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28, May 2020
Bill Gates conspiracy theories echo through Africa 0
As the novel coronavirus wreaks global havoc, Bill Gates is the new bete noire for conspiracy theorists worldwide including in Africa where a Kenyan politician’s false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation. While Gates’s vaccine programmes on the continent have long provided ample fodder for speculation, the bogus claims have […]
27, May 2020
Exit of a Sasse Old Boys Association icon: Mola Njoh Litumbe’s spirit of the age 0
The names of my classmates in the photograph, from left to right, are: John Nsoyenika Obanus Vega, who later became a Surveyor; Thomas Mbua Ndoko, who later became a Civil Administrator; Stephen Mokosso Ndeley, who later became Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Daniel Agbor Tiku, who later became an Agriculturist; My humble self, who […]
27, May 2020
Four US police officers fired after death of unarmed black man 0
A video of a handcuffed black man dying while a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than five minutes sparked a fresh furor in the US over police treatment of African Americans Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fired four police officers following the death in custody of George Floyd on Monday as the […]
27, May 2020
Football: Chelsea’s Rudiger leads tributes to Cameroonian player Bouasse who has died aged 21 0
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger led the tributes to Cameroonian midfielder Joseph Bouasse Perfection who died from a heart attack aged 21 on Sunday. Rudiger, who played at Serie A club Roma during Bouasse’s time there as a youth-team player, expressed his sorrow at the “horrible news”. “I’m so sad about it. Rest in peace, my […]
27, May 2020
French Cameroun: Kribi-Ebolowa road construction project commencing 0
Work is starting on an important road link in Cameroon. An Italian contractor, ICM-Construction, is handling the project. The plan is to improve the 179km route connecting Kribi, on the coast in South Cameroon, with Ebolowa, which lies inland. This road project is costing an estimated US$225.6 million. Funding is being provided by the Standard […]
27, May 2020
Agbor Balla’s dismissal over exam question raises concerns 0
The dismissal of a university law lecturer and human rights defender who set an examination question considered by the Cameroon government to be ‘seditious’ has been widely criticised by a number of the country’s academics. Dr Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla, formerly a lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of Buea, an English-speaking […]
27, May 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: Unions oppose Biya regime’s plan to reopen schools 0
A group of trade unions in Cameroon’s education sector has opposed the government’s plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination classes. The unions said opening schools exposes students and teachers to the Covid-19 coronavirus. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the Central African country had recorded 4,890 […]
26, May 2020
Renowned Southern Cameroons leader Njoh Litumbe dies at 94 0
Mola Njoh Litumbe the Southern Cameroons leader who passionately sought a free Ambazonia homeland for the people of British Southern Cameroons has died. The last days were not very painful said a senior aide to jailed Ambazonia leader President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe who confirmed Litumbe’s death to the Cameroon Concord News Group. In a statement […]
26, May 2020
French Cameroun: 2 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack on military base in Soueram 0
At least 2 Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a surprise attack by Boko Haram in Soueram in the Far North Region. A top Cameroonian army commander serving with the first sector of the Multinational Joint Force based in Mora has confirmed the attack to media houses in French Cameroun Five Boko Haram militants […]
28, May 2020
Coronavirus Crisis: Boeing cutting more than 12,000 US jobs, thousands more planned 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
Boeing Co (BA.N) says it is eliminating more than 12,000 US jobs as the largest American planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing also disclosed it plans “several thousand remaining layoffs” in coming months but did not say where those would take place. Boeing is slashing costs as a sharp drop in […]