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28, August 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: “Wilfred Tassang had crossed the reddest of the red lines” Dr Joachim Arrey 0
“Mr. Tassang had crossed the reddest of the red lines. He should have understood that while in prison with other people, he is supposed to work for the group’s solidarity and not to tear the group apart. He might think he is raising issues that need to be addressed, but he is also failing to […]
28, August 2020
Biya regime is not learning the governance lessons offered by Covid-19 0
One might suppose the coronavirus pandemic has given African leaders an opportunity to rethink their approach to governance. This particularly holds true for Cameroon, which appears to have suffered the brunt of the virus in Central Africa, registering close to half of all 1 025 fatalities in Central Africa as of Monday. By this same […]
28, August 2020
Cardinal Arinze says cause of beatification of Dr. Bernard Nsokika Fonlon could be introduced 0
UNFORGOTTEN I hold Dr. Bernard Nsokika FONLON in very high regard. I first got to know him in Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria, in the years 1953 and 1954. He was in second year theology when I entered that Major Seminary in September 1953. When he and his classmates were due to be ordained subdeacons […]
27, August 2020
Mali junta says it has released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita 0
Mali’s new military rulers said Thursday that former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. The announcement came on the eve of a summit by Mali’s neighbours, who are to decide whether to ratchet up pressure on the fledgling junta. Keita’s ousting by rebel troops […]
27, August 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Unknown gunmen abduct 15 in Ekok 0
Unknown armed men burst on a beach in Cameroon’s border town of Ekok early Thursday and abducted 15 people, according to local authorities. Witnesses said the victims, all beach workers, were working when heavily armed men held them at gunpoint and took them away to an unknown destination. Authorities said preliminary results of an investigation […]
27, August 2020
5 killed in French Cameroun road accident 0
A road accident in Cameroon’s Far North region killed five people and injured several others on Thursday, according to local police. The accident occurred Thursday morning in the Bidzar locality along the National Road Number One, according to the police said. Police are still investigating circumstances that led to the tragedy but witnesses said a […]
27, August 2020
Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo’s supporters to file his election candidacy despite court decision 0
Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who lives in exile in Brussels after losing a civil war in 2011, said Wednesday that they would file a candidacy in his name for October’s election. The announcement comes a day after an Ivorian court confirmed the decision to strike off the ex-leader from the electoral […]
27, August 2020
EU freezes Mali training missions after coup 0
The European Union has suspended its training missions in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power, EU officials said on Wednesday. The two missions training Mali’s army and police as part of international efforts to stabilize Mali and extend the state’s authority are frozen because they were […]
27, August 2020
Africa now free of polio 0
The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was now free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world. “Today is a historic day for Africa,” said Prof. Rose Gana Fomban Leke, whose commission certified that no cases had occurred […]
28, August 2020
ECOWAS demands civilian transition in Mali, elections within a year 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
West African countries on Friday demanded an immediate civilian transition in Mali and elections within 12 months as they considered sanctions after rebel troops toppled the country’s president and seized power. The demands were spelt out after the new junta released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, seized in the August 18 coup, but also apparently […]