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25, October 2019
CPDM Crime Syndicate: Biya calls for freeze on Douala port contract over Bollore court case 0
Cameroon’s president has ordered its main Douala port to suspend contract talks with Swiss firm Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) until the conclusion of a court case brought by France’s Bollore, according to a letter seen by Reuters. TIL was chosen to renovate and manage the Atlantic port in September after Bollore, which had managed the […]
25, October 2019
Ambazonia: Interim Government says path of dialogue with Yaoundé getting impassable 0
Southern Cameroon’s second-in-command Comrade Dabney Yerima has reminded the international community that time is running out for any genuine dialogue and negotiation with French Cameroun under President Biya. The Ambazonia Vice President made the comments during a meeting with major Southern Cameroons donors in Holland on Thursday and observed that the path to diplomacy is […]
25, October 2019
US: Tens of thousands evacuated as wildfires rage in California 0
Some 50,000 people were ordered to flee their homes north of Los Angeles on Thursday as a fast-moving wildfire driven by high winds erupted and raged out of control in the US state of California. The so-called Tick Fire near Santa Clarita, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, broke out in the […]
25, October 2019
UK: Prime Minister Johnson calls for general election on December 12 0
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Thursday for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, a goal the leader has sought but so far failed to push through parliament. Johnson said in a letter to opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn he would hand parliament more time to approve his Brexit deal but that lawmakers must back […]
24, October 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Is Reconciliation Possible? 0
An unsettling calm is quietly prevailing in Cameroon after the much-totted Major National Dialogue called by Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, who has been in power for 37 years. Though the Major National Dialogue fell short of the expectations of many groups, especially the country’s Diaspora and Southern Cameroons separatists who have been locking horns with […]
24, October 2019
UK: Boris Johnson frustrated over choosing Brexit vs. election 0
UK PM Boris Johnson has grown frustrated over whether to hold a snap election or try instead to push his Brexit-enabling withdrawal agreement bill through the House of Commons again. Although MPs approved Boris Johnson’s bill during a second reading this week, they rejected his accelerated timetable, saying they needed more time to review the […]
24, October 2019
President Putin writes off $20 billion of African debt 0
Close to 50 African leaders were expected to be in Russia’s Black Sea city of Sochi for the first ever Russia – Africa forum, the Kremlin announced weeks back. The forum expected to run between October 23 – 24 event is part of Moscow’s ambitious push for influence and business in Africa. The Russians have […]
24, October 2019
Russia to deploy more military policemen, equipment to Syria 0
A Russian official says the country will send more military policemen and equipment to Syria under a deal with Turkey that suspended the offensive against Kurdish militants along the border. Russia’s RIA news agency quoted an unnamed Defense Ministry source as saying on Thursday that Moscow would dispatch a further 276 military policemen and 33 […]
24, October 2019
Mexico-Ambazonia Palaver: 2 Southern Cameroonians drowned off the Coast of Chiapas 0
Last week as Mexico’s national guard continues to block migration into their country, at least two people from Southern Cameroons drowned off the coast of Puerto Arista in Chiapas, Mexico. The dead bodies washed up to shore after a small boat capsized on Oct. 11 that left two dead and two others missing. The rest […]
25, October 2019
Portugal’s first black women lawmakers take office 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
Members of Portugal’s new parliament took up office on Friday, among them the country’s first black women lawmakers who campaigned on promises to fight racism and inequality. The three women, who all trace their origins to Guinea-Bissau, an impoverished former Portuguese colony in west Africa, won office in the October 6 general election when Prime […]