificate in Yaoundé […]
20, April 2021
Biya regime dispute with Seedorf and Kluivert rages on 0
A salary row dating back several years involving two former coaches of the national team, Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert, could end up being extremely costly for the Cameroonian Football Federation. In a case of abusive breach of contract, world football governing body FIFA has ordered the Francophone dominated Football federation FECAFOOT to pay 316,000 […]
21, April 2021
Chad: Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of slain president, emerges as new strongman 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
The youthful general Mahamat Idriss Deby, who stood watch over his late father as head of the presidential guard, is set to take over as Chad’s new head of state, according to a charter released Wednesday by the presidency. The presidency moved swiftly to put the reins of power in the hands of the 37-year-old […]