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27, February 2020
Francophone dominated Court Orders Partial Election Rerun in Southern Cameroons 0
Cameroon’s constitutional council has ordered a rerun of the February 9 national assembly election in a majority of the crisis prone English-speaking regions due to allegations of widespread irregularities and fraud by President Paul Biya’s ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party, which was declared the winner. The opposition Social Democratic Front that filed the complaint […]
27, February 2020
Chinese football transfer market collapses in face of coronavirus 0
A double blow of the coronavirus and a new salary cap has seen the bottom fall out of Chinese football’s transfer market, while Odion Ighalo led what could become an exodus of foreign stars. Shanghai SIPG smashed the Asian transfer record when they signed Oscar from Chelsea three years ago for €60 million, with Hulk, […]
26, February 2020
Southern Cameroons-French Cameroun Crisis: No dialogue between close enemies 0
As the number of victims continues to pile up, the possibility of holding talks to end the Anglophone crisis seems remote. A united family. In the foreground sits a gold and coral tiered cake which matches the first lady’s dress. An immaculately dressed Paul Biya wears the hint of a smile. For his 87th birthday, […]
26, February 2020
Government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 in Ngarbuh, including 13 children and 1 pregnant woman 0
Government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Cameroon’s Ngarbuh village, including 13 children and 1 pregnant woman, on February 14, 2020. They also burned five homes, pillaged scores of other properties, and beat residents. Some of the bodies of the victims were found burned inside their homes. The government denies […]
26, February 2020
US: Questions arise after Melania Trump’s unemployed sister Ines Knauss receives citizenship 0
Melania Trump isn’t exactly the most public US First Lady we’ve seen in recent administrations, and we know almost no details about her life other than that she was a model and then married Donald Trump. To many Americans, she seems like the loneliest person in the White House right now, but she does have […]
26, February 2020
Macron-Biya Warning: Paris is generally supportive of the regime, while Washington is believed to want to apply sanctions 0
Emmanuel Macron has warned Cameroon President Paul Biya that he will “put pressure” on him following what he called “intolerable human rights violations”. The French President was speaking after the massacre of 23 people on 14 February. “I will call next week President (of Cameroon) Paul Biya and we will put maximum pressure on him […]
26, February 2020
Ambazonia Crisis: Biya 1, Macron 0 0
Cameroon on Monday opposed French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks over a separatist crisis in the country’s English-speaking regions. Cameroonian President Paul Biya “is accountable for his actions to the sole sovereign Cameroonian people and not to a foreign leader, even from a friendly country,” Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary general of the Cameroon presidency, said in […]
26, February 2020
Tensions surround post-Brexit trade negotiations 0
As they rubber-stamped the bloc’s 46-page negotiating document, general affairs ministers from the 27-nation EU used words such as complicated, difficult, and tough with respect to the forthcoming talks aimed at trying to reach a free trade deal with the UK. Michel Barnier was referring to a claim made on a number of occasions by […]
26, February 2020
France confirms two new cases of coronavirus, one returning from Italy 0
France’s top health official on Tuesday confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, adding that neither patient was in serious condition. The first new case is a young Chinese woman who recently returned from China and is now hospitalised in Paris, said Jérôme Salomon, the head of France’s national health agency. The other patient, a male, […]
27, February 2020
A plea from Southern Cameroons: “Take up our case to God” 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Religion
A pastor has shared firsthand information regarding a dire situation in Cameroon. The pastor’s name and other details are being withheld in an effort to increase security yet still communicate candidly. No civilian in Bamenda, Cameroon is safe any longer, he reported: “No protection from the military, no protection from the so-called freedom fighters. The […]