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20, February 2020
Ngarbuh Massacre: UN calls for respect of international law 0
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, released his statement on 17 February, saying that he is “deeply concerned over reports about the killing of civilians, including children, in an attack on the village of Ngarbuh”. A day later, the spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights equally decried the killings […]
20, February 2020
Chinese Foreign Minister says virus control efforts ‘are working’ 0
China’s efforts to control the deadly outbreak of a new coronavirus “are working”, Beijing’s top diplomat said Thursday, attributing an easing in new cases to his country’s “forceful action” against the illness. Speaking in Laos after talks with peers from the 10 Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries, Wangi Yi said the outbreak was “controllable and curable” […]
20, February 2020
Germany: Suspected gunman found dead at home after killing spree 0
A man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in the southwestern German city of Hanau was found dead at his home hours after the attacks in and outside two shisha bars, police said on Thursday. Another body was discovered at the home of the man in Hanau, a city east of the German financial hub […]
19, February 2020
French Cameroun: Far North Region sees upsurge in armed attacks 0
There’s an upsurge in armed attacks in Cameroon’s far north region, security officers said. The village of Ouzal is the target of a spate of Boko Haram attacks this week, which left 3 civilians dead. “Everything was burned, the consulting room, the pharmacy, the head office and the treatment room, excluding the hospital ward”, a […]
19, February 2020
Ngarbuh Massacre: IG Supports Kumbo Diocese move on Day of Prayer and Mourning 0
On Friday the 14th of February 2020, our nation, witnessed one of the darkest days in its short history. French Cameroun military invaded the village of Ngarbuh in Donga Mantung County and massacred 24 people. The United Nations has confirmed that of the 24 killed; fifteen were children, nine under the age of five and […]
19, February 2020
Bill Gates warns coronavirus may kill over 10 million people in Africa 0
US billionaire and software developer Bill Gates has warned that the coronavirus epidemic could overwhelm the health services of Africa and trigger a pandemic which may lead to 10 million deaths in the continent. The Microsoft founder and philanthropist was speaking at the annual meeting of an American scientific society in Seattle, Washington, amid growing […]
19, February 2020
Roman Catholic Bishops urge Biya to hold peace talks with Ambazonians 0
Bishops from around the world have signed an open letter to the Cameroonian president asking that he participate in proposed peace talks meant to bring an end to conflict between the government and Anglophone separatists. “We are motivated by our concern about the suffering of unarmed civilians, and the stability and prosperity of Cameroon,” 16 […]
19, February 2020
After counterfeit twin poll, women on the front line to hold Cameroon together 0
When Gladys Mbuya spoke at the African Peer Review Mechanism meeting in Kigali, her voice shook. She described her life as an internally displaced person in the violence ravaging her country, Cameroon. Her pre-conflict status in life stands in sharp contrast. Mbuya is the Queen Mother of Alatening village, and head of the women’s traditional […]
19, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Massacre: Inner City Press says it is UN Secretary General’s genocide 0
As more and more civilians have been killed by the Cameroon government of Paul Biya, absentee president for 37 years, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been silent. Inner City Press was informed by sources in Guterres’ own 38th floor office that Guterres had made a deal with Biya’s UN Ambassador Tommo Monthe as chair […]
20, February 2020
Commonwealth Secretary-General statement on Ngarbuh Massacre 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
The Commonwealth Secretary-General has issued the following statement in response to an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon on 14 February which reportedly left 23 people dead, the majority of them children. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “I strongly condemn the recent killings of civilians, including women and children in the North-West of Cameroon […]