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30, November 2019
Call for support for Ambazonian prisoners of conscience on Prisoners for Peace Day 0
War Resisters’ International has recently been joined by new affiliates. One of the new affiliates of our expanding network is the Ambazonian Prisoners of Conscience Support Network (APOCS Net). On this Prisoners for Peace Day, we feature APOCS Net’s work and encourage our followers to write to Ambazonian prisoners of conscience, alongside other prisoners for peace and conscience. Below […]
30, November 2019
Trump pulling Cameroon’s preferential trade status: Are human rights concerns the real reason or just a pretext? 0
President Trump has announced his intention to declare Cameroon ineligible for a trade program that allows African countries to sell goods to the United States on a duty-free basis. The reason? The Oct. 31 White House statement cited “persistent human rights violations being committed by Cameroonian security forces” as justification. Trump’s actions might be a […]
29, November 2019
Indomitable Lions: Aboubakar scores brace in first Porto start since September 2018 0
The Cameroon striker heralded his return to the Dragons’ starting XI with two second-half goals on Thursday Vincent Aboubakar scored a brace in his first start of the season to help Porto secure a 2-1 comeback win over Young Boys in their Europa League game. Aboubakar last started a game for the Portuguese giants in […]
29, November 2019
Biya regime working on legislation to end child marriage 0
Cameroon’s Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family on Thursday said it is working on a piece of legislation to end child marriage in the country. Officials said the draft bill will be presented to Parliament for approval early next week. “In Cameroon more than 62 percent of women have gone into child marriages. And […]
29, November 2019
Nigeria Court Declares Deportation Of Southern Cameroon Front line Leader Unconstitutional 0
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday declared the arrest and deportation of Dr Egbe Ogork, one of the separatist leaders of Southern Cameroon, unlawful and unconstitutional. The trial judge, Justice A.R Mohammed, who delivered the judgment, also awarded N5m damages in favour of the applicant against the respondents for the unlawful act. The court […]
29, November 2019
Prosecutor asks French court to clear cardinal over sex abuse cover-up 0
A French prosecutor asked an appeals court on Friday to quash Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s conviction for failing to report sex abuse by a priest, eight months after a verdict that rocked the French Catholic Church. Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, was given a six-month suspended jail sentence in March for failing to report allegations that […]
29, November 2019
UK Elections: Prime Minister Boris Johnson 1999 views on Nigerian obsession with money pops up 0
As he works to deliver the much awaited divorce of the United Kingdom from the European Union, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decade-old views deemed insulting to Nigerians has surfaced. The man who has vowed to deliver Brexit has been accused of making “racist and offensive” comments by implying Nigerians are obsessed with money. His […]
29, November 2019
Zimbabwe on brink of man-made starvation 0
Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is “shocking” for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday. Hilal Elver said she found stunted and underweight children, mothers too hungry to breastfeed their babies and medicine shortages in […]
29, November 2019
Southern Cameroons Communications Secretary says Ambazonia oil wells still occupied by French Cameroun after 58 years 0
Southern Cameroons Communications Secretary, Comrade Milton Taka says the French Cameroun government has for 58 years been occupying the Ambazonia’s oil fields in the Bakassi Peninsular and looting its resources as the international community remains silent on French Cameroun’s act of theft. In this week’s briefing by the Ambazonia Interim Government, Milton Taka told a […]
30, November 2019
Gabon’s Operation Mamba: an anti-corruption drive or political witch-hunt? 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Politics
Authorities in Gabon this week arrested eight people who are suspected of theft and money-laundering in what is seen as follow-up to Operation Mamba, an anti-corruption campaign launched in 2017 by President Ali Bongo, who has been battling serious illness. The revived anti-graft drive has seen a string of top-level arrests in the central African […]