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11, February 2021
US announces sanctions against Myanmar’s generals 0
Anti-coup protesters on Thursday took to the streets of Myanmar for a sixth consecutive day, after US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation’s generals and demanded they relinquish power. There has been an outpouring of anger and defiance since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week and […]
11, February 2021
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Ambazonia Communications Secretary says “two-state solution” only option 0
Southern Cameroons Interim Government spokesman, Milton Taka has ruled out discussing the so-called Special Status with the regime in Yaoundé, stressing that the only way to resolve 59 years of marginalization and assimilation dispute in the two Cameroons is for the United Nations and the European Union including the AU to recognize the two states. […]
10, February 2021
Mali: 20 UN peacekeepers wounded 0
Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll. Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the Sahel state, at around 7 am. Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN’s […]
10, February 2021
US investigators say pilot error caused Kobe Bryant helicopter crash 0
The helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six other passengers was probably caused by the pilot becoming disoriented after flying into clouds, investigators said Tuesday. Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the chartered Island Express helicopter, probably suffered “spatial disorientation,” the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. Also likely contributing to […]
10, February 2021
Southern Cameroons growing humanitarian needs have been enhanced by the Covid-19 outbreak 0
Since its independence in 1960, Cameroon has been facing socio-political issues in the anglophone North West (NW) and South West (SW) regions. In late 2016, local lawyers and teachers mobilised over demands for respect of the region’s Anglophone educational and judicial systems. This escalated into armed confrontations, with the proliferation of non-state armed groups (NSAG) […]
10, February 2021
Cameroon, Nigeria cooperating in counter-terrorism 0
The Nigerian military is currently working with forces from neighboring Cameroon to clear Boko Haram terrorists from the country’s volatile northeast region, the country’s new army chief said Monday. “We are working in tandem with forces from Cameroon to annihilate Boko Haram,” Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru told journalists during an operational visit to troops in northeast […]
10, February 2021
Pirates Board Product Tanker off Cameroon 0
On Saturday night, the product tanker Sea Phantom was boarded by pirates about 115 nm off the coast of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea. According to Dryad Global, the tanker was making about 13 knots on an easterly course, then took evasive maneuvers. Multinational Maritime Coordination Center (MMCC) Zone D notified the Cameroon and […]
10, February 2021
Cameroon’s Ethno-Political Tensions and Facebook Are a Deadly Mix 0
When at least 53 people died in Cameroon in late January after a bus collided with a fuel-laden truck—one of the worst road accidents in the country’s history—few observers would have expected that reactions to the tragedy would include ethnic slurs, mainly on Facebook. They were directed toward members of the Bamileke community, from which […]
9, February 2021
US: What you need to know as Trump’s second impeachment trial begins 0
The US Senate begins debate Tuesday on the unprecedented second impeachment of former US president Donald Trump as lawmakers decide whether he is guilty of inciting the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. US senators will step into uncharted territory when they sit in judgment of a president who is no longer in […]
11, February 2021
Southern Cameroons Vice President to hail Amba Self Defense position on the struggle 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Vice President of the British Southern Cameroons Interim Government will be addressing the Ambazonian people today in a speech to be aired by the Southern Cameroons Broadcasting Corporation, SCBC. Comrade Dabney Yerima will hail the self defense and unchanging position of Ambazonia Restoration Forces on supporting the independence cause against French Cameroun’s 59 years […]