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8, April 2021
‘Sofagate’: Turkey lays blame on EU for seating scandal that left EU chief standing 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
Turkey on Wednesday blamed the EU for seating arrangements that left European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan and Turkish officials came under a torrent of criticism after images went viral of his meeting on Tuesday with von der Leyen and European Council […]
8, April 2021
CEMAC region is hosting the world’s longest-standing authoritarian rulers! But protests are growing 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
In a familiar pattern than continues to be repeated, President Idriss Déby looks set to be elected for yet another term in Chad following this Sunday’s presidential elections. In power since 1990, this will be the 68-year-old incumbent’s sixth term. President Déby’s victory at the ballot box may be all but assured, but that’s not […]
7, April 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: French Cameroun disarmament official kidnapped in Bamenda 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Gunmen abducted an official of Cameroon’s National Committee on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (NCDDR) in the country’s troubled Anglophone region of Northwest on Wednesday, according to local officials and security sources. Henry Kum, Service Head of NCDDR Northwest was kidnapped at his residence Wednesday afternoon in Bamenda, a town of the region, said officials. Kum […]
7, April 2021
Yaoundé: Medical association leaders urge Biya regime to introduce COVID-19 vaccination 0
by soter • Headline News, Health, Life
It is imperative for Cameroon to introduce vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic in a bid to protect vulnerable groups and curb the spread of the disease in the Central African nation, leaders of the country’s two prominent medical associations said Tuesday. Franck Dange Nana, president of National Council of Pharmacists, and Guy Sandjon, president of National […]
7, April 2021
Understanding the Covid-19 IMF Scandal in Yaoundé and the Biya Criminal Investigation 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
A criminal investigation will be opened against presumed authors of financial malpractices within the framework of the management of Covid-19. French Cameroun dictator President Biya has ordered a major judicial enquiry against some members of his ruling CPDM crime syndicate and their accomplices of fraud in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic fund. Cameroon Intelligence […]
7, April 2021
Iran’s Rouhani says Vienna talks open ‘new chapter’ 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that talks in Vienna on rescuing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal had opened a “new chapter”. An Iranian delegation met Tuesday with representatives of the remaining parties to the agreement to discuss how to bring Washington back into it and end crippling US sanctions and Iranian countermeasures. US President […]
7, April 2021
Bishop George Nkuo: Jubilee of Mercy in the diocese of Kumbo 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
Thousands of people are expected to take part in the Ruby Jubilee of the priestly ordination of the Bishop of the Kumbo Diocese Mgr. George Nkuo scheduled for Friday May 7, 2021 at the Kumbo Cathedral. Every diocese in the English speaking regions and several parishes will be involved in some form of local pilgrimages […]
7, April 2021
Italy’s ex-PM Berlusconi hospitalised again 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, News
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised for the second time in two weeks, a source within his Forza Italia party said Wednesday. The flamboyant 84-year-old billionaire and media tycoon has been at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital since Tuesday afternoon, the source said. Berlusconi arrived for a check-up, and doctors decided to keep […]
6, April 2021
Tumi: The Splendor of Truth 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Headline News, Religion
Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Archbishop emeritus of Douala (Cameroon), was born on 15 October 1930 in Kikaikelaki, Cameroon. He did his secondary studies at diocesan seminaries and at the seminaries of Ibadan, Bodija and Enugu in Nigeria. From 1969 to 1973 he obtained in Nigeria a Teachers’ Training Grade; a University General Certificate of Education […]



















8, April 2021
Expulsion of French Cameroun Diplomat: Biya treads gingerly with Biden 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Fearful of attracting the ire of a Biden administration that is already rather ill-disposed towards Yaoundé, the Cameroonian foreign ministry is staying silent in the wake of the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the United States over allegations of ill-treatment. The new U.S. Administration sent Minister Laurent Esso’s niece, Michelle Esso, who has […]