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7, February 2020
Cameroon elections overshadowed by boycott and violence 0
Voters in Cameroon will cast their ballots Sunday in a country where the mood has been darkened by separatist violence and calls for an election boycott. Elections to renew the central African country’s legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements. Despite the delays, the campaigning […]
7, February 2020
UEFA reveal plan to help Cameroon capitalise on ‘surreal passion’ for women’s football 0
UEFA have outlined a plan to progress women’s football in Cameroon in an attempt to build on the ‘surreal passion’ for the sport in the country. Former Dutch international Hesterine De Reus, who recently flew out to the African country as part of a Uefa-Assist, has called for radical changes to be made to their […]
7, February 2020
Coronavirus: ‘Fragile’ Africa prepares for high risk spread to its borders 0
An isolation ward stands ready at a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Laboratories in Senegal and Madagascar have the testing equipment they need. Passengers arriving at airports in Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea are being screened for fever and other viral symptoms. Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says it has activated its emergency operation centre […]
7, February 2020
Southern Cameroons intensifying conflict and what it means for civilians 0
Cameroonian government forces and rival anglophone separatists have stepped up arrests, abductions, and deadly attacks in the two months leading up to Sunday’s parliamentary and municipal elections, causing a devastating fallout for civilians that looks set to worsen. Perceived marginalisation by the francophone majority of the minority English-speaking community – some 20 percent of the […]
6, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaounde shocked by the lockdown 0
The Yaounde government is terribly shaken by the success of the lockdown declared by various Southern Cameroonian group as a measure to prove that the two English-speaking regions of the country are still being controlled by Southern Cameroonians living abroad. Over the last couple of months, the beleaguered and cash-strapped Yaounde government has been selling […]
6, February 2020
Two train drivers killed in Italy high-speed rail crash 0
Two rail workers are killed and about 30 people injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed before dawn near Milan in northern Italy, authorities say. The crash occurred just after 5:30 a.m. (4:30 GMT) near the town of Lodi, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Milan. “It was a serious accident that had […]
6, February 2020
Cameroon: PM Ngute Campaigns in Buea 0
Cameroon’s Prime Minister, Dion Ngute, arrived in Buea on Thursday, February 6, 2020, where he campaigned for his party, the Cameroon Peoples Dictatorship Movement (CPDM) that has been in power for 37 years with nothing to show for. The low-energy Prime Minister came to the Southwest regional headquarters in an attempt to demonstrate that there […]
6, February 2020
Coronavirus death toll hits 563, over 28,000 infected 0
The new coronavirus that appeared late December has claimed 563 lives, infected more than 28,000 people in mainland China and spread to more than 20 countries. Here is a timeline. New virus Health authorities in Wuhan, an industrial city in central Hubei Province, first document the new illness on December 8. On December 31, China […]
6, February 2020
Football: Drogba agrees with Infantino’s call for AFCON every four years 0
Organsing the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, as FIFA proposed “can be a good thing,” according to former Ivorian international and Chelsea forward Didier Drogba. The Elephants skipper believes it could increase the flavour and rarity of the trophy. Drogba also thinks that this schedule will protect African footballers who play in Europe. […]
7, February 2020
Manyu County: Military and fake Amba enforce lockdown in Ossing 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The citizens of the town of Ossing have all escaped into the bushes surrounding the town, as the military and fake Amba continue to sow chaos and panic in the town. Currently, the town is empty, as all the young men and women have skipped town following a raid by the military on Tuesday that […]