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7, August 2019
India: Veteran politician Sushma Swaraj passes away 0
Veteran Indian politician Sushma Swaraj, who most recently served as minister of external affairs, passed away on Tuesday, following a cardiac arrest. Swaraj, 67, a senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had opted out of contesting elections earlier this year citing health reasons. “A glorious chapter in Indian politics comes to an […]
7, August 2019
First African-American winner of Nobel Prize for Literature dies 0
Author Toni Morrison, who won Nobel and Pulitzer prizes for books documenting the African-American experience, has died at age 88. Paul Bogaards, a spokesman for the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, announced the death but did not provide an immediate cause. Morrison’s novels included “The Bluest Eye,” “Beloved,” and its sequel, “Jazz.” She was awarded […]
6, August 2019
Malaria has killed 1,800 people in Burundi so far in 2019 0
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the United Nations (UN)’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivaling a deadly Ebola outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 5.7 million cases of […]
6, August 2019
Southern Cameroonian journalists fear for their lives 0
Cameroonian journalists who choose to remain in the Anglophone regions increasingly prefer to report on non-controversial issues such as health, education and infrastructure and avoid discussing the ongoing conflict. Separatists and government troops alike will not hesitate to harass authors of reports that are not in their interest. Raymond Ndingana is one of many journalists who have been harassed […]
6, August 2019
Kondengui Riots: Whereabouts of 100s Unknown 0
Hundreds of people marched in Cameroon’s capital, demanding to know the whereabouts of imprisoned relatives who were moved to unknown locations last week after a riot inside a large Yaounde jail. “We simply want the government to let us know where they are,” said Julius Berka, 32, who demonstrated Monday. “We do not have any […]
6, August 2019
Yaounde Military Tribunal Break dance: S.Cameroons leaders trial adjourned again until August 19th 0
The Accused Persons in the case The People Vs Sisiku Julius AYUK TABE & 9 others were brought to court at about 12.00 midday. By the time they arrived The courtyard which is in the heart of a military command center was heavily militarized and servicemen and women in mufty brought to fill the seats […]
6, August 2019
Ambazonia: Leader urges end to kidnappings 0
President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe has condemned the rise in kidnappings in Southern Cameroons, calling for discipline and unity in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. The head of the Southern Cameroons Interim Government, in letters sent to local and international media houses demanded Southern Cameroonians to remain united and focus on the struggle to free their […]
6, August 2019
Outrage in Gambia over release of ex-president’s assassins 0
Relatives of people murdered by death squads in The Gambia expressed outrage on Monday over the release of three former hitmen, who said they committed dozens of assassinations ordered by ex-president Yahya Jammeh. The men, who were part of an unofficial paramilitary unit known as the Junglers, were freed from army custody two weeks after […]
6, August 2019
Obama: Reject leaders feeding climate of fear, hatred 0
Barack Obama is calling on Americans to reject “any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred” after more than 30 people are killed in mass shootings in the United States. The former US president made the comment in a lengthy statement issued Monday, without referencing Donald Trump, currently at helm in the […]
7, August 2019
Ambazonia: Much of French Cameroun army crimes unreported, rape complaints ignored by Biya regime 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
More than half the crimes committed by Cameroon government army soldiers in Southern Cameroons deliberately go unreported, and the Francophone administrative officers in Ambazonia towns and villages including the main cities of Limbe, Bamenda and Kumba have blatantly refused to document hundreds of complaints of rape and sexual harassment. A sea of Roman Catholic clergies […]