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5, September 2019
UK: Jo Johnson quits as MP, minister in another blow to brother, Boris 0
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was dealt a fresh blow on Thursday when his brother Jo quit the government, saying he could no longer reconcile “family loyalty and national interest”. Jo Johnson had campaigned strongly against Britain’s exit from the European Union in 2016, a position that put him at odds with his older and […]
5, September 2019
Southern Cameroons: Bible translator’s wife in recovery after hand cut off, husband killed 0
The wife of a Bible translator, who was killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Cameroon, is in recovery after having her hand cut off, a ministry source told The Christian Post. Efi Tembon, who operates a humanitarian ministry called Oasis Network for Community Transformation, told CP on Tuesday that Eveline Fung, the wife of slain […]
5, September 2019
Ambazonia: Children stay away from school as separatists threaten attacks 0
Hundreds of thousands of children in Cameroon’s English language-speaking region are staying out of school this week, after separatists called for a boycott and threatened attacks on those who attend. Insurgents have been fighting the West African country’s francophone government in a bid to carve out an independent state they hope will be named Ambazonia. […]
5, September 2019
EU gearing up for potentially disastrous no-deal Brexit 0
Once again at the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, all eyes are on TV sets to see how the political turmoil in London will play out. Inside the building the bloc’s 28 commissioners have been meeting to agree on final plans designed to offset the effects of a no-deal Brexit. But experts say there […]
5, September 2019
The Holy Father Pope Francis is in Mozambique 0
Thousands of jubilant Catholic faithful on Wednesday welcomed Pope Francis to Mozambique as he kicked off a three-nation tour of African countries, expected to focus on those hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster. Touching down just after 6:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) Francis was greeted on the tarmac by President Filipe Nyusi, a […]
4, September 2019
Francophone Crisis: Military trial for Maurice Kamto starts Friday 0
Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto, the runner-up in last year’s presidential election, goes on trial Friday in a military court accused of insurrection, despite a chorus of international protest. Kamto, together with several dozen of his political allies and supporters, faces charges of insurrection, hostility to the motherland and rebellion, crimes which, in theory […]
4, September 2019
CPDM 419: 300 new mining sites discovered in Cameroon 0
Some 300 new mining sites were discovered in Cameroon in the past five years, Cameroon’s Minister of Mining, Industries and Technological Development Gabriel Dodo Ndoke said on Tuesday. New mines range from gold, zinc, rare earth, uranium, nickel and rutile to manganese, said Ndoke at the 2019 edition of Cameroon International Mining Exhibition and Conference […]
4, September 2019
Cameroon deploys 6th contingent of troops to troubled Central African Republic 0
Cameroon on Tuesday sent its sixth contingent of troops to restive Central African Republic (CAR) to join UN peacekeeping forces mission focused on the stabilization and protection of civilian population. Speaking at a send-off ceremony in the capital city, Yaounde, Cameroon’s Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo highlighted the peace efforts of Cameroonian troops in the […]
4, September 2019
French Cameroun tyrant Paul Biya hiding in Mvomeka’a 0
The Yaoundé tyrant Paul Biya is reportedly hiding in a bunker he built some three hundred kilometers away from his palace in his native village of Mvomeka’s after rumour of a military coup spread like wild fire in the nation’s capital over the week end it’s been claimed. The despot left Yaoundé by military convoy […]
5, September 2019
Yaoundé: Rapper and activist to appear before court, could face death penalty 0
by soter • Entertainment, Headline News, Life
The arrest, ongoing detention, and charges against Cameroonian rapper Gaston Serval Abe, known as Valsero, are inexcusable violations of freedom artistic expression, PEN America said in a statement today. Arrested earlier this year in the vicinity of a pro-democracy demonstration, Valsero will appear before a military court Friday and could face the death penalty. He’s […]