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19, December 2019
Southern Cameroons granted special status by its colonial masters 0
Lawmakers in French Cameroun on Wednesday adopted a draft law on decentralization granting special status to the country’s two English-speaking regions, where a deadly conflict between the army and separatists has been going on for more than two years, according to national radio. The Cameroonian radio station explained that if the law is approved by […]
19, December 2019
Things fall apart as Biya struggles to control Southern Cameroons 0
The clashes that erupted between Cameroon army soldiers and Ambazonia Restoration Forces has for the fourth year running not subsided as the French Cameroun head of state Paul Biya, worked to contain his worst internal crisis in his 37 years in power by placating the people of Southern Cameroons with the so-called Special Status. Just […]
19, December 2019
US House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump 0
Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America. The Democratic-led House’s passage of two articles of impeachment on a mostly party-line vote sets […]
19, December 2019
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attack 0
Israeli warplanes attacked an arms plant in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip early Thursday, after Palestinian militants in the enclave fired a rocket at Israel,the army said. “Overnight, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory,” an English-language army statement said. “In response… fighter jets struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in the […]
19, December 2019
Football: Ozil cut from video game in China over Xinjiang comments 0
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been deleted from Chinese versions of the popular Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) mobile game, the title’s China distributor has said, as the fallout continued over his criticism of the country’s treatment of its Uighur minority. US-listed Chinese internet company NetEase said it removed Ozil from the game due to his […]
19, December 2019
737 MAX production shutdown big blow to Boeing, US economy 0
Boeing’s temporary halt in production of its 737 MAX jet lays bare a deepening crisis that could soon weigh even more heavily on the American economy. The aviation giant’s announcement late Monday put no timeframe on the stoppage. But Wall Street analysts immediately began accounting for a bigger earnings hit — with effects that could […]
19, December 2019
Macron says won’t drop pension reforms, but ready to make improvements 0
French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out dropping his plan for a single points-based pension system, but is “willing to improve” it in the face of fierce union resistance, an official in the presidency said Wednesday. “The president will not abandon the project nor water it down, though he is willing to improve it,” said […]
18, December 2019
In historic move, US House set to vote to impeach Trump 0
The US House of Representatives is set to take a momentous and deeply polarizing vote on Wednesday when it is likely to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abusing his office and obstructing a congressional probe. The vote in the Democratic-controlled House is expected to fall almost entirely along party lines, underscoring the deep divide […]
18, December 2019
French Cameroun: Distraught Christian community “laments” as Boko Haram violence consumes Far North Cameroon 0
A distraught community is mourning and singing a new shared “lament” after Boko Haram violence claimed at least seven lives including Pastor David Mokoni and several Christian young people, in the latest spate of merciless Boko Haram attacks in Far North Cameroon. A local Christian leader says the repeated attacks in Moskota village over the last month […]
19, December 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Kidnapped SDF mayors, municipal councillors released 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Two mayors and 19 municipal councillors of Cameroon’s main opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), who were abducted last week in Northwest, one of the two troubled Anglophone regions of the country, had been released, party officials confirmed on Wednesday. The elected officials were reported to have been kidnapped by armed separatists who warned […]