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27, November 2020
US: Trump says he will leave White House if Electoral College votes for Biden 0
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov. 3 election, even as he reiterated his unfounded claims of massive voter fraud. Speaking to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday, Republican Trump said if […]
27, November 2020
Yaoundé: HIV/AIDS Patients Shirk Hospitals for Fear of COVID-19 0
Cameroon’s Ministry of Health says tens of thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS are refusing to enter hospitals for fear of catching the coronavirus. Health workers say if those patients do not get the antiretroviral drugs the need, they put themselves at risk. Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, Cameroon’s medics are […]
27, November 2020
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Ngute targets creation of 500,000 jobs next year 0
Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said Wednesday the government plans to create 500,000 jobs in 2021. Cameroon will adopt new pro-employment measures and enhance its support for key groups of job-seekers, Ngute said in the capital Yaounde while presenting the 2021 government plan of action to the National Assembly. He said that access to […]
26, November 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: The death penalty still stands 0
Since the Southern Cameroons crisis moved from the streets to the trenches and bushes of Southern Cameroons, a lot has changed especially the region’s political landscape. Political campaigns are no longer conducted in the open like it was before the crisis which put the country in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, including the […]
26, November 2020
US: Biden urges a cautious Thanksgiving as Trump rages on over election loss 0
On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans on Wednesday to join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and their political divisions while the man he will replace stoked the fading embers of his campaign to “turn the election over.” Biden, in a Thanksgiving-eve address to the nation, put the […]
26, November 2020
Bamileke Chiefs intensifies call for President Biya to step down 0
Some French Cameroun traditional rulers are now calling for constitutional reform and consultation among opinion leaders that will herald a smooth political transition in Yaoundé. Constitutional reform, political transition, the war in Southern Cameroons, the revision of the electoral code, and inclusive dialogue among Cameroonian opinion leaders including the diaspora are among the topics of […]
25, November 2020
Yaoundé: Southern Cameroons massacre trial set for December 17 0
Cameroon’s army said Wednesday that three soldiers accused in the massacre of civilians in a troubled anglophone region, a case that triggered an international outcry, would go on trial on December 17. The killing took place on February 14 in the village of Ntumbaw, in the Northwest Region, where anglophone separatists and security forces are […]
25, November 2020
Diego Maradona: Argentina legend dies aged 60 0
The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the greatest players of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, producing a series of sublime individual performances. […]
25, November 2020
African Union special envoy to Mali, the Sahel quits 0
The special envoy of the African Union to Mali and the Sahel, Pierre Buyoya has resigned from his post. The former Burundian simply confirmed to the AFP that he had submitted his resignation, without further details or reason for the resignation. Buyoya was sentenced to life imprisonment in his country in October for the 1993 […]
27, November 2020
Maradona buried in Buenos Aires as world mourns flawed football legend 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest football players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of his hometown Buenos Aires to Naples, Italy. The death of Maradona at the age of 60 on Wednesday, following a heart attack, has sparked both mourning and celebrations of a true […]