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9, August 2020
After Burundi President Nkurunziza’s Death: Prospect for Peace and Security 0
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, age 55,died on 8 June 2020 from a heart attack at a hospital in the city of Karusi in central Burundi, according to a statement signed by Mr. Prosper Ntahorwamiye, Secretary-General and Spokesperson of the Government, and posted on the Twitter page of the country’s Prime Minister on 9 June. His […]
8, August 2020
Southern Cameroons Peace Talks: A weak Dion Ngute and a powerful Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh 0
Peace talks between the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime and the Southern Cameroons Interim Government have stalled due to the struggle for influence between Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and the Minister- Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh. On 2 July, the jailed leader of the Ambazonia Interim Government President […]
8, August 2020
Football: A Champions League quarter-finals without Ronaldo 0
Lyon qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Friday despite losing 2-1 in Turin. A goal up after winning February’s first leg, French side Lyon will face Manchester City at the final tournament in Lisbon after drawing 2-2 on aggregate and going through on away goals. Lyon squeezed past the Italian champions thanks […]
8, August 2020
French Cameroun: Karate federation top officials suspended following sexual abuse allegations 0
Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said Friday several top officials of the country’s National Karate Federation (Fecakarate) have been suspended indefinitely following allegations of sexual assaults, and the misappropriation of allowances and sports equipment. Kombi said the officials, including Fecakarate national president Emmanuel Wakam, will appear before an ethics committee […]
8, August 2020
Dion Ngute appeals for more sustained COVID-19 funding for African countries 0
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Thursday appealed for “more sustained” funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to support African countries striken by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ngute made the appeal at the start of a video conference with the African governors of the World Bank Group and IMF. “It must be […]
8, August 2020
Outrage after Southern Cameroons detainee dies chained to French Cameroun hospital bed 0
An avalanche of condemnation from human rights advocates has followed new of the death of a Cameroonian detainee under shocking circumstances. Tangem Thomas Nganyu, 57, a former monk and metal sheet engineer died at the Yaounde Central Hospital on Wednesday, chained to his hospital bed, his lawyer, Barrister Nicodemus Amungwa Tanyi said. “Tangem died in […]
8, August 2020
More Than 100 Boko Haram, Captives Surrender Along Cameroon-Nigeria Border 0
More than 100 Boko Haram and their captives, almost all Nigerians, have fled the group in the past two weeks, according to the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting the Islamist militants. Thirty-four-year-old Nigerian Kharim Kalga is among 109 people who have surrendered to the task force since late July. Kalga said he has not seen […]
7, August 2020
Ambazonia Interim Gov’t calls for formation of committee to avenge Tangem Thomas blood 0
Vice President Dabney Yerima has called for the establishment of a Southern Cameroons committee composed of all Ambazonia groups and frontline leaders to avenge the murder of engineer Tangem Thomas in French Cameroun and map a collective strategy on how to get to Buea. In a conversation with Cameroon Concord News London Bureau Chief, Vice […]
7, August 2020
US: President Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible before Nov. 3 0
President Donald Trump says that the United States would have a vaccine for the coronavirus before Nov. 3 election, a claim not supported by his own White House health experts. Speaking on the Geraldo Rivera radio program Thursday, Trump, when asked when a vaccine may be ready, said, “Sooner than the end of the year, […]
9, August 2020
Poor management brings University of Bamenda to brink of collapse 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
The state owned University of Bamenda (UBa) which has suffered from poor management since its creation has dashed the hopes of the proud people of the North West Region. The VC Prof. Theresia Akenji has absconded from her responsibilities. Reports reaching our newsroom indicate she has taken refuge in the United States of America. Since […]