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9, February 2020
Revealed: Where Biya gets funds to prosecute his war in Southern Cameroons 0
A Cameroon Intelligence Report team has finally uncovered how the Yaoundé government has been prosecuting its war in the two English-speaking regions of the country. The team, comprising correspondents in Paris, Yaoundé and Washington DC, has found out that through dishonest and unconventional management practices, the Yaoundé government has made ENEO, its source of financing […]
9, February 2020
Ireland: Sinn Fein’s surge in general election leaves three parties tied 0
Support for left-wing Irish nationalists Sinn Fein surged in an election on Saturday, leaving it tied with the party of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar but unlikely to emerge with the highest number of seats, an exit poll showed. Instead Varadkar’s Fine Gael is likely to compete with fellow centre-right rival Fianna Fail to secure the […]
9, February 2020
February Twin Poll: Party that has ruled since 1985 expected to firm grip on La Republique du Cameroun 0
Separatist militias have stepped up attacks and abductions in Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions ahead of parliamentary and council elections likely to hand a sweeping victory to the party that has ruled the central African nation since 1985. Anglophone armed groups last month called for a lock-down of the Southwest and Northwest regions and militants have […]
8, February 2020
Maurice Kamto avoids meeting Ambazonians in Canada 0
Reports reaching Cameroon Concord News Group indicate that Prof. Maurice Kamto who is on a tour of Europe and North America, has avoided meeting Ambazonians in the city of Toronto in Canada. The winner of the 2018 presidential election in Cameroon had said he would meet with separatists if he became the president of Cameroon. […]
8, February 2020
Why the African Union must not ignore Cameroon 0
When the 33rd African Union Summit begins on Sunday, the conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions should be on the agenda. Yet the violence is unlikely to be seriously discussed by African leaders. If the African Union (AU) is to live up to its founding charter’s high ideals, its members must confront the human rights abuses occurring […]
8, February 2020
French Cameroun: Hundreds March for Transition, Protest Elections 0
Hundreds of people have marched in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, calling for the cancellation of Sunday’s local and parliamentary elections in favor of a transition ending long-serving president Paul Biya’s regime The protesters say only a transition will lay the foundation for democracy. The government has again insisted that the elections must be held […]
8, February 2020
Why upcoming polls in Cameroon won’t end the violence 0
Cameroonians head for the polls this weekend against the backdrop of the armed conflict that broke out in October 2017 in the country’s Anglophone North West and South West regions. Elections to the legislature and to local municipalities have been postponed twice. The last ones were held in September 2013. In 2018 presidential elections were […]
8, February 2020
Southern Cameroons crisis gets nastier 0
There’s been a surge in political violence in Southern Cameroons ahead of parliamentary and municipal elections on 9 February. Amnesty International has accused the army of dozens of killings, the burning of villages, and the displacement of thousands of people as it tries to stamp out a separatist movement. The anglophone militants demanding independence from […]
8, February 2020
Cameroonian arrested for posing as American online to swindle Japanese woman 0
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male Cameroonian national who is suspected of posing as an American serviceman online to swindle a Japanese woman seeking marriage, reports TBS News (Feb. 7). In 2018, Tekom Romeo, 35, communicated with the woman, 48, via a social-networking service whereby he falsely claimed to be an American soldier worth […]
9, February 2020
Thailand: Death toll from mass shooting hits 26 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
The death toll from a shooting spree by a soldier in northeastern Thailand has reached 26 people, as officials rule out ideological motives in the attack. Thai security forces shot and killed the rogue soldier behind the mass shooting in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima City, about 250 kilometers from the capital, Bangkok, on Sunday morning, after […]