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11, September 2019
Japan: Prime Minister Abe shakes up cabinet, brings in rising star 0
Japan’s Shinzo Abe on Wednesday appointed new foreign and defense ministers and promoted a popular rising political star, in a cabinet reshuffle that fueled speculation over the prime minister’s successor. The spectacular appointment as environment minister of the telegenic Shinjiro Koizumi, the 38-year-old son of much-loved former PM Junichiro Koizumi, set tongues wagging in Tokyo political classes […]
11, September 2019
Mugabe a ‘broken soul’ in final years after Zimbabwe ouster 0
Once feared for the all-encompassing power he wielded in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe died a “broken soul,” bereft at his downfall, his allies and relatives say. Mugabe died in Singapore on Friday at the age of 95, nearly two months before the anniversary of the coup that forced him from power. He had ruled the southern […]
11, September 2019
Russia, China eye first bonds in yuan amid US trade war 0
Russia plans to issue its first yuan-denominated bond as the country is working with China to cut reliance on the US greenback, Russian broadcaster RT reports. China and Russia are drawing increasingly close amid a changing global landscape marked by President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy and his trade war which involves multiple battles with […]
11, September 2019
Pope Francis tells U.K. to obey UN, give back Chagos Islands to Mauritius 0
Pope Francis said Tuesday that Britain should obey a U.N. resolution and return to Mauritius a disputed Indian Ocean archipelago that hosts the U.S. military base at Diego Garcia. Francis cited Catholic doctrine in responding to a question about the Chagos Islands during an in-flight press conference as he flew home from a visit to […]
11, September 2019
AXA & World Bank collaborate on first Cameroon parametric programme 0
The first parametric agricultural insurance programme has been launched in Cameroon, by AXA Cameroon and AXA Climate in collaboration with the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF). Also working with local insurer ACTIVA Assurance, the collaboration has resulted in the launch of a project to insure tens of thousands of Cameroonian farmers on […]
11, September 2019
Cuba, Cameroon to foster legislative ties 0
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz on Monday met with Etong Ndzok Hilarion, senior vice president of Cameroon’s National Assembly, in Cameroon’s capital of Yaounde to discuss how to strengthen legislative ties between both countries. “We believe this visit is an opportunity to foster ties at parliamentary and diplomatic levels,” Diaz told reporters after […]
11, September 2019
Biya’s Speech: Many had hoped for more! Some for a resignation! but practically we are in the middle 0
The President did not go far enough, yet he went a distance he has not gone before. Firstly this speech addressed specifically the Anglophone Crisis, something we have called for since March 2017. Secondly, he admitted there was a crisis and for the first time apologized and extended condolences to the people affected. Thirdly, he […]
11, September 2019
Biya spoke only in French to a nation divided 0
President Paul Biya, looking every bit of his 86 years, delivered a rare televised speech to the nation Tuesday evening – and the first thing many observers noticed was that he spoke only in French, to a nation divided since October 2016 over grievances in its English-speaking regions. Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis was at the heart […]
10, September 2019
Cameroon sends 15 scholars to study in the UK 0
British High Commissioner to Cameroon, Rowan James Laxton called on the 15 scholars to be real ambassadors of Cameroon to the UK and ensure they make the best out of this lifetime opportunity. Talking about UK education, the British diplomat said: “UK education opens doors, wherever you go in the world and it has been […]
11, September 2019
Biya can no longer keep Ambazonia under occupation 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
Ambazonia Vice President Dabney Yerima has dismissed French Cameroun President Paul Biya’s empty call for inclusive dialogue with the people of Southern Cameroons, stating that Biya and his French speaking Beti Ewondo political elites are still under the delusion that the ruling CPDM crime syndicate regime could maintain its control over the Federal Republic of […]