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17, April 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Bamenda: “A Moral Abdication – Generic Platitudes While Ambazonia Bleeds” 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
In the shadow of St Joseph’s Cathedral, where the blood of Ambazonian sons and daughters still stains the soil of the Northern Zone, Pope Leo XIV stood before a carefully staged “Meeting for Peace.” Amba forces, in a unilateral gesture of goodwill and restraint, had announced a three-day temporary cessation of hostilities to ensure the […]
16, April 2026
US-Israel bombed 6 bridges – Iranian engineers rebuilt them in 96 hours 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
Iran not only survived the heaviest bombardment of its civilian infrastructure in modern history during the 40-day war of aggression imposed by the US-Israeli alliance but also achieved the rare engineering feat of restoring six major railway bridges and dozens of critical transport links in under 96 hours. One key span near Qom reopened in […]
16, April 2026
The Holy Father is in Bamenda to preach a message of peace 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion
Pope Leo XIV travelled Thursday to the western Cameroonian city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world’s most neglected crises. Leo’s Camair charter landed at the Bamenda airport, where jubilant Cameroonians clogged the roads, blowing horns and dancing. […]
16, April 2026
World Bank Group launches initiative to improve water security for 1 billion people 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, News, World, World
The World Bank Group, in partnership with multilateral development banks, development finance institutions and key partners, today launched Water Forward, a global platform to help improve water security for 1 billion people by 2030. The platform will align policy reforms, financing, and partnerships to expand reliable water services and strengthen systems against droughts and floods—essential […]
16, April 2026
Pope Leo XIV continues Cameroon visit as tight security, traffic restrictions hit Douala 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion
Pope Leo XIV is continuing his official visit to Cameroon after arriving in Yaounde on April 15, 2026, as part of an African tour that began in Algeria. He is expected in Douala on Friday, April 17. The visit has prompted extensive security and logistical measures, particularly affecting traffic. In a radio statement issued on […]
16, April 2026
Inside the Unity Palace: Pope Leo demands the ‘chains of corruption’ be broken 0
by soter • Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on Wednesday where he delivered a masterclass on wielding authority legitimately to President Paul Biya, who consolidated his four-decade grip on power with a contested election last year that gave him an eighth term in office. The Vatican had said fighting corruption in the mineral-rich central African country would […]
15, April 2026
Yaoundé: Pope Leo says peace must not be reduced to a slogan 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion, World
Addressing authorities, representatives of civil society and members of the diplomatic corps at the Presidential Palace in Yaoundé, shortly after his arrival in Cameroon on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV delivered an appeal for peace, justice and renewed commitment to the common good, urging Cameroonians to draw on their rich diversity as a source of unity […]
15, April 2026
The Holy Father under the Cameroonian skies: we welcome you with open arms 0
by soter • Cameroon, Editorial, Headline News, Religion
Anglophone Roman Catholic Bishops wrote a brilliant letter to the 93-year-old butcher in Yaoundé and suggested possible ways of ending the crisis in Southern Cameroons. Biya spurned disdainfully the Bishops. A francophone Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Bafia was murdered and his body dumped inside a river. Till this day, the Biya regime […]
14, April 2026
Spanish PM urges stronger China role amid shifting global order, US’s unreliability 0
by soter • Business, Europe, Headline News, News, World
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called on China to take a more prominent role in global affairs, arguing that a stable international order would not be possible without Beijing’s involvement. Sanchez, on his fourth visit to China in four years, said on Monday that the world was moving towards a multipolar structure and highlighted […]



















18, April 2026
Douala: Pope urges Christians to reject violence at Mass that draws 120,000 people 0
by soter • Breaking News, Cameroon, Cameroon, Headline News, News, Religion
Pope Leo called on Cameroonians on Friday to reject violence and be generous with their neighbours during an event billed as the biggest of his four-nation Africa tour, with roughly 120,000 people flocking to a Mass he led in the port city of Douala. Amid heavy security, some believers had made their way on Thursday […]