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5, February 2020
Low-energy Prime Minister to visit Littoral and Southern Cameroons? 0
According to a release signed by the chief of cabinet at the prime minister’s office, the head of government, Dion Ngute, is scheduled to visit football infrastructure that will host the African football Championship (CHAN) and African Cup of Nations AFCON. Some analysts hold the low-energy prime minister might be going to the Southwest to […]
5, February 2020
Tower Resources Begins Cameroon Survey Ahead of Drilling 0
London-listed Tower Resources has started the site survey at its Thali license offshore Cameroon, ahead of the planned drilling operation at the NJOM-3 well. Tower Resources said Tuesday that the Geoquip Marine geotechnical drillship vessel MV Investigator was at the proposed site for the NJOM-3 well, and was conducting the site survey. The MV Investigator […]
5, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: ‘Only a new president will solve the problem’ 0
A senior government official has told the Cameroon Concord News Group Yaounde correspondent that “only a new president will solve the problem that is splitting our country and ruining our economy.” The senior official, who elected anonymity, said things had deteriorated to a point where regime insiders are scared. “They themselves are scared that something […]
5, February 2020
Biya among world’s longest ruling leaders? 0
Some world leaders serve a set term and others go on to rule for decades. Here is a list of current world leaders who have held onto power the longest. The list excludes monarchs. Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 77, has been president of the central African nation for some 40 years after toppling his uncle in […]
5, February 2020
Ultra-secure phones of Africa’s presidents: Biya can almost never be reached on his mobile phones 0
Well aware of the surveillance capabilities of major companies in the sector, Africa’s heads of state try to make their phones as secure as Fort Knox. Every leader is geared up and takes extra precautions to prevent the ever-looming risk of being tapped. We take a look at the phones used by Africa’s presidents and […]
4, February 2020
HIV drugs touted as weapon in war on coronavirus 0
As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu drugs has emerged as a possible defence against the disease that has killed hundreds. But the science is inconclusive on whether they are actually effective, and experts say a specific treatment could take years to develop. Here is what we […]
4, February 2020
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Election office in Tombel burnt down few days before twin poll 0
An office serving the Biya regime’s election commission (ELECAM) has been burned down in Tombel in the Kupe Muanenguba County in Southern Cameroons just some few days before the divided country is due to vote in a twin poll. The fire in Kupe Muanenguba reportedly destroyed ballot boxes and voting slips transported there by soldiers […]
4, February 2020
Biya Regime Urges Women to Vote Next Week Despite Threats 0
Civic groups, political parties and the government are pleading for the women of Cameroon to vote in next week’s local and parliamentary elections, despite threats by separatist groups who have vowed to disrupt the polls. Female candidates, and women who campaigned on behalf of others fear their efforts may amount to nothing if women do […]
4, February 2020
US Politics: Majority of Iowa Democrats simply want to defeat Trump 0
As Iowa’s Democrats entered their party’s caucuses on Monday, defeating President Donald Trump in November’s election was at the top of their minds when considering which candidate to support for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, according to preliminary findings by the National Election Pool (NEP). The NEP, a consortium of news organizations including Reuters that […]
5, February 2020
China: African students stranded in coronavirus heartland plead with embassies 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
Thousands of African students in Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, face dwindling food supplies, limited information and lockdowns restricting them to their campuses or hostels. Two weeks after restrictions on movement were imposed, residents are running short of basic necessities, say students in the central Chinese city.Quick guide What is the coronavirus and […]