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6, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaounde shocked by the lockdown 0
The Yaounde government is terribly shaken by the success of the lockdown declared by various Southern Cameroonian group as a measure to prove that the two English-speaking regions of the country are still being controlled by Southern Cameroonians living abroad. Over the last couple of months, the beleaguered and cash-strapped Yaounde government has been selling […]
6, February 2020
Two train drivers killed in Italy high-speed rail crash 0
Two rail workers are killed and about 30 people injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed before dawn near Milan in northern Italy, authorities say. The crash occurred just after 5:30 a.m. (4:30 GMT) near the town of Lodi, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Milan. “It was a serious accident that had […]
6, February 2020
Cameroon: PM Ngute Campaigns in Buea 0
Cameroon’s Prime Minister, Dion Ngute, arrived in Buea on Thursday, February 6, 2020, where he campaigned for his party, the Cameroon Peoples Dictatorship Movement (CPDM) that has been in power for 37 years with nothing to show for. The low-energy Prime Minister came to the Southwest regional headquarters in an attempt to demonstrate that there […]
6, February 2020
Coronavirus death toll hits 563, over 28,000 infected 0
The new coronavirus that appeared late December has claimed 563 lives, infected more than 28,000 people in mainland China and spread to more than 20 countries. Here is a timeline. New virus Health authorities in Wuhan, an industrial city in central Hubei Province, first document the new illness on December 8. On December 31, China […]
6, February 2020
Football: Drogba agrees with Infantino’s call for AFCON every four years 0
Organsing the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, as FIFA proposed “can be a good thing,” according to former Ivorian international and Chelsea forward Didier Drogba. The Elephants skipper believes it could increase the flavour and rarity of the trophy. Drogba also thinks that this schedule will protect African footballers who play in Europe. […]
6, February 2020
Boko Haram Cameroun: Two killed, 20 homes torched in attack 0
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists attacked a village in northern Cameroon early on Tuesday, torching homes and killing two civilians just days before legislative and municipal elections, security sources said. “Boko Haram made an incursion a little before 02:00 in Mozogo village,” in the Extreme-Nord province “killing two people,” a police officer told AFP. They torched […]
6, February 2020
Biya still uses the machinery of the state to guarantee a single-party type of political domination 0
On 9 February over six million Cameroonians will be called to vote in twin legislative and municipal elections. Initially planned for 2018, the polls were postponed twice for organisational and financial reasons. Voting later this week will still take place under tenuous security and political conditions. Since 2013, Boko Haram has recurrently attacked in the […]
6, February 2020
Israel looking after President Biya’s security with elite forces 0
From communication interception technology to physical security, Cameroon’s state security market is entirely in the hands of Israelis. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call it “Little Tel Aviv.” The Israelis practically feel at home in the neighbourhood of Bastos in Yaoundé. Four-wheel drive SUVs with tinted windows abound and the air is rife with […]
6, February 2020
Southern Cameroon Crisis: Minister Rose Mbah Acha convoy attacked in Momo 0
The CPDM convoy of the Minister of Supreme State Control (CONSUPE) was attacked by Ambazonia Restoration Forces as she braved the bad roads from Bamenda to Mbengwi to campaign for the so-called twin poll in the Momo County in Southern Cameroons. Cameroon Concord News correspondent in Mbengwi reported that despite being accompanied by a heavily […]
7, February 2020
Southern Cameroons intensifying conflict and what it means for civilians 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Cameroonian government forces and rival anglophone separatists have stepped up arrests, abductions, and deadly attacks in the two months leading up to Sunday’s parliamentary and municipal elections, causing a devastating fallout for civilians that looks set to worsen. Perceived marginalisation by the francophone majority of the minority English-speaking community – some 20 percent of the […]