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18, December 2019
Cardinal Sarah’s profound meditation on the God of love 0
Having mentioned an interview between the late Sir Jonathan Miller and Norman Lebrecht in a recent blog on Advent, I am now thinking of another cultural giant who has recently died: Clive James. A friend has drawn my attention to an interview first broadcast in 2001 between James and the novelist Piers Paul Read in […]
18, December 2019
Biya, money, morality and State-owned enterprises in French Cameroun 0
Ernest Ela Evina holds the record as the longest serving general manager of a public company in French Cameroun. To be sure, Evina was appointed in 1974 by the late President Ahmadou Ahidjo as general manager of the National Center for Studies and Experimentation in Agricultural Machinery (Ceneema). Mr Ernest Ela Evina was only replaced […]
18, December 2019
Rwanda’s Kagame ‘most likely’ to step down in 2024 0
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame says it is possible that he will not be a candidate when next citizens go to the polls in 2024. The 62-year-old was attending a summit in Doha when he was asked about whether he will run for office again, Bloomberg quotes him as saying he personally wanted to give way […]
18, December 2019
US House Speaker Pelosi calls Trump impeachment letter ‘ridiculous’ and ‘really sick’ 0
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blasted President Donald Trump’s insult-laden letter urging her to halt the impeachment proceedings, describing the letter’s content as “ridiculous” and “really sick.” Pelosi, the highest ranking Democrat in Congress, told reporters on Tuesday that she had not gotten the opportunity to read the Republican president’s whole letter, which […]
17, December 2019
Placating the International Community: Yaounde to begin secret trial for soldiers who killed civilians in viral video 0
A military court sitting in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé will begin hearing a case involving seven soldiers who killed two women and their children in 2018. Hearing is scheduled to start in January 20. Authorities have disclosed that the hearing will not be open to the public. A video of the killing was released and […]
17, December 2019
Douala: Central African experts meet over anti-poaching drive 0
Experts from central Africa met in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala on Monday to work out a regional plan to combat poaching. “Illegal wildlife crime continues to pose serious threats to wildlife populations. The forest elephant is especially in danger in Central Africa,” Cameroon’s Minister of Forestry and Wildlife Jules Doret Ndongo told reporters. “We want […]
17, December 2019
Ambazonia Restoration Forces arrest candidates to protest 2020 elections 0
Separatist fighters in western Cameroon have abducted at least 40 candidates for parliament and local councils, in an effort to derail elections set for February. The government is promising to free the hostages and protect candidates and election officials for what it says must be successful polls. In an audio shared by separatist fighters, Samuel Nforba, […]
17, December 2019
Boxing: Joshua offers to be Fury’s sparring partner if it helps him beat Wilder 0
Anthony Joshua has offered to be Tyson Fury’s sparring partner if it helps his fellow British fighter beat WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Joshua has been left frustrated in his attempts to lure America’s Wilder into the ring as he bids to unify the division following his victory over Andy Ruiz Jr last weekend. The […]
17, December 2019
Colombia: First woman mayor of capital city marries girlfriend 0
Claudia Lopez, the first woman elected mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota, married her girlfriend of three years on Monday. Although the country is deeply religious and conservative, same-sex marriage is legal and gay couples have the right to adopt children — whether or not they are the biological children of one of the partners. “I […]
18, December 2019
Ambazonia: The lies the 11 Grand Masters of Maryland tell themselves about the Swiss Peace Initiative 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Ever since the so-called Swiss Peace Initiative was made public to the international community, several Southern Cameroons civilians have been killed by the French Cameroun army deployed to Ambazonia. Recently, three French Cameroun soldiers were killed in the Northern zone of Ambazonia. The three were reportedly killed in a firefight with the Southern Cameroons Restoration […]