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17, February 2021
US: Deportation of Cameroonians, other nationals cancelled after reports of torture by immigration service 0
A plane carrying Cameroonian, Angolan and Congolese asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana, was cancelled with minutes to spare after advocacy groups published affidavits by detainees of torture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The affidavits listed a host of violent tactics ICE officials had reportedly used to pressure the detainees […]
17, February 2021
The Civil War in Cameroon and Pope Francis Emissary 0
The Secretary of State of the Holy See paid a six-day diplomatic visit to Cameroon, a country ravaged by civil war, in which the Catholic Church plays a key role in resolving the conflict. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for the Holy See arrived in Cameroon on January 28, 2021 for a six-day visit, […]
17, February 2021
In Southern Cameroons war, children are the biggest losers 0
I long for a Cameroon where anglophone children no longer mimic the sound of gunfire, and Mondays are no longer “stay-at-home” days decreed by armed men. I want to go back to a time – not so long ago – when education was a religion in every household, and schools were places children were eager […]
16, February 2021
Cameroonian woman commits suicide after catching husband in bed with another woman 0
A Cameroonian lady based out of Dubai put an end to her life upon finding her husband share a bed with another woman. As cited on Emmanuel’s Blog, Ndolo Immaculate caught her husband Daniel Sona Epie cheating on her, which pushed her to take the extreme step – and committed suicide, unable to cope with […]
16, February 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Ambazonia Forces kill 3 gov’t soldiers in Ekondo-Titi 0
Three members of the Cameroonian Navy have been killed in an ambush attributed to English-speaking separatists, a local official said Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday in Ekondo-Titi, a coastal town in the country’s South West region. “Four soldiers belonging to the 21st battalion of the Navy were ambushed in the village Bekora Barombi in […]
16, February 2021
At least 60 die in Congo River shipwreck 0
At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo’s humanitarian affairs minister said on Monday. Some 300 survivors had been found near the scene of the accident in Mai-Ndombe province in the west of the country, but another […]
16, February 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Suspected Amba Fighters kill Cameroon army captain in Kumbo 0
Suspected Ambazonian fighters launched an attack on a Cameroon government army counter separatists team operating in Kumbo in the Bui County. The team was on a patrol to clear Southern Cameroons Self Defense Forces from Kumbo area when they came under attack, injuring the group’s commander Captain Omgbwa who later died of his injuries in […]
16, February 2021
US Vice President Harris vows to strengthen ties with France 0
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, expressing her commitment to strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries, her office said in a statement. President Joe Biden, a former vice president himself under Barack Obama, has had Harris at his side for multiple events during his early White House tenure, […]
16, February 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Lebialem killings are grossly inhuman 0
Extrajudicial killings are grossly inhuman and must be condemned and the killing of three chiefs by Field Marshall, a feared fighter in Lebialem, should be condemned by all responsible and peace-loving citizens of Cameroon. The story of the point blank shooting of those local authorities has even caught the attention of the Yerima-led Interim Government […]
17, February 2021
US: Biden plans to ‘recalibrate’ relations with Saudi Arabia and downgrade MBS 0
by soter • Headline News, Politics, World
President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House said on Tuesday. The announcement by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki was an abrupt reversal in U.S. policy from Biden’s Republican […]