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16, December 2019
China media warns Arsenal of ‘serious implications’ over ‘clownish’ Ozil 0
Chinese state media warned Monday that Mesut Ozil’s criticism of the country’s treatment of its Uighurs will have “serious implications” for Arsenal, stirring a backlash that saw the English football club’s weekend match pulled from Chinese TV. A Global Times editorial slammed what it called a “clownish performance” from Ozil, describing him as “confused” and […]
15, December 2019
Indomitable Lions: Mohamadou Idrissou in Austrian deportation centre 0
Former Cameroonian International footballer and Bundesliga professional, Mohamadou Idrissou is in custody pending deportation in Austria because he was unable to obtain a residence visa. News of the arrest and detention of the onetime FIFA World Cup participant with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon was confirmed on Saturday by the chairman of the Austrian fourth […]
15, December 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Restoration Forces Allegedly Set Hon. Enow Tanjong’s house ablaze 0
Southern Cameroons Restoration Forces have burnt down a house belonging to one of the pro Yaoundé members of parliament from the Manyu County, Enow Tanjong. The residence, said to be located in Fotabe (Tinto) the chief settlement in the Upper Banyang sub constituency, was reportedly set ablaze on Saturday night over what the angry Southern […]
15, December 2019
Football: Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has caused uproar in China after tweeting regarding the Uighur Muslims 0
Britain has one of the worlds most renowned and watched football competitions in the form of the Premier League. With billions of pounds invested in the sport by multiple backers from multiple nations, it is a dominant force to be reckoned with on the pitch, however, can football influence politics? Arsenal footballer, Mesut Ozil, has […]
15, December 2019
Golf: Tiger Woods says there was something extra special in winning the Presidents Cup 0
Tiger Woods has won 15 majors and a record 82 US PGA Tour events all over the world but the US superstar admitted Sunday there was something extra special in winning the Presidents Cup. Woods became only the second playing-captain to lift the biennial matchplay trophy after Hale Irwin in the inaugural Presidents Cup in […]
15, December 2019
Southern Cameroons Special Status: Quotable Quote 0
The so-called special status is an insult. Did our parents, grandparents vote in 1961 for special status? Was the question in the plebiscite: Vote to join Nigeria or the Republic of Cameroon and acquire special status? What makes Southern Cameroon aka Ambazonians special? How special shall we be? I know since we are not citizens […]
15, December 2019
Neocolonialism spurs ongoing crisis in Cameroon 0
In October 2019, Nebane Abienwi, a 37-year-old Cameroonian man, died in ICE custody in San Diego. Abienwi was one of at least 10,000 Cameroonians seeking asylum in the United States. The recent increase in Africans being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border is largely a result of this exodus of people from Cameroon. Many factors are causing heightened […]
14, December 2019
Race For the White House: Biden says ‘I’m running to restore the soul of America’ 0
Former US Vice President and leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he is “running to restore the soul of America.” In a statement issued on the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting on Saturday, Biden said he will prioritize efforts to combat the rise of gun violence in the United States should he win […]
14, December 2019
Yaounde: So-called Lawmakers divided over Paul Biya’s Proposal for the Southern Cameroons Crisis 0
Cameroon’s Parliament is divided over the so-called special status President Paul Biya ordered for the country’s English-speaking regions as a solution to the crisis that has killed more than 3,000 people. Some lawmakers who convened for the extraordinary session of Parliament on Biya’s instructions suggest that only the creation of federal states, one incorporating the country’s […]
16, December 2019
Google coding champion whose Southern Cameroons hometown is lower off from the web 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life, Technology
The first African winner in Google‘s annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins‘ house in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, because the government has cut off his hometown from the internet. As cocks crow in the background, 17-year-old Nji Collins Gbah tells the about the series of complex technical tasks […]