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28, October 2020
Tanzania to hold election marred by violence, concerns over fairness 0
Tanzanians will vote Wednesday amid rising concern for democracy under President John Magufuli, who is seeking a second term, and with tensions high in volatile Zanzibar, where violence erupted ahead of the vote. Long deemed a haven of stability in East Africa, observers say Tanzania has seen a worrying crackdown on the opposition and freedom […]
28, October 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Turkey condemns deadly school attack in Kumba 0
Turkey on Monday condemned a deadly attack on a private school in southwestern Cameroon. “We are saddened by the news that many children lost their lives and were injured in an attack on a private school in the city of Kumba in Cameroon on 24 October 2020,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “We […]
28, October 2020
Amnesty International says Killing of 8 schoolchildren is a new low in devastating Ambazonia crisis 0
Following the killing of eight schoolchildren in the town of Kumba in the Anglophone region of Cameroon, Tity Agbahey, Amnesty International’s Central Africa Campaigner, said: “The killing of eight schoolchildren inside their classroom is an atrocity that underscores the urgency of protecting ordinary people from the ongoing violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions. This horrific attack […]
28, October 2020
Governing Via Twitter: Biya condemns Kumba mass shooting 0
President Paul Biya has condemned the killing of seven children in a mass shooting at a private school in the Anglophone region. The president termed Saturday’s shooting as a “barbaric and cowardly crime against innocent children”. He said he had instructed security agencies to “ensure that the perpetrators of these despicable acts are apprehended by […]
28, October 2020
Kumba Massacre: Pain lingers on for parents who lost their sons and daughters 0
“Daddy, I am going to school.” Those were the last words Victory said to his father, Tamangoua Boniface, as he grabbed his school bag and walked to his school on October 24. And that was also the last time Boniface, the pastor of World Restoration Ministry in Kumba, a town in Cameroon’s Southwest Region, would […]
27, October 2020
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court in victory for Republicans 0
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory on Monday by confirming his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, with the White House planning a celebratory event afterward. The Senate voted 52-48, with Democrats unified in opposing Barrett’s confirmation, which creates a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court. One […]
27, October 2020
Kumba Massacre: Government has failed to protect children and civilians in time of war 0
On Saturday, October 24, 2020, unknown gunmen stormed the Mother Francisca Academy, Fiango, Kumba around midday. These men perpetrated murder on innocent children in their classrooms. The children died for wanting to acquire knowledge. This act has unsurprisingly been condemned in the strongest terms by nearly all national and international organizations including the United Nations […]
27, October 2020
Cameroon national shot dead in Philippines 0
A Cameroon national was gunned down by a still unidentified assailant while walking along streets of Barangay 13, Zone 4 in Pasay City on late Monday night, police said Tuesday. In a report, Pasay City police identified the victim as Divine Njua Komfun, 47, living in Barangay Santo Niño in Parañaque City. Initial probe showed […]
27, October 2020
Biya French Cameroun regime blames separatists for massacre of children 0
Cameroon’s government on Sunday blamed separatist fighters for the massacre of children in their classrooms in the English-speaking southwest of the country. It said there were six victims of the attack, aged between nine and 12, while the United Nations had reported a death toll of eight. The government said 13 children had also been […]
28, October 2020
Why every priest and religious needs a social media ministry 0
by soter • Cameroon, Religion
Many Catholic Priests and Religious do not, in theory, oppose technology or the social media. Many tend to reluctantly embrace newer technologies. There seem to be a slow adoption of social media. The majority of Catholic Priests and Religious lack a social media presence. From my observation, there is an insufficient commitment on the part […]