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8, February 2020
Why upcoming polls in Cameroon won’t end the violence 0
Cameroonians head for the polls this weekend against the backdrop of the armed conflict that broke out in October 2017 in the country’s Anglophone North West and South West regions. Elections to the legislature and to local municipalities have been postponed twice. The last ones were held in September 2013. In 2018 presidential elections were […]
8, February 2020
Southern Cameroons crisis gets nastier 0
There’s been a surge in political violence in Southern Cameroons ahead of parliamentary and municipal elections on 9 February. Amnesty International has accused the army of dozens of killings, the burning of villages, and the displacement of thousands of people as it tries to stamp out a separatist movement. The anglophone militants demanding independence from […]
8, February 2020
Cameroonian arrested for posing as American online to swindle Japanese woman 0
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male Cameroonian national who is suspected of posing as an American serviceman online to swindle a Japanese woman seeking marriage, reports TBS News (Feb. 7). In 2018, Tekom Romeo, 35, communicated with the woman, 48, via a social-networking service whereby he falsely claimed to be an American soldier worth […]
8, February 2020
Biya regime closes borders ahead of general elections polling day 0
Cameroon national borders will be closed ahead of general elections polling day on Sunday, according to an order by the country’s minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji that is made public Friday afternoon. “National borders shall be closed 48 hours to polling day. They will be reopened the following day after voting,” according to […]
8, February 2020
Fear grips Southern Cameroons ahead of voting day 0
Long-delayed elections are due to take place in Cameroon on Sunday, but in the country’s violence-torn English-speaking areas, the fear is almost palpable. “Everyone is holed up at home,” a civil servant said in Buea, capital of the Southwest Region, one of two provinces gripped by bloody separatist violence. Ahead of polling, the streets were […]
8, February 2020
US Politics: Iowa winners, Sanders and Buttigieg come under attack in Democratic debate 0
Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, the top finishers in Iowa’s first nominating contest, faced a barrage of criticism on Friday from rivals who said they did not have what it takes to lead the party to victory against Republican Donald Trump. In a heated debate in New Hampshire just four days before […]
7, February 2020
Coronavirus kills Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm 0
A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed at least 630 people. Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang died at 2:58 am, Wuhan Central Hospital said […]
7, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Government continues to use child soldiers 0
The Yaoundé government has continued to use child soldiers to prosecute its war against Southern Cameroonians who simply complained about marginalization Over the last years, the government has been organizing army recruitments in the South and it has been using money and fake promises to lure children, most of who are from poor families in […]
7, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: B.I.R oblige Ambazonians to take voter’s card 0
Cameroon’s military is obliging civilians in the two English-speaking regions of the country to take voter’s card which are not even in their names. In Kumba a young man was shot in the hand in on Friday, February 7, 2020, by a B.I.R officer, as government forces scramble to get more people to vote for […]
8, February 2020
French Cameroun: Hundreds March for Transition, Protest Elections 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Hundreds of people have marched in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, calling for the cancellation of Sunday’s local and parliamentary elections in favor of a transition ending long-serving president Paul Biya’s regime The protesters say only a transition will lay the foundation for democracy. The government has again insisted that the elections must be held […]