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26, September 2019
The World Mourns A State’s Man: Chirac opposed war in Iraq 0
Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday, infuriated Washington by refusing to join the US-led coalition in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a landmark decision which badly hurt Paris-Washington relations. Chief UN inspector Hans Blix had submitted a report on Iraq’s attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction and suggested that more inspections were needed. […]
26, September 2019
From courtship to courtroom: Neymar and Barca at daggers-drawn positions 0
After a summer of courtship, with Barcelona wooing Neymar to come back, the Brazilian star and his former club have finally agreed a date — but in court rather than on the pitch. Both sides will meet at a court in the Barcelona suburbs on Friday for a multi-million-euro legal battle over a contract dispute. […]
26, September 2019
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86 0
Former French president Jacques Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, died on Thursday morning at the age of 86, his son-in-law told Reuters. “He passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his loved ones,” his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux said. The head of the lower house of the French parliament interrupted a sitting of […]
26, September 2019
Nigeria: Daesh kills 14 soldiers, aid worker in northeast 0
The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has killed more than a dozen Nigerian people, including military forces and an aid worker, in the country’s volatile northeastern region. The terrorists killed 14 Nigerian soldiers in attacks in the northeast state of Borno on Wednesday. The fatalities took place when the Takfiris ambushed soldiers in the state following […]
26, September 2019
Southern Cameroons on tenterhooks ahead of peace talks 0
The mood in English-speaking Cameroon is a mix of anxiety, resignation and fatigue as the clock ticks. On September 30, the government will start hosting a national “dialogue” on the future of the anglophone territories, where separatist violence and a government crackdown have cost thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands to flee. The […]
26, September 2019
Southern Cameroons War: Journalists flee to South Africa, Nigeria after Biya regime crackdowns 0
Some Cameroonian journalists have sought refuge in Nigeria and South Africa after fleeing a crackdown on media and activists in the Central African country. Others have fled to the United States of America. The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), which disclosed the trend, said this was the aftermath of the unrest gripping the central […]
26, September 2019
National Dialogue:Cardinal Tumi says Anglophone independence must be on agenda 0
A survey conducted by religious leaders ahead of Cameroon’s Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 “Major National Dialogue” has indicated the severity of the nation’s Anglophone crisis, according to the country’s sole Catholic cardinal. Cardinal Christian Tumi, the emeritus Archbishop of Douala, and a delegation of religious leaders met with Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute – […]
26, September 2019
Southern Cameroonians express skepticism ahead of peace talks 0
In English-speaking Cameroon, there is little optimism that the forthcoming National Dialogue will resolve the decades-long Anglophone crisis. On September 30, the government will start hosting a national “dialogue” on the future of the anglophone territories, where separatist violence and a government crackdown have cost thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands to flee. […]
25, September 2019
Southern Cameroons War: Death toll from violence in Bafut Palace hits 14 0
The death toll from the French Cameroun government army attack on the Bafut palace in Bamenda has reached 14, officials of the Ambazonia Interim Government say, as hundreds of local Bafut residents fled into Nkwen and other areas of Bamenda for safety after French Cameroun government army soldiers invaded the seat of the Bafut traditional […]
26, September 2019
Southern Cameroon’s Dialogue: A Work in Progress 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
On 10 September, President Paul Biya proposed a national dialogue aimed at addressing the two-year conflict between his government and Anglophone separatists that has laid waste to Cameroon’s North West and South West regions. The dialogue could be an opportunity for his government and Anglophone leaders to table potential solutions. As proposed, however, it will […]