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15, October 2019
There are reasons why the Trump administration should oust Biya 0
The number of African migrants grew at a rate of almost 50% from 2010 to 2018. This is more than double the growth rate of migration to the US from Asia, South America or the Caribbean. It’s worth noting the higher growth rate of Africans is partly influenced by the relatively smaller African migrant communities […]
15, October 2019
General elections kick off in Mozambique 0
People are voting in presidential, parliamentary, and provincial elections in Mozambique, amid concerns that a recent peace deal between the country’s ruling party and opposition could come under threat in the event of election-related violence. Polls opened for almost 13 million voters in the southern African nation early on Tuesday morning. Authorities will start counting […]
15, October 2019
Nigeria: First Lady warns against spread of Fake News 0
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari on Saturday dismissed rumours circulating online that her husband plans to take on a second wife, cautioning against the rise of fake news in the country. Aisha, who had been on holiday in the United Kingdom for two months, returned to the country, at a time when a video was […]
15, October 2019
Spain: Police use batons and tear gas on protesters at Barcelona airport 0
Police in riot gear used batons and tear gas on Catalan independence supporters blocking Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Monday night. Riot police could be seen advancing through clouds of tear gas, pushing and striking protesters with raised hands. The crowd was answering a call to protest from Tsunami Democratic, a movement opposing the prison […]
15, October 2019
Nigeria: Female supporters of Zakzaky accuse govt. of holding abducted girls 0
The announcement was made during a press conference by female supporters of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who accused soldiers of the Nigerian army of abducting twenty-three girls in December 2015 during the massacre in the northern Nigerian town of Zaria. The ladies demanded for the release of the girls and asked all people of conscience and […]
14, October 2019
Council of the European Union adopts conclusions on Cameroon 0
The Council today adopted the following conclusions on Cameroon: The EU welcomes the halting of prosecution by the military courts of Maurice Kamto and supporters of his party, the Cameroon Renaissance Movement, and of individuals arrested and detained in the context of the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions. These decisions are a significant […]
14, October 2019
Neymar out for four weeks after Nigeria friendly 0
Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar will be out for four weeks with a hamstring injury he suffered playing for Brazil, the French club said on Monday. Neymar limped off in the 12th minute on Sunday as Brazil drew 1-1 against Nigeria in a friendly in Singapore. PSG said that an MRI scan showed that their star […]
14, October 2019
French Cameroun: Violent Conflicts, Looting Reported in Sangmelima 0
Several hundred people from Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have escaped a French Cameroun commercial town of Sangmelima following violent conflicts and looting between communities there, where townspeople claim outsiders are causing mounting insecurity. The Biya regime has deployed at least 300 troops to Sangmelima. Hundreds of people, especially youths armed with machetes, hammers, spades […]
14, October 2019
Federal Republic of Ambazonia: A safer country without South West and North West CPDM elites 0
The so-called Major National Dialogue was convened to reactivate the North West/South West Divide all in a bid to stifle the Southern Cameroons revolution. It was a successful failure and the Southern Cameroons pro Yaoundé political elites are now at daggers drawn positions. Chief V.E. Mukete held a secret meeting with the delegates from the […]
15, October 2019
Wales: Bangor Arts black history month show features work by Cameroonian artist 0
by soter • Entertainment, Headline News, Life, Society
A WALES-based Cameroonian artist is featuring work depicting key figures from African history in a Bangor gallery. Painter Jean Samuel Mfikela is showing striking portraits in the Bangor Arts Initiative Black History month show, on from Tuesday, October 14 to Saturday, October 26. The gallery, in the Deiniol Centre, depicts people and events that have […]