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23, December 2019
200 PhD holders protesting on the streets of Yaounde, over joblessness: Is education still the key to success? 0
I should be writing about and wishing you, our readers, a merry Christmas, but one particular headline has preoccupied my mind throughout the week;news report about 200 PhD holders protesting on the streets of Cameroon, over joblessness, left me wondering whether education is still the key to success as we have always been told. The […]
22, December 2019
US: President Trump blasts ‘unfair’ impeachment, claims Democrats have ‘no case’ 0
US President Donald Trump has denounced the ongoing impeachment proceedings as “unfair” and claimed that House Democrats lacked evidence to make a “case” against him. Addressing a meeting of conservative students in Florida on Saturday, Trump blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for delaying sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate and claimed that Democrats had […]
22, December 2019
Israel fears ICC could hunt its top leaders for war crimes 0
A recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a full investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories has raised alarm among current and former Israeli officials and military personnel, who may face global arrest warrants as a result of the probe. Israel’s Channel 12 TV reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with […]
22, December 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Out-of-control French Cameroun soldiers fire bullets through homes of petrol dealers along the Mamfe-Ekok highway 0
Out-of-control French Cameroun soldiers have fired bullets through homes of petrol dealers along the Mamfe-Ekok highway killing 5 and injuring many in a move described by eye witnesses as unprecedented ever since the beginning of the Southern Cameroons crisis. The Francophone soldiers stationed in Mamfe destroyed houses, confiscated fuel and forced residents to flee. Cameroon […]
22, December 2019
US: White House ordered freeze on Ukraine aid 90 minutes after Trump’s call to Zelensky 0
The administration of US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to freeze $391 million of military aid to Ukraine less than two hours after the controversial phone call in which Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden, according to newly released internal emails. During the July 25 call, […]
22, December 2019
Cuba names first prime minister in over 40 years 0
Manuel Marrero Cruz has been named Cuba’s prime minister, taking a political post that had been abolished more than four decades ago. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named the 56-year-old Marrero — who served as Cuba’s tourism minister for almost 16 years — as head of the government for a five-year term. The post […]
22, December 2019
Football: Liverpool beat Flamengo in extra time to win Club World Cup 0
Roberto Firmino clinched Liverpool’s first Club World Cup title on Saturday, scoring in extra time to seal a 1-0 victory in the final over Flamengo to assert Europe’s footballing dominance over South America. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson’s defense-splitting pass picked out Sadio Mane who squared for Firmino to net in the 99th minute and become Liverpool’s […]
22, December 2019
Southern Cameroonians dismiss ‘Anglophone special status’, insist on independence 0
Armed separatist movements in Cameroon have dismissed the approval of a spacial status to Anglophone regions by the country’s parliament, insisting that only independence would satisfy them. Parliament on Friday granted special status to the North West and South West English-speaking regions to try to calm a separatist insurgency that has killed 2,000 people. The […]
22, December 2019
CPDM Politics: Roman Catholic bishops warn against rise of tribalism 0
As ethnic tensions threaten Cameroon’s social fabric, the country’s Catholic bishops have warned the country’s citizens about the dangers of moving down the road of tribalism. In a Dec. 10 pastoral letter to the country’s Christians, the bishops’ conference warned that tribalism was a recipe for economic stagnation; a threat to social cohesion, and a […]
23, December 2019
French Cameroun: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development announces a concessionary loan worth US$15 million for the Olama-Kribi Road project 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, has announced the approval of a concessionary loan worth AED55 million (US$15 million) for the Olama-Kribi Road project in Cameroon. In a statement, the Fund said that the 204-kilometre road will link the capital Yaoundé to Kribi – one of the largest seaports in the country. “Aimed at […]