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16, September 2019
US: Trump authorizes release of ‘strategic reserve’ to control rising oil price 0
President Donald Trump says he has authorized the release of the US’ “strategic petroleum reserve” in a bid to control the global oil prices, which are already hiking after 10 Yemeni drones attacked Saudi Aramco facilities. “Based on the attack on Saudi Arabia, which may have an impact on oil prices, I have authorized the release […]
16, September 2019
Yaounde ponders new ways to cut mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission 0
Cameroon is devising new methods to eliminate mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmissions, Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda said on Tuesday. “With the increase of children affected by the virus, we are designing a new strategic vision and new priority actions to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission and treatment of HIV in children and adolescents.” […]
16, September 2019
African Union welcomes planned dialogue to resolve crisis in Southern Cameroons 0
The African Union (AU) Commission has welcomed the latest call by Cameroon’s President Paul Biya to hold a national dialogue to resolve a crisis buffeting the country’s two Anglophone regions. AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat “welcomes the commitment of the President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, to organize a national dialogue for […]
15, September 2019
French Cameroun: Six soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack 0
Six Cameroonian soldiers were killed Friday in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the far north of the country, authorities said on Sunday. Nine other soldiers were injured in the attack carried out on a military post at Soueram near Fotokol in the Lake Chad region by armed men, an army officer and two […]
15, September 2019
Calls for Release of Ambazonian leaders, Political Prisoners Intensify in French Cameroun 0
Consultations have begun in Cameroon ahead of a national dialogue ordered by president Paul Biya. Civil society groups and opposition political parties are calling for the unconditional release of Anglophone separatist leaders and other political prisoners before discussions begin. Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute began consultations with political party leaders, civil society activists, opinion […]
15, September 2019
French Cameroun gov’t official, journalist kidnapped in Bamenda 0
An official and a journalist were kidnapped on Saturday in Bamenda, the largest city in Cameroon’s crisis-hit Anglophone region of Northwest, according to local authorities. Tebeck Mbah, regional manager of state-owned Cameroon Telecommunications, and Pamela Miye, journalist of state media Cameroon Tribune, were abducted by armed separatists, according to security reports. “They came to our […]
15, September 2019
Remains of Mugabe to be moved to his village, Kutama 0
The remains of former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe will be transported on Monday to his village of Kutama, northwest of the capital Harare, to allow his family to pay him a final tribute, his family announced on Sunday. The country’s former president died last week at the age of 95 in a luxurious Singapore hospital […]
15, September 2019
Congo-Kinshasa: Ex-minister accused of $4.3 million embezzlement 0
Detained former DR Congo health minister Oly Ilunga has been accused of embezzling $4.3 million of public funds raised to tackle the Ebola epidemic, his defense counsel said Sunday while insisting on his innocence. “Police accuse him of having siphoned off a total of $4.3 million made available by the treasury to fight Ebola,” lawyers […]
15, September 2019
42,610 Ambazonia refugees registered in Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Taraba in Nigeria 0
42,610 Cameroonian refugees are registered in Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Cross River and Taraba States in Nigeria. 1,464 new refugees were registered in Nigeria during the month of August. UNHCR seeks funding to provide them with assistance and protection. For 2019, UNHCR financial requirements for the response to the Cameroon refugee situation is USD44.6 million. This budget […]
16, September 2019
Biya should be talking to President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Despite mounting French Cameroun army atrocities in Southern Cameroons and towards the Ambazonia leadership, Biya and his gang of French Cameroun political elites should begin dealing directly with the Ambazonian leader, President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe in an effort to bring the violence in Southern Cameroons under control and get both sides of the political divide […]