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11, January 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Soldiers are into kidnapping 0
The Cameroon News Agency (CNA) has reported that some 5 elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)have been apprehended at the Buea Sand Pit neighbourhood, for allegedly kidnapping a man in the same locality. The man( name withheld) was kidnapped while at home. The kidnappers jumped over the fence to find their way into his […]
11, January 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaounde Government Uses Child Soldiers 0
The Yaounde government has resorted to using child soldiers in its bid to restore peace and order in the two restive English-speaking regions of the country. With many soldiers defecting or deserting the army, the government seems to be desperate and it has been organizing recruitment drives in East Cameroon, especially in the South region […]
11, January 2020
Crime Syndicates and Politicians in both Ambazonia and French Cameroun: An Unholy Alliance 0
In both Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun, criminal gangs and politicians have been quietly trading money and favours for mutual gains. For 37 years, thugs like Paul Atanga Nji, YCPDM National President Prince John Akwo Mukete, the late Nelson Fomenky, Battey Johnson and the late Mayor Ekema Patrick flourished while elected officials thrived. However, the […]
11, January 2020
Francophone soldiers killing young Southern Cameroons men for no reason 0
Cameroon government soldiers are shooting and killing scores of young Southern Cameroonian boys residing in the rural areas and in the outskirts of the major towns and cities in the territory now known as the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. Dozens of Ambazonian youth reported to be in their early 20s were shot in both the […]
11, January 2020
Planes brought down by missiles since 1973 0
Iran on Saturday said its armed forces had “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian airliner which crashed outside Tehran. The admission came a day after the country’s civil aviation chief had denied that the plane was brought down by a missile. The Boeing 737 crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board, shortly […]
11, January 2020
Iran admits it ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian passenger plane 0
Iran said on Saturday it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane killing 176 people on board due to human error, after initially denying it brought down the plane in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq. Wednesday’s crash heightened international pressure on Iran after months of friction with the United States and tit-for-tat military strikes. […]
11, January 2020
US lawmakers reject Trump’s new claim that Soleimani targeted 4 US embassies in region 0
Several US lawmakers and officials have dismissed President Donald Trump’s new claim the US assassinated Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani because he was planning an attack on four American embassies in the region, including the one in Iraq. In an interview on Friday with Fox News, Trump said Iran probably had targeted the US embassy […]
10, January 2020
Queen Elizabeth demands swift response to ‘Megxit’ 0
Queen Elizabeth II has ordered royal courtiers to define a future role for Prince Harry and Meghan within days, following their unexpected decision to distance themselves from the royal family. First Brexit, now Megxit. Sources say Queen Elizabeth II has called on aides to rapidly define the new roles of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, […]
10, January 2020
Internationl Olympic Committee: Infantino takes Blatter’s empty seat 0
Gianni Infantino was one of three newcomers elected on to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday and belatedly succeeded his predecessor as FIFA president Sepp Blatter. David Haggerty, an American who is President of the International Tennis Federation, and Yasuhiro Yamashita, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee and an Olympic judo champion in 1984 […]
12, January 2020
Dakar Rally in mourning as Portuguese rider Goncalves dies in crash 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a crash in the Dakar Rally on Sunday, the 40-year-old becoming the gruelling motorsport marathon’s 25th fatality. Goncalves suffered the fatal accident after 276 kilometres of the seventh stage from Riyadh to Wadi ad-Dawasir. “The organisers received an alert at 10:08 (0708 GMT) and dispatched a medical […]