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20, January 2020
Anglophone Commander of Cameroon’s Peacekeeping Force in Central Africa fired unjustly 0
Colonel Tabot Samuel Orock was fired unjustly as commander of the Cameroon UN peacekeeping force by the Cameroon Minister of Defense, Joseph Beti Asomo because he has no ‘Godfather’ and also because he is an Anglophone, Cameroon Intelligence Report has gathered from a well-placed source in Yaoundé. The peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic […]
20, January 2020
Nigeria: Four die in oil pipeline fire 0
Four people have been killed and several shops and vehicles burnt after thieves breached a fuel pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, causing an explosion. (Source: AFP)
20, January 2020
Polls to be held amid security crisis in Cameroon 0
Cameroon on Feb. 9 will host double elections, legislative and municipal, despite worrying socio-political crisis and insecurity in the English-speaking northwestern and southwestern regions of the country. Armed separatist groups have been threatening security in this part of the country for more than three years. A few weeks before the legislative and municipal elections, they […]
20, January 2020
Billionaires richer than 60 percent of world’s population 0
The world’s billionaires have doubled in the past decade and are richer than 60 percent of the global population, the charity Oxfam said Monday. It said poor women and girls were at the bottom of the scale, putting in “12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work each and every day,” estimated to be worth at […]
19, January 2020
Three things we learned from the Premier League 0
Liverpool’s march towards the Premier League title gathered pace with a 2-0 win over rivals Manchester United. The battle for top four places was at a standstill after Chelsea, United and Leicester were beaten, while Tottenham and Arsenal had to settle for draws. AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from the English top-flight […]
19, January 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: CPDM politicians promote violence in the run-up to elections 0
As election day approaches and doubts about the holding of the election in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon grow, ruling party (CPDM) officials are now financing terrorist groups to intimidate civilians in the English-speaking parts of the country. According to a source close to the CPDM, the government party that is responsible for the […]
19, January 2020
Makossa: Leg amputee Nguea La Route will never walk and dance again 0
Renowned Cameroonian artist Nguea La Route who had a hip disarticulation operation, meaning they removed her left leg up to and including the hip joint on October 4, 2019, has gotten another amputation on her right leg. The operation took place at the Douala General Hospital on the night of Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Mama […]
19, January 2020
First woman appointed to top Vatican post 0
Pope Francis has appointed Francesca Di Giovanni to be the new undersecretary for multilateral affairs in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. It is a first at the Vatican for a woman. Di Giovanni said she did not expect the appointment, but was looking forward to advance a “feminine point of view” in her new role. […]
19, January 2020
Putin says ‘transition’ crucial after political shake-up 0
President Vladimir Putin has said he does not want Russia to return to the Soviet-era practice of rulers dying in office without a succession plan, as speculation swirls over his future after he unleashed a political upheaval this week. The 67-year-old Russian leader said a transition plan for the country was crucial, in comments several […]
20, January 2020
US Diplomat’s Remarks Stir Controversy in Cameroon 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to the meeting between the top U.S. diplomat to Africa, Tibor Nagy, and opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who says he was the rightful winner of the Cameroon’s October 2018 presidential election. Nagy also gave an interview in which he said Cameroonian officials are not doing enough to solve […]