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17, May 2019
Southern Cameroons refugees flee clashes and find safety in Nigeria 0
When armed men swept into her village in North-West Cameroon, mother-of-four Loveline only had time to gather up her children and run. “I could not take any clothes. There was shooting – they killed my uncle and shot my cousin,” says the 39-year-old. As she fled into the bush, gunmen shot dead her husband. Out […]
16, May 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: American Diplomat Takes Yaounde Government to Task 0
The American undersecretary of State, Tibor Nagy, who has brought the plight of the suffering Southern Cameroonian to the fore, has just addressed a foreign affairs forum in Washington DC where he urged the international community to take urgent action against the Yaounde government which has continued to inflict pain on the people of Southern […]
16, May 2019
UN chief concerned nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific 0
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres raised concerns Thursday that a concrete dome built last century to contain waste from atomic bomb tests is leaking radioactive material into the Pacific. Speaking to students in Fiji, Guterres described the structure on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands as “a kind of coffin” and said it was a […]
16, May 2019
Vietnamese and Cameroonian authorities attempt to resolve Nexttel crisis 0
Vietnamese and Cameroonian authorities have begun talks to resolve the managerial crisis at Nexttel, the brand name of Viettel Cameroon, ITweb reported. It is a joint venture by Viettel Global Investment Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of Vietnamese military telecoms company Viettel, and local shareholder Bestcam. The crisis stems from disagreements in the management of […]
16, May 2019
Cameroon crisis reaches alarming levels 0
The security situation in Cameroon is spiraling out of control as the country faces attacks by the Boko Haram, deadly conflicts in English-speaking regions and a surge of refugees from neighbouring countries. Some 4,3 million people – a sixth of the population- need humanitarian assistance across the Central African country. This is a 30 percent […]
16, May 2019
Norwegian Refugee Council statement to the UN on Cameroon 0
Mr. President, UN Security Council members, I wish to thank the Security Council for this opportunity to speak about the massive human suffering I witnessed when I visited Cameroon three weeks ago. I traveled to both the South-West province of Cameroon and the Far North. In the former, I met with communities fleeing armed conflict. […]
16, May 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Government Objects to Another Security Council Meeting 0
According to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Cameroon has objected to another UN Security Council meeting on the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. The meeting is supposed to take critical decisions that are expected to change the course of events in the two English-speaking regions of the country. The government’s objection is retarding […]
15, May 2019
Affirming the constitutionality and legality of President Sisiku Ayuk Tabe led Interim Gov’t 0
Where Do Leaders Derive Their Powers & Authority From? Power is derived from a higher authority. For Monarchs it is derived from God; for Elected Leaders & Officials it is either derived from the people by direct universal suffrage or by indirect universal suffrage through a Constituent Assembly (mostly referred to as an electoral college). […]
15, May 2019
Boko Haram burn homes, church in French Cameroun village 0
Armed men thought to be members of jihadist group Boko Haram burnt dozens of homes, shops and a church in an attack on the north Cameroon town of Goshi over the weekend, security sources and witnesses said Monday. One assailant was killed, they said. A group of about 100 men arrived in the town Saturday […]
17, May 2019
UN urges support for displaced Southern Cameroonians in Nigeria 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
UNHCR has called for urgent support for Cameroon’s displaced as violence in the north and south-west regions continues to force thousands to flee. Violent clashes between Cameroon’s military and armed separatists have displaced some 437,000 within the country’s borders and forced about 35,000 like Agah to seek safety in Nigeria. The displaced, the majority of whom […]