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2, June 2019
Francophone Crisis: Wall of fear crumbles 0
Despite threats by the government, MRC supporters took to the streets on Saturday in major cities in Cameroon calling for the release of president-elect, Professor Maurice Kamto, who has been imprisoned by Mr. Biya who lost last year’s presidential election. Mr. Biya has never won any election in Cameroon, but has always used the military […]
1, June 2019
Southern Cameroons War: How to Help Ambazonia Refugees 0
Nearly half a million Southern Cameroonians have been displaced from their homes because of the war currently being waged by French Cameroun government forces in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia. Even the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees maintains that it has been hard to process numbers that have fled the conflict to many parts […]
1, June 2019
In Nigeria’s Lagos, aquatic weed plagues waterways 0
Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem is also clogging up the waterways of Africa’s biggest city — water hyacinths. The spread of the invasive species of fast-growing plant is not only damaging transport links in Nigeria’s economic capital, built on a lagoon dotted […]
31, May 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: SONARA under attack 0
A series of explosions have occurred at the national oil refinery (SONARA)in the Southwest port city of Limbe with separatist claiming that they are responsible for the fire. Mark Bareta, one of the separatist spokespersons has published on his Facebook page that separatists are at work and they are responsible for the disaster that is […]
31, May 2019
Southern Cameroons bloodshed escalates as world turns blind eye 0
Human rights groups are demanding investigations into the killing of hundreds of people during demands for independence by English-speaking Cameroonians. An estimated 650 civilians, 235 members of the security forces and nearly 1 000 alleged separatists have been killed as a result of the ongoing conflict northwest of the country. More than 530 000 people […]
31, May 2019
Cameroon: Graduation of Students under the Decent Rural Jobs Project 0
On 28 May, 92 students under the AUDA-NEPAD Decent Rural Jobs project graduated in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after receiving training and mentorship in agribusiness and entrepreneurship. It was the second cohort of students to graduate under the project in Cameroon, which aims at equipping rural youths with skills to engage in entrepreneurship along agriculture and agribusiness value chains. The […]
31, May 2019
Nigerians shocked by speech-less start to Buhari’s second term 0
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari surprised many when he did not deliver a speech at his inauguration on Wednesday. The 76-year-old former military leader faces a long list of challenges, including combating a sluggish economy, high unemployment and a decade-old Islamic insurgency. Buhari will need to create jobs if he is to turn around the country’s […]
31, May 2019
Trump praises Johnson and Farage ahead of UK state visit 0
US President Donald Trump has heaped praises on Boris Johnson, a main candidate to become next British prime minster, saying he may meet him and Nigel Farage, Britain’s top eurosceptic politician, during an upcoming visit to London. Speaking outside the White House on Thursday, Trump described Johnson and Farage as good and interesting guys and […]
31, May 2019
Yaounde declares polio public emergency after 4-year absence 0
Cameroon has declared a public emergency after reporting a polio case in its far north, four years after the virus disappeared from the country, the health ministry said on Thursday. The confirmed case of polio type 2 was found in the Mada area in the remote north bordering Chad and Nigeria, the ministry said in […]
2, June 2019
Barrister Fru John Nsoh: Southern Cameroons Judas Iscariot 0
by soter • Editorial, Headline News
Dear senior colleague, I am Barrister A P Asafor formerly Secretary/founding member of Meme Lawyers Association (MELA).Presently I am the President of Southern Cameroonians in Los Angeles (SCILA) California. We met several times during Cameroon Bar Association meetings in Yaounde,Douala and Bamenda mostly in the 90s. I remember you running for a Bar Council seat […]