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28, September 2019
EU threatens to withdraw from JCPOA 0
European leaders have threatened to start withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal in November if Tehran does not return to full compliance. President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018, and has since reinstated old sanctions and imposed new ones on Tehran in the hope of crippling […]
28, September 2019
Premier League: Liverpool Manager says Matip signing was one of Anfield’s best pieces of business in the last few years 0
The Reds boss was full of praise for the Cameroon centre-back following his recent defensive displays in the team Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has described the signing of Joel Matip on a free transfer from Schalke 04 as “one of the best pieces of business” the club has done in recent years. Following the expiry […]
28, September 2019
Can national dialogue bring peace to Southern Cameroons? 0
The recent sentencing of separatists is likely to fuel more anger and resentment among the Anglophone population and alienate them from the Francophone-dominated government, but the dialogue can reverse hard feelings. It was a long court session. A military tribunal in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon, had convened some hours after noon on August […]
28, September 2019
Southern Cameroon War: Silicon Mountain tech startups struggle 0
Soldiers have been battling insurgents in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions since 2017 in a conflict that has killed 2,500 people Hi-tech promoters had big dreams for Silicon Mountain in Cameroon, where a broad plateau was seen as perfect for startup ventures, but their hopes have been shattered by a separatist struggle. Entrepreneurs in the tech village […]
27, September 2019
Ten things to know about prime minister Joseph Dion Ngute 0
Paul Biya has entrusted prime minister Joseph Dion Ngute with the task of leading the crucial national dialogue from 30 September to 4 October. The talks are supposed to lead to a resolution to the crisis in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. It is a mission of trust but also a dangerous one. 1. Rooted He comes […]
27, September 2019
Ambazonia leaders Shun Biya’s ‘National Dialogue’ 0
Next week, Cameroon’s government will host what it calls a national dialogue on the separatist crisis in its Northwest and Southwest regions. However, U.S.- and Europe-based separatist leaders invited to the talks say they will not take part in any dialogue unless it is held outside Cameroon with non-Cameroonians as mediators. The government has stated […]
27, September 2019
US: Trump abused office, forced White House to cover it up 0
The whistleblower complaint at the heart of the burgeoning controversy over President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president claims not only that Trump misused his office for personal gain and endangered national security, but that unidentified White House officials tried to keep it a secret even within the government. In seven stark, carefully worded […]
26, September 2019
Genocide Warnings for Biya and French Cameroun 0
Concerned with the increasing violence and repression in Cameroon the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michele Bachelet visited the country last May to meet with government ministers, opposition leaders, and Cameroon’s President Biya who assured full cooperation with the UN on issues of Human Rights. To summarize the situation: 20% of the French speaking country […]
26, September 2019
French Cameroun: Discussing Maurice Kamto Lands Teacher in Jail 0
Teachers in open societies around the world push their students to think critically about current events. But those in Cameroon might be thinking twice after one of them was arrested for doing just that. On September 13, Fondang Mesaack Nathan, an English teacher at the high school in Avebe-Esse, a village in Cameroon’s South region, […]
28, September 2019
Schools at stake in Southern Cameroons 0
by soter • Education, Headline News, Life
A solitary teacher has just two pupils in his class in west Cameroon, where thousands of schools have closed down altogether because of kidnappings and threats by radical separatists. Since a crisis erupted in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon late in 2016, schools have been a prime target for breakaway groups angered by the […]